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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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“ote iu i 1A NEW TONE TO CHICAGO enous City Stay. 2 3) CAPONE’S CONVICTION PUTS SPIRIT IN FIGHT ON CRIME. —_— [Qdte Teepe. tn Dutta Wie UM tavsis Pacttanede ail deme Ba eh Wotda | Sine) TVitrast at Grip of H Gocheteees, ~"Ortexco, Oct. 28 —The conviction of Al Cspone here by the tedrra! gov- ermment hat given Chicago a moral | Tstimetus which 4s aroused tts civic consciousness LO & greater degree than anything since the famous O'Leary Cow started the historic fire that #l- most destroyed the entire city. This, in effect, is‘the op:nion of Jeading citizens and government off:- Clals who have fought the reign of . crime herr. Porenio:: i:. combatine the racket- eers. guUMmen end hood'um:. who have consicercd Chicagg their prey for the las. ten years as the Chicazo Em- Plovers’ Asrcctation. Toda, Presi- Geni Eovls Ho Macov said the effects of “Capone's conviction, # ther final- ly succecd in sending him to Leaven- worth, Will be wonderful. His ineare Ceration witl demeraltize al] Fis co- hors, Others who may seck to suc~* ceed him wil fear to make the attempt. | NW OUST IN ries. . “Thit enn done fh than ion Ane teak ese ~weoeg Kere, : P@oas ne ie od we who ack fo [sso i crinic into @ eteset ercani- eTGuee ses Zation beter fitted to concinue our! fight, We pow have encourazement " fwgainst what haz sometime: sectird a reésubiag’s tall. “The pany -tets tight docether, with | thelr fisis cioved and are hizhiy Or- | eanized We ate bke the ‘Ceh ts andi the Lodees! willing to tiens, ee have our Uinktrs spread and bends [ omen, Nor we shall work tazc: ver | with closed fi5.0." 1 Capone Geta Special Food 2; ;2a! of the,case. Meanwhile, Ca-| a bene's attorneys planned to carry, 'tueir fight for bail to the United! ° and Ras Visitors. CHICAGO. OG: M3. —(U PI—A! (Capone, conv icter, of ef cuuding the tor tr fhe dene tinue fer g time al etast tr amine tro peered on Capane tusury Of mo may in yo corsan. | Beruues of int FAthGD than dm- acct deader’s atts . ' ‘cor. parctive Cook enuc'y ) — KANSAS CITY JOURN AL-POST. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28. toe 3 lime are tom jalt will ro os it ‘ mad meat of income tax, will eer. CCHTH On either the penitentiary gen- government of inc ta le jad term ime: Juece Jemes H.) this, obtained a * The Chicago Emplo. a dgsocia- Hon has been breaking up gangster methods here for the last few whet thugs aought ta “muscle in” legitimate business men. One government official. closely as- a sociated with the Capone conviction, who asked that hic name be with- Delt, mace this asertion: TNA re: Balt... ta eucaed Cae Ponce. ‘lhe minute anrone sticks his head up above the crowd of minor Unuzs and heodlums and seeks to emulate Capone he will be advertising for ‘bed and board’ in Leavenworth, and those in authority will see that he gets it. ‘The ganes will now begin to disintegrate and they will net be a Ss iormidabie without thelr Jeader.~ Wint REACTION TO VeRnicr. “ Bankers, merchants end industrial leaders expressed pleasure on Ce- pone'’s conviction. Charies P. Megan. president of the Chicago Bar Association. said: “The public will frei sotletaction in rowing the laws of the United Btates cannot be broken with impy- nity .and that no offende: is power- ful enough to escape punishment.” viction is a “triumph for Chicago, it will qs much io overceme the fale! repuiation of Chicago in the nation | ;and the world.” FEAR HOLDS GANG RIVALS. - Pole Find Xo Pretenders to Leadership of Capone. VAy fhe Agaccrtted Press Ciicaco, Oct. 28—The Chicaga po- ‘dice are ecing to te into the question pasiow ot attempt to take up the (FEuS ol ring jeadershup in Chicago tow thal Al Capone is locked in jail #8 an income tax dodger. “Diogo Lawrence” Mancanoc, Heted by the Chicrato etime commission as aCT.ucl cnemy,” was goestioned on Tash the g.o:.ct following reports his fol- jJowers Lad been planning to form & inew ryndicate to take the place of i Capone's, tut Mangano was prompt Wi a denial, “Y cont want te be king for a dav" he wid Wiliam Echoermsker, chlef of detectives, imptving he would expecc to be Killed if he essumed Capone's place as a genz leader. ito which he was assigned. the: a : we ! fates nnirsey fer thes nt to becin: ~ , 7. " ime ts ait a rif the sus" {\ ae t tee Piste court d Tha pra i a”) J ; : Toa at wot Lone ey , Capone . 4. irate J have foods ooo oe theo nat me PORTIS AR da recniye win = — yooh . “ment de end spend hisl - '"FREE’ IN JAIL CELL ‘execution of bis senterce by therent in from ou é I PRE - ‘United States circuit court pending time as he pleares in the special cell Wiliiam V. Brothers, chief justice of the eireuit court, said the con-j .
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