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(3h On June 15, 1929, Capone offered $50,000 any lawyer or group of lawyer's wha anuwlda -iten hice weleagdes fean Unlmach burg Cauontr Prtean hafare hte I veaan FEL es td OE i OW i OF sentence Was over. On October 15, 1929, Frank Biege ( 1 of Capone's bodyguards) was arrested by Chicago police on 4 charge of extortion, On October 16, 1929, Pat Roche ( chief investigator for the States Attorney,. Swanson ) paid Mrs, Frank Biege $25, to tell what she knew, She stated that her husband sho & killed Ben Newmark ( @ Chicago patrolman) on Capone's orders, She also told facts about Capone's organization, Capone served only 10 months of the sentence & left in the prison in the- warden's car, His return performance in Chicago didn't last long, he was hounded by publicity, Every year, Capone's gang smuggled 1,,000, 060 gallons of alcohol to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota & South Dakota. On May 1, 1931, a drive for Capone's capture, in Chicago, led by detective Pat Roche, was ordered by the Mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, They raided the Lexington Hotel (Capone's headquarters) & confiscated $30,000 worth of - fixtures, but could not find Capone. They wanted to arrest him for the murder of Mike de Pike Heilter, ; On May 4, 1931, Michael Ahern, Capone's attorney said Capone would surrender for questioning on the condition that he be released if absolved of complicity in the Heiiler case, Pat Roche refused the offer, Capone was running 4 $200, 000, 000 bootlegging empire. r On dune 4, 1931, Avtormmey General Mitchell from Washington,D.C,. said Capone would be brought in for income tax evasion, 15 accountants & lawyer's of the treasury's income tax force were put to work to locate Capone's bank account, The aim of the Federal officers was to get Gapone behind bars for 2 or 3 years, hoping this would be a means of breaking up his gang. (mn June 5, 1931, Capone was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on income tax evasion. William F, Waugh, 1 of Capone's attorney's said he would ask Capone to surrender & to plead guilty. Half an hour after the charges were read, Capone surrendered & pleaded guiltv. From 1929 to 1931, government agents had conducted a secret 2 year investigatioh on Capone's financial affairs from coast to coast, questioning 1,000 persons who had dealings with him, The indictment charged that Capone took $915,552.95 in underworld profits in the years 1925, 26, 27, 28 & 29, & that he owed the government $162, 591.24 in taxes. The indi etment charged 6& separate felonies & 2 mi sdemeanors agair ist SSNS Se ase mee wee ee See SS Oe ee see a eee ee Gapone in a total of 23 counts, This ig when Frank Nitti took over as leader of the mob for Capone, On June 9, 1931, it was announced that Capone made $2,038,654 between 1924 & 1929. United States District Attomey, Georges Johnson, gathered the ‘information, ~ ; ni i. we we ce ee ee i