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of evidence, anny srr mie On June 15, 1931, Capone went before Federal Judge James Wilkerson to answer 2 indictment charges. 1 charge was evasion of income tax on millions of dollars, The other charge was viclations of the National Prohibition laws over a 10 year period. Both of the indictments were backed by mountains - On June 18, 1931, ‘the Federal agents began to mop up fhe rest of Capone's gang (68 gangsters). On June 19, 1931, Capone went to the Federal Building in‘ Chicago where he pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of $200,000 in income tax evasion & enspiring in a $200,000,000 beer syndicate violating the Liquor laws, — On July 31, 1931, Federal judge James H. Wilkerson permitted the attomey's of Capone to withdraw Capone's plea of guilty in the income tax case, but he reserved decision on the prohibition conspiracy until September 8, 1931. The liquor conspirécy case, charging 5,000 violations, was ordered re- submitted to the Federal Grand Jury for return of indictments. previding a we ee de Oe a Dials eR es ee ee gpk ee higher penalty than that provided on 4 conspiracy charge. The grand jurors were then charged to investigate the Capone liquor conspiracy, On October 14, 1931, Milton Held (a race track bookmaker) testified that Capone placed 4 or 5 bets with him each day, & lost on almost every race, Held said Capone's losses in 1925 amounted to $12,000 on the horses. At the close of that court session, Philip D'Andrea (1 of Capone's bodyguards) was arrested & held wilyhout bond in a Chicago jail for having 4 concealed Weapon in court, On October 24, 1931, Capone ws finally sentenced. Capone was chewing gum at the time, When the final sentence was read by Federal Judge James H. ~ ' Wilkerson, Capone's jaw dropped, his eyes widened & he bustled importantlly to the side of his attorney's, On October 26, 1931, Capone's trip to Leavenworth was ordered delayed by the circuit court. of appeals, On this day Capone wes to start for prison: by - train to began his 11 year sentence & ws fined $50,000, On October 27, 1931, the defense attorney's seeked a supersedeas for Capone. On July 20, 1932, Col. Zack Miller, the owner of the 101 Ranch, left Ponca City, Oklahoma, bound for St.Louis, Missouri, There he met Louis Aiterie, reputed henchman of Capone. From St.Louis they went to Atlanta were Capone was serving time, Capone wanted to buy the vast ranch to organize an Italian colony to promote grape culture & to continue the ranch as a show place of the southwest, Capone did not buy the land for some unknuwn reason. On November 16, 1932, Capone, under the heaviest guard of United States Marshals, was taken to the Federal Building an hour before the hearing opened, Corridors of the building were swept clean of loiterers. Spectators were admitted shortly before court opened, everyone forced to find a seat & then the doors were closed, Assistant Attorney General A.G.- Loungquist, who appeared from Washington,D.C. to fignt Capone's attempt to ed dismiss the action for lack of legal sufficiency. The court gave __gouncil 1 week in which t. file a breif anwer to the governments