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22. Yet, 4n his prood and uncdety to atuss a huco Sertune -- part of wiich was ther ‘in. w safety deposit bex outside the institution -- he feiled to use discretion. Fe pitched head first into an idea that actually comvinced Capone, beyord the shadow of a doubt, thot Doc had »pped hin. bec, discovering this too Inte, hed ne alibi! . It resulted in disaster. . . as do all deceptions. Lelioving everyons new Imew of his fraudulent racket, soc dared not ask anyone tlpe “ehe "Ruth" letters. Ze could not tyre tinself. There was one alternative -~ to write then with pen and ink! he would neve presented them thus in the beginning vere it not tiut he feared his handwriting was fumilier> to Capone, end World be recovncied imedintel:. Leverthaless, he vrote two -= two quite sintlar to the others, incorporating the sanc erotic vows an] declarations of undying love! Those, Capene adnitted, looked cewsdue; tut their contents caused hin to be sus- Picious, because "Ruth" dveliud too such on the loss of his love. . . ard he had not told her dn the lettors IL. wrote her (wnich voc pretended to have mailed throwcsh Chattouior!) that he had ceased to love her! Canore, the cenius wie amassed millions, . . the man who re- gerded tre penitentiary as a haven of safety. . . the cu.nin:, shrewd and artful Capove beiny tricked in a racket that resulted in hic writing endoaring letters te a woman ‘who did not oxistl! His vanity was offended. Ile could not endure this longer. Every esate in the institution would learn of it. He must do soothing! Anythine! Cr lose his reason. “Tall that Guy Shavings I want to see him. And I wont take no for an answer,” he tells Thorpe one morning. Thorpe inforas Shavings, Shavings reprets that he cannot ecoxply, if he must meet Capone at the bes, ital. On the yard would be 0. kK, Yee, bul you co to stockade at one -~ Al gocs at 25350, All right, I*12 feke a pass to the hospital for 2:30, and you can meet him on the yard. So they met again, and after rehashing Doc's entire racket Capone promises Shavings anything he wants. "I don't want anything you have, 41," Shavings answers, "I . wanted that two hundred because my mother was sick. I don't want that * 95 ®hanks. anvhow!" eee prem tre