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Al Capone — Part 33

110 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 110 pages OCR'd
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, ya citi a edt bed th ot vb geht naa i + Foestin (C2) riche 318 Bb ee a ee eee APONE CODDLED | JN ATLANTA PRISON a oo BIS SHORS $25 A. PAIR f Poe . a j .. Pollowing ts the first of b series of three stories describing al ‘a life 4 ‘tn Federal prison at Atlanta, where he { nce, “committed trom Philadelphia, i who worked in the p: shoe Pp , . Bing the notorious gang leader. He has . 1 ; been released after compl f : orvegce ot 28 months for impersonal ' al Py = otticer. - man. . BY EX-CONVICT NO. 35.503 i. Ly ee lek came down to the ‘Atlanta, Ge, Jan. at —aFTapone "prison, he oried on everybody's remains “the big shot : ‘about how he had been double. . He was “the big shot” in the years : crossed” and “cheated” by the au- ; The dominated Chicago's racketeer thoritiea in Chicago. He said he - ing underworld and he is still “the had distributed 300 “grand” in Chi- | big shot" behind the gray walls of : ago to insure 2 ght sentence, hha ke eee ot Tenet or Par Bi they cponped him Tp, be aid. = - 1 AURA PTGOR—Al cast BO ser =e Tye his head in ' Wis personal comfort and special et need why did I | privileges are concerned. * do it?”, 3 don't know whether he 4 — Outside of actually being permit- ’ weant #he crime for which be was ] ted to leave the walls, he gets abou: , sentenced of the 300 “grand.” what he wants over there in the Big -. Netarally, ting alt these priv : Mouse, far more. at any rate than , Deges, perpetual boing j the ordinary prisoner. . ; ” against his fate and everything else ; ,, Plentifully supplied with money . hamn't tended to make him vary { (although no other prizoner is per- pular with the other inmates. He roitted to have More than $10 at one ; 4 @ small cligue around him that i time) he still wears the allk ander -toady to him for ‘cigarettes, j wear that he boasts costs him $12 a extra f and other that { suit, he wears suits tailored for him make Hfs in there-xoore e. ; in the prison tailor shop arid the '. ‘The prison -oSmimin sven put . specially mace shoes that be says . in bis own favorite brand of cigars. posg a Tr. 4 buys them box. . | Other convicts wear the regulation ca They val) hin “Grease Ball” and ; prison issne garb. 2, “Wop” and “Macaroni Bender” and Hoe receives and sends a volumin- 5 make obscene cracks | { ous mall, although other prisoners . my ahot” ‘ : are limited to writing two letters a e da he will yell at them, “Shut week. On the ground that it is i. Wp, you mugs, Twe bandied more “business correspondence” much of dough than you and al! your fam- , tt goes uncensored. I've seen him get = jiies ever saw,” with plenty of pro- + ots of uncensored letters. . 2 tapity mixed in Me . time 2 8 been pom, ~ to wangls a er to the new {Federal prison et Lewisburg, Ps. But he basn't had much tuck yet.— i smanee a : . 2b AME et cg WO) Be Gusta
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