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CR ee a ne ec — + en ci eo NINN ERWABI n UNUEAWONLD FROM CELL, U.§ REVEALS Gangsters Daily Visitors at Jail, Tipster Wires Wash- ington; Al Living in Luxury MYSTERY CALLS TRACED | Warden and Aids Questioned; , Politicians Linked; Ban on Passes Ordered by Marshal (Picture on Back Page) 2” Officials of the Department ‘of Justice and officers of the United States District Court here have conducted a search- ing inquiry into reports that Al Cannns has heen accorded PRE REPU ES ee re ee special privileges in the county jail, it was admitted in Wash- ington last night. The investigation, it was revealed, began ten days ago when three anonymous telegrams, all worded the same, were recefved by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson, United Btates District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson and Warden David Moneypenny of the jall. HOODLUMS 'DAILY VISITOBS.’ They asserted that Capone was receiving hoodlum henchmen dally as visitors, that he was allowed to moanke phone calls and send tele- grams and, in short, was running his underworld machine from be- bind the bars. The order came from the Depart- ment of Justice ai Waswuglon toar fhe inquiry must be pushed to the “Mimit te determine whether the in- visible” ‘ef-the Capdhe ad ‘Whine, fients the thw, # than that of the government, ‘which makes that law. Hl i bpeseee by vetty politicians whe, CrAiie AG» neeye SEA ase ere 35 Th He i it i tf ' | i | Continues From Fwat Fage. shower, Buch comforts are not al- Aowed to the ordinary run ef pris oners, who ust oocupy cells in the Hers and find restricted relaxation in the “bull pens” _ STREAM OF CARS NIGHTLY. They discovered that late at night expensive automobiles ware parked within the jall shadows. Guarding aug were men who had every ap- | pearance of hoodlama, The pres ance of these care has not yet been explained, and federal investigators would not reveal] whether any of the men had been questioned. It was learned definitely, how. ever, that Warden Moneypenny, Deputy Warden George Gibson and peveral guards and prisoners were interrogated to learn the nature of Al's life in fall. ; BAN ON VISITORS ORDERED. When this questioning was over, an prder was lesusd by U. &. Mar- mo ene shouXd be allowed to visit pone without m pass signed .the marshal or his chief deputy, ' Exceptions were mada i the cases of Capone's mother, his wifa, his son and bis lawyers, Albert Fink and Michael J. Ahern. Even when the pass order was feauved, the determination to mee Capone persisted, as shown im the flood of requests for these tlokets. POLITICIANS INVOLVED, _ Laubenhelmer said he had been heeciged with requesia tar ar - aie a en CAPONE PASS PLOT NIPPED Fetter Btrengthening this oa oul Piclon ig the conviction that the better known Capone leaders would hesitate to apply, themeelves, for a pass from the marshal. + Ralph Capone Sends Selt a Christmas Greeting! . - Ralph Capone, who ia serving a three-year sentence for incorte tax evasion at the MeNell tsland fed Prison is his Iaivure to the inturter decane, tion of his call, according te word ae from the prison yester- He Of hie een the four stee! walla o: Ls) quarters with ttle red balls and with green and white crepe paper. And on the lintel of bis sell door he has chalked s Sdn) to Kimeelf: - annie ee ae ae yl fn tan-Gl 7