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‘ : Xaneas City St _ " ° rose Ss XNSAS CITY START CAROLE GANG HIDES OUT| ret AT LEXING™ IN waren fing HEADQUARTE®S EMPTY. | Beaceh jn Hanzont of ached Chief tevenads Precautions Tle Touk Against Ste lenge Trolsencd, {ey the Apsocraied Prev Cuicaco, Oct. 20.—The Lexington: *> hotel, “outlaw camp” of Alphonse Ca-| pone and his gang lieutenanir, was raided by detective equed* today and found deserted except for rervants. | The raid was described by the Chief of Detectives, William Bchoemsker, as part of his campaign fo harass gang- sters at every turn end arrest them on Kirt... Detccuves discovered Capone's often expre «cd fear of being poisoned ex- tended even ro his own hanceut. On the fouch floor of the hotel. which apparen''y had been reserved entirely * for Capone and his “boys.” officers found a campielely equipped kitchen . iwi B chen & atcond them aod & * i =e. Wir who ptrvea oniy the cancvater and mecoers of his partir, These there sersants were the only onts found in the spacious quarters. te Hotel was described yesterday be Feoriai Judge dames H. W.ker- jaf &® orn “outlaw camp’ where the , [Capone ging ‘exercistd & Fuerte interes over those with whom It fame cn contact.” As his headquarters was raided and. this gang apperently scattered. Ca- | spore icek on the mxpecus ci a “model | priors oa the Cook County sil, iHe ts there pending an appeal on) the conviction whih brought him: an li-ycar sentence as an Income tax dodger. ag oe Kanses msy cer AC ‘ageous Jodge. 1o-s 9-1 In his entire wonduct of the Capone case Sucze Jatnes H. Wilkerson of the federal court | in Chicago has displayed a type of edurage and a sense of etrict justice that are hearten- ing to the great body of American people who sand for the maintenance and supremacy of he Frees tag wer ck i, wren the ranert.r appeared before hhr on a plea of gullty, there was evidence af a durmucss end determination on the part of Judge Wilkerson that was most disconcerting to the man who had been brazen: im his defiance of constituted authority. Ca- bargaining With the court, a point that the gangster was to grasp fully in later days. Judge Wikerson's denunciation of the whole * band af lawiess followers that Caponc had eathered about him comes as another indica- tion of the aterm quality of this defender of law and justice, ‘The jal sentence given the gangsters bodyguard who bad appeared armed in court, together with the outright declaration that there Bad been “a sbocking army of perjury" by Capone witnesses at the trial, is at) further evidence of a rigid adherence to the demands of order and of a fized purpose to deal out punishment where it is due. Gang- dom in Chicage and elsewhere well may take heed to such procedure in a court of law. Jus "st tice is having fts turn. The example of Judge Wikerson ovght to mark the opening of a new ¢ra in erforeed respect for authority in this country. .