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Al Capone — Part 30
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this course.
that time
track, and
of dressing In
tract attention to
fellow with = big,
Haming scar on hig k,
body recoguites him. Ale had a doz
‘out in front that er
aee, and that was heralded Im the
newspapers. -
“Then be went scrom the lake ow
Benton Harbor. There be took
, whole floor in a large hotel and dis
ported bimeelf. Then he went to s
baseball game and shook hands with
the famous baseball players, and poe
tured afound him were hia body-
guards. Everywhere he goea there
Is ® crowd of men, and {tf lp done
brazenly, openly, with their hands ig
thelr right-hand pockets. In collect-
ing the evidence against him there
were large expenditures by him far
such things a4 diamond belt buckles
and things like that.
Bought Clothes Larishily,
“He ordered a suit of ciothes every
other day, and the specification af
these orders always was that the
right-hand pocket be extra large and
double Iped,
“Now, all these things were blas-
oned constantly and Judge Wilke
erson called this to the attention af
the officers of the court and asked
the officers of the court to cansides
whether it would not be advisable te
deprive him of Uberty and take him
foto custody. As I stated before, I
never discussed this with Judge Wilk-
erson, but it seemed an affropt to the
court how this information got out.”
The starting extent of gangdom
in Chicage was discovered by Johnson
when he first started after Capone, he
related ta the committer. He didn't
mew where to begin.
Made Up Gang Card Index.
“I finally made up a cad index af
gangs.” be sald. “Newspaper men
have amaxing!y accurate information
It waa rather astonishing. It was nat
of the gage
“T laarned who Capone's partners
were and went after them [ites,
Among them were Jake Guiik, Ralph
Capone and Prask Nittl, to whom we
traced milliona of doilare. mo
Moores Gives Power.
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