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5 s & “capone's in the Shee Bhop!” “Heys Whitey, they easigzued Capone to the Shoe Shop." “Saye aid you peert Al's working in the Shoe Shep! Tesh, Caponel ‘In the Bhoe Bhopt" trs, the sews of Capone's “gore” assignment raced through the prisc. and, of course. we are not emared at the sonsternation this essign- ment opuses- Cthera, however, determine to drrentigats the suthenticity of the rumr. And curious ad we have proved we sre, wo decide to tag slong: Of courses, Fe can't walk in the Shoe Shop just for the purposé of seeing af Gapons works theres We must have sone excuse. Pell, whet Detter excuse than to hares rubber peels put om our shoes? The very thing! Delibereately and with satisfaction of curiosity aforethought, we each remove one ef our rubber heels. There! flow we baye & valid and plsusible axcuae for asking for and being granted permission to visit the Shoe Shop. « + and #6° Capone at work 7) as woe enter the poilding and climb the stairs Jenaing to the first floor, we #6 to our left many men droning "whites". « ¢ a | oe gneete - and a6 We jook closer, linen belonging to the oivilians and guard: employed in the 4ostitution. Yo are not so interested in this just now: we came to coe Capone work, We turn to the right, aod there, aitting in & Jarpe Morris chair, 168 Capone, a marine in his rignt ham, & cigar in the left. He does net lock up as one of the inmates approaches v8 and we explain our airficulty « Ye remove our shoess hand then to the inra*‘e, and he attaches new rubber heals, Our eyobs meanwhile, &re glued on Gapene+ we wonder why the gquerd, standing, nearby, does not reprimand hin. How pompous he sens sitting there meticulously dressed in his robin-~Oce plus snirt, black tie, erensod and bleached denim pants, silk socks and Floreheims« The guard mst have ocaerved U5 whispering. He steres at Ube tie becone frightened. Then, to our gheer amazement, he walks over to Capone! mymat about washing these windows?" he aske, 70 trace of oon@ descension in his woite. md ™yho wash hat windows 1 growis Capone, rolling the magazine 7 inte « olubiike resenblances