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Al Capone — Part 23

74 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 73 pages OCR'd
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i WAN 5 SFAVED “emndaco, March n (0.83 ta is a disgracet”. 9 Thus did Al See esa? of thd underworld, today ay bbe! :[ Bie arrest ander a cpplas ‘tyom Federal Judge James a. ~Wilker~ #on's oo Capone isa’t used to being arreated. in fact this is omly the second ij time ba bas been artested In his | Wfe—yet during the igst five years his fame bas beer Hnked with gvery it major crime that hes heen: gon. mitted in Chicage and nd poInts : ar et es bid adil pouth, ast and west. -s ‘(NOT CRIMINAL RECORD The only official record ‘the pellce department has of Capone is his ‘Jarret on January 25, 1925, when ‘ihe eres “picked up en suspicion. ” However, this is hot consdered am Lad ‘| orimioal “record, i} Capone suffered the unspeakable ‘lignony of his second arrest late today as he emerzed from c grand jury enté room In the Federal Bulld ing. The capias charged contempt nm our. “all right, * Capone ‘mecred’ as the’ | warrant wan read to bins. “What do} we do nowt" ; He was promptty led to the clerk's office where it was announced that a $6.000 bond would be necessary. “That's easy.” laughed Capone, “my lawyers have that all fixed,” | | BOND 18 READY a { Sure encugh, <A legal- Jooking en: velope was ehoved across the coun- ter to folthe clerk and (here was a nice hren@ new $5,000 bond—from - { surety com pany—for his _Telease. “Bee you ijater, boys.” ore {! called over bla shoulder as he headed { for the door. i+} & “epecial’ elevator took Capone U and his friends, some folks call them hia bodyguard, to the etrest Jevel, Deputy Uniied States marshals, aided by detectives, made way for bim to Jhis tax! and a6 the taxi started off, a detective bureau car ewuog tn ahead of it and stilt another fell in | pebind—becauee the officials are de- termined that mo bad guncten are 4 g to “knock off” Capone while a Government gitat. M .BEL If BLAMED Mra. Mabel Walker Wieprandt, assietant attorney géenerel, is at the bottom of all this treuble, according to information given today. li geema that for some reason Mrs. Wittebrandt bas taken a special in- terest in the affairg of Capone and bas a very elaborate check-up @n bis in ome, outgo and general doings. The particular cuse against Ca- pone right sow is whether or net be was actually too fll to poms te Chi- éage, Meroh 12, when he wee sunny tmened: hers ander ~ 2 -Gorerninent Dui Bevan b 4~/80
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