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nrarn. POLICE HELP. TO CAPONE Aid of Alcohol Dealer Bares i ( 4 Rata | Details of Protection and ry Payotfs; Expect Ir Indictments Confession on of art arrangements for the protection of Capone , liquor operations, revealed yes- titerday, is expected to have a : direct bearing on the return of income tax indictments against cevaern alice eaniarwne owhn sty eral Poice capiains we kas have been under federal inves- tigation. The confession, made by Homer West, Negro chauffeur for Bam Ri- nella, convicted Capone distiller,- tells of police convoys for deliver- jes of alcohol, districts in which/|- the gang had immunity at ali times and of regular collections by police ata “payoff headquarters. = sCaY GEts pata, ~ “eaptathé Peomes, |f first obtained by the special ¢ cousity | grand jury & year ago, fal-en over by the federal stat : eo ree owe ‘ | | adequate explanation wes "|made by several of the captains 1 [for large deposits made at their banks. West's confession, made after he had served a short sentence for op-. erating a still, wae diecloned by, | j]Danlel Anderson, assistant United Btates attorney. It is expected to |! | be a major factor in the Income tax COULD DO ANYTHING.’ - “There were some police districts where we could do anything,” West stated jn his confession. “I could drive sixty miles an hour through them. If a motorcycle ‘officer [| ehased ws, he would signal to go|' ahead when he saw thet Rinelia was in ihe car. Other districts had to be careful about.” The “payoff” for police was made in a barber shop in Twenty-second ‘ist, it was stated and officers and squads came there for their mpenay. CARRIES $56,000 IN CASH si; +] Rinella's business was ee profit- abla that be sometines had An i after a deal, Weat t ee oe i: So 69-1f0-/oS