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Al Capone — Part 28

69 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 69 pages OCR'd
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_ Cnrit rae Drewy Vews 7 Jo-%- 3) “ U.S. Jury Hears ~ = al etal a= aby br Himself an ne |'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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