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Al Capone — Part 6

80 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 80 pages OCR'd
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b mm REP pers ‘a aR STN Unitage Sand, The photogiaph shows he theee | seniee wer among # group of fiflys]ssmored allroad ears et the right, seer ers who was taken to the which were taken fo the Island on core eee erententiary &a Alcattez |x car ferry. The prisoners, under the ree casa Prenclico Bay reeentiy,|watchtul eyes of the guard carrying Ten i. FMolng to let the outside world know ISOLATION FOR CAPONE)’ Sycn ‘duties iney have been 5- — . jeiened the warden commented “The men are familiar with prison EX-UNDERWORLD CHIEF - COM- joutine and there should be no diffi- J PLETELY CUT OFF AT ALCATRAZ. !cuities encountered in establishing : jsoyzal peltentlary le ese cide Exents end San Quentin state priaons, be-! came a grandfather today, with the tirth of git] to his daughter, Mre UNellle Parker, sl Merced, AN Knowledge of Ont Win Be Peahibited by Gavern= ment in Aitempt to Break ‘Gangster Contn cay the Asaociated Prose aw Francisco, Aug. 2J.—Any po! sible contact with the oulside workt for A} Capone, former Chicago gang Jeader, and fifty-two other prisoners Drought from the AUanta prison, was! eut off teday by Warden dames A. Johnston of the new federal peniten- ary on Alcatraz Island 1 isco Bay. Birict orders to prevent the ets from communicating with their former underworld associates were Is- aued by Warden Johnston in carrying ‘out the orders of Homer 5. Cummings, attorney general. Cummings, on a recent inspection of the island prison, seid tt was the plan of the department of justice to “segregate” the so-called incorrigible convicts, thereby preventing outbreaks of trouble in ethcr penitentlaries. “They are not-even going 10 have sn opportunity to know what goes ‘on outside," Warden Johnston satd, “Those men were sent here because the government wants to break their | contacts with the underworld, That | te going to be done.” Letters to relatives will be censore’ ‘ae Spor Weune ALcarnan Ista Now Convines Au Carawe AND Orne Notorious Cerumats . . . | ONCE A SPANISH FORTRESS «4 Butitany Prison Sivcr 1858 5 6. Tie Ord Dunctoxs Have Toripro Jo Movenn Cris. « Oxe Svccessrvn Escare Tsit oF Rock IN Saw FRanessco Bay. Johnston seid, and the vonviet pot be permitted to heve rad aneir cells. ‘The prisoners Will not be denied recreation privilests, however,” the warden added. i “The new prisoners are belog as- signed to their duttes, but we are not | Tiles, are shown Weaving the conches for transfer to the new cells on the prison Island. Te was announced that would reenme mis prison maker. Capone! 2B ASB Bhoe Johnston, former warden xt Folsom |i nee ee
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