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Al Capone — Part 34
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Mr. Tolson. =
Mr. Beughman
| Chief Clerk...
: Mr. Clegg
—THE AMENITIES OF CRRME»
Rmily Fost will doubtless be pleased to
hear that in Evanston nowadays—or should
we say nowanights?—burglars make thelr
calle in dinner jackets, Your gentiemen so
attired visited the apartment of Fred c.
Mumm, who, by the way, het a name,that
suggests formal attire. The host ‘was ab-
sent, but his callers had a pleasant evening
and departed by taxi, which, tow, Miss Post
would probably say was in good form.
Indeed there is much to be sald for keep-
ing in fashion, but will not the adoption of
conventional evéning wear by burglars raise
‘a new probiem for the high-priced cusiom
tailor? Im the Capone era the aristocrats
of gangdom apparently dressed ag other
men, but in fact they wore sults ingeniously
tailored with great pockets in which the
> heavy-caliber automatic or revolver could
be worn without ostentation. «—
Can this be done with the tuxedo, or
with ——
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