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Al Capone — Part 10
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RISE OF F
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Carrozzo Builds Estate in
fShower of $1,000 Bills.
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{Reprinted from yesterday's late editions. 1
Tt was last May when the residents in crime.
* pf Hobart, Ind., [pop. 5,787) came to
Fealize that there
a re a
were Biangs uC
ings in the coun- Ce |
tryside, Some one
of great impor- MICHIG.
tance — certainly ae
ene of great
wealth—had
zome among
them.
Large farms
were g swift-
ly ght up for
h—cash in
$1,000 bills. A
otal of $300,000
had been paid for
land and $100,000
was being spent
im modernizing five beautiful farm
residences, and in barn and ocutbuild-
ing renovation and reconstruction.
Track Laid Out.
Farm
. New barns the size of Zeppelin 145 $1,000 bills. It was a deal.
A halt} ¢/Then he bought four
Wille dirt track had been laid out and | farms, bringing to 800 acres his total
there were special stables for blooded; holdings. The empire is on Uv. 8.
hengers were being built.
horses and cattle.
Six foot cyclone fences topped withi east of Chicago, Driving toward Su-
barbed wire inclosed the tract. A! perior Farms you roll along nearly &
been created in! mile between the high fences-—fences
fortified empire had been createc
the heart of Lake county-—John Dil
Hinger's favorite stamping ground.
The owner, the people learned Was .
Mr, Carrazzo; & Mr, Michae}’
you please.
lt Sas something of a shock, how-
ever, when they “found thet their
country gentleman was and {5 NONn€/ Sith green glate. About 200
yarda to
other than the Carrozzo who ‘eapone the south stands one of the largest
PONE) barns in the central west--ita length
r of the street '0-! 5, shout 300 feet. There are three
been known as\Dago Mikey,
henchman and
borers’ council in Chicago. His name
h been on many police bictiers
‘gince Twice he was indicted for
murder and often arrested for carry-
ing concesied weapons, hut Qe never.
was convicted on these rharget.~«,
a= 7594] = 26
CASTLE KES
INDIANA FARMERS
Cress locates Baperior | lish. aN
[ was unheralded. He dropped in one
Subject of Discussion. |
tmhy the king af the street
NZ
se the c ter:
sweepers sweepers chose the old
Titory for his fortified estate--and It
js fortified in the most modern man-
ner—~Is & subject of much discussion
eon 2 Chicago and the Hobart coun-
| Syysite jg wealthy, but those who
know him doubt that he could have
laid out t nearly hatf « million inj
y one time in recent years. |
one report hes it that the Carrozzo
empire will be graced by no less a’
personage than Al Capone himeeit
when he finishes @ one year term in |
tne e county jail after his release from,
traz penitentiary next year.
ait ja said that Capone's friends, re
calling the good fortune Dillinger en-
joyed tn Lake county, have long
considered that district to be the saf-
ext possible haven for their leader
Dillinger made his fabu-
pew tert from the unty
fTrirterevn Point in 1934 to resume -
_———__-——| a lite of outlawry.\“
(Meanwhile, crews of workmen ae
‘| renovating and fortifying Mr. Car-
rozzo’s country place, which Mike
named Superior farms. Wherever
Mike goes on his preserves he fs with-
in sight of a number of hard faced,
chunky Httle men. Some of them are
[Sans him, others behind him and
atill others peer out from the shrub-
bery.
+ My Secretaries,” He a
“My secretaries,” Mr. Carrodfo ex-
singing to his neighbors, But fren
plains to his nefghbors. But froin the
many workmen on the farm} the
neighbors have learned that eath of
the secretaries carries a large bore
pistol on his hip. None speaks Eng-
|
,_ Carroore's gppearance in the area
day at the home of a farmer who was
offering for $170,000 a 320 acre tract
that had three residences on it and
a number of barns, Mike laid down
gt token dan oe
eojoining
highway No. 6 about fifty miles south-
ordinarily seen only | around penal in-
atitutions—before reaching the first
group of bulldings. \
Barriers Block Gateway.
Weane gateway is blocked by heavy
fron barriers, Behind th tharn is = ‘nratty
S00H Det aaha ae, ars-sares! & prety
white piliared farmhouse, roofed
enormous silos and many amall build-
aheds, ali ted a
oy pain fe \~
den are the fen at
nye Late a warning
. “But they haven't had
any trouble about trespassers since’
the foiks heard about the secretaries")
one native remarked.
CO ar
j= anus Tis tence. That's the Gat
Forms residence, you know,”
—o ae
Song with mesh made of
heavy, unyielding wire,
Down the road a little farther is a
fine mew stable of ten tie with 2
alate roof. Beyond the stable is the
| half mile dirt track.
There are two other gro at
buildings, around which carpenters
and tilesetters are still nters
“Mike has a lot of guece™ =
as td
hed the guide. “In Tn ee are ing
el] ar oe men and women ts
ts Bot wo hot. He fell oe ey ES |
‘the other dav" ° “
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