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Al Capone — Part 14
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Thet evening Riddell gets ws orders, 1
obeying a relayed order from Capone. te entered 4
The conference between Hacket ial and 1 last
even hed ice orean brought for Riddell, be uever meng it a.
carry food himself, delegating that danger to nome
remuneration at some future time, te Se 400 out ous
for the reason thet the asual gosd cote | on oacéstona) co ‘oft, at
eitute guard - - Mr. Bead ~ ~ never fails to spot a insate leering b
Officers’ Mess loaded down with concealed food. Capeae!s ‘geiteasige ware
occasionally undelivered for this reason, though the inaate oe . ene
equld not deny that the mame written on the eoncenled perce] wes Payttg
tut CAPONE. He (Capone) however, was seldom mentioned when the inmate -
was written-up for the violation. td
An assault, when umpgrevated, is « seriou thing. Tt means
forfeiture of Good Time. An aggravated asasult, on the other hand, my .
result in only ten or twolve days eonfinasent in the hols, and reductiens
to Third Grade. & Third Grade prisoner, of course, {¢ denied a1] privsieges.
Tt, therefore, de agreed that the aszayit must be an aggravated one, OF
Riddell hes 252 days Good Tine at stake. Bo is assured $600,00 if he makes
& successful jod of the as mult. 0
"q']) kill him deader than Hell!" he aseures Backethal, who is 3
now in a position where he ‘gust comply with Capone's decres. .
“all right. But keep your mouth ahut when you get over the ooo
Dep's. I'l see that you don't get moch puniahbment. Take my word for —
chat," Hackethal advises. .
"I know. Leave it to me. I don't like that guy Lee, esyhow."
Hackethal, it happons, wee awaiting « decision of the united | .
States Board of Parole. He had served one-third of bis twenty five yer,
had been duly heard, and his case continued to Washington. Be could not
risk open couplicity in the deed about to be performed, put it stands te
reason, he argues with himself, his refusal to obey Capone night result
in hia being considered yollox. He must not, on the other hand -- if he
een prevent it -~ place himself in jeopardy. Thus, Riddell is urged to
pick « quarrel with Leo, . . Ons loud and serious enough to ouuze the otbar
Amontes in "A" ‘pasoment to ‘ponolude it wes private quarrel ‘vetrve Lee.
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