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Al Capone — Part 28
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U.S. Jury Hears
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|'Gang Chief Loses Fight:
| to Bar Admissions to
Tax Expert.
ores re eee
BARES FAILURE TO FILE
:
Alphonse Capone, on trial before :
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson /
fur evasion of the inccme tax, today
received his first s¢r.cus reverse Wher
[the judge admitted in exicence the +
record of nis early necotiafions for a
compromise with the treasutr depari- |
iment.
In this statement which contains a
leicgranie of Capone cempiued ov
‘Laavence Bo Mattne Inceme-tax
lexpert then resreeestms the pints
lier. Canshe outlnes the found.ng of
[his aicose! tind.cate late in 192}-an
lor rganivation to which he contribated
soaland from weroch he derived
mie cf "not more than
in leit no: more than £40,007
sta and 1229 net more than
in
not a year’
Chim.
Always In Debt.
“ALS pee
inan
T. represents tha’
riod Canene Was a- fo
hoe.
7
SvéAG? in dekt to the ilntee efsoci-
ate: nith whom ne had organized the :
Sh1C cate. t
I: admits freeiv that Capone never &
flied anois esta retort and in t
jgriitral conreces mon: of the poms
upon Black Une cctesnment bar rat bee
iReerent cate, Tur Gutn e fosacd up-
Gi io and sO 8 8lca im arg.ime ale
trite te ket fra the parr mas
@tetua. plea ety Dl usient 1
skbperts evideuce given scsterday by |
L.A aay, fc: three years &
besieee oe ath ok he rses dn
vo te-tu.ed that the Haa~
o Pu,
a the: ne Smove Ehop and other gam-
he Gives, Gn Md sneves gore
* pret Gf S46 2000 ay MSS, ELL AGS.
a de
aud ab a9ou. Saul).
a ee ee
jmrmy times durin; that year.
Defense Makes Long Fight.
The Wranele ever the Matting!”
document came soon after the open-
ing of court this morning wher
George ©. Slenctz, attache of the tn-
ternal revenue department in Wash-
ington, D. C., was called as first wit-
ess. The paper was presented to
‘him by Assuiant United States Dis-
[tree 4 Attorney Samuel G. Clawson a3,
Sevemment’s exhibit A—e Maneurer
Which brought Attorneya Muchae)
Ahern @nd Aibert Pink to the restrum
with objections. The jury was ex-
Cluded, the letter and “notes read t2
the cowrt ang an argument begur:
h lasted until well inte the atte:-
Boon sessio7,
The defence atrorneys in their los-
ing fight scucht te beve the lett:
treated as pr.vileged matter, which
723 & presen‘c’.on of fact in one pas-"
jtleular necoi2u0n was not admicsibic
BS evidence in another case,
Judes W
Judge Wilkerson, gfter stressine th-"
pocnt thst zen €uiity of vola:-
ing a feceral s:a:ure cannot eran-
INGictment b. presenting the facts in
the case to a minor official ef th-
treasury denartment,” suddeniy brok>
inon the wrancis and declared -h~:
the docunmen:s were admussible. Tne
jury was recatied. :
Moss Helen Alexander, 1912 South.
405 avenue. C.cerc a draft teller in
the Pinktil Stale Bank, was the next
witness, She tesitied that Capone
had had a deposit box in the rau:
of this bunk fron: April, 1926,
Apri, 3927. Under tk fontract
through ahich this pox was alintted
Lo Capolie Ko cocls be opencd ony in’
the prestrce of Lows Le Cava @r4
A. Capone efter beth of them kag
signer the entrance sip. She sac
tha: she hed seen the defengar:
é
J
to
“Wdenlifse, Mattingly Letter,
AC this pont Leets H. Wilsen. in-
ternal revenue acento in charge of
Special fraud imtessestion in| Chi+
CAgO, Was Called to the stand. He
iGentified Une Matiingiy letter 2s ont,
(Continued on Thad Pace)
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