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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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pers ere eT aT His Identity in Cell at Alcatraz| Not Even “Given Number as} Worker in Prison’s Tailor Shop ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PENI- TENTIARY, BAX FRANCISCO, Ang, 23 (U.S2,—Al Capone, who once ruled an underworld king- dom but who now has not even & number to distinguih him from 99 other blue clad Federal felons, tonight awaited the order which rlis expected to send him to the prison tailor shop for eight years In the Atlanta penitentiary “| "Scarface Al” worked in the shoe shop and become proticlent in the er’s art. Now he will have an opportunity to turn out men’s “but not the $150 variety he 5 the sartorlally perfect “big of gangdom. ! NO OUTSIDE CONTACTS ‘Only by secret listings behind the grim walls of Alcatraz will the | prisoners be known, Keepers cal not talk about the inmates, W den James 8, Johnston suid tode “No one will ever know the name or number of a prisoner on Alcatraz, Mf the identity of a prisoner Ja revealed, the dls closure must come from Wash- ington. Thia Is an Island of ne cutslde contacts for convicts.” ee: H E ‘Warden Johnston sald “Capone and the 52 came bere with him manscled in pairs and. chained and bolted in thelr “chair car” seats, apparently “approved of” the surroundings. ‘There are now 100 Federal convicts oa the “Ysla de Alcatraces,” or “Island of the Pelicans.” LIFE NOT CRUSHING to routine duties. some tn the shoe shop, some in the laundry. Some in the cleanup and some, including “the big fe low." to the tailor ahop. and virtually incorrigible prison ers wil be assigned here, Alcor traz prison ite will not be of the “American Devil's Island” desertp- tion connotes. Each Sunday the men will be permitted the comparative {ree- om of the prison yard, to engage in baseball games or any other recreational sctivities that can easily be atraiged. Warden John- som was careful-go point out the jnmates will not\pe “coddied,” however. ‘AM were to de assigned today! ‘Although none but dangerous | rigorous, Ifecrushing type the | eereccen | Me Naiman! Mr, Felson Mr. Clega MecBavehman, ‘Enter eter mr, Catied Me, Cowles mr eagrs,-- Mrs Kestn Wer Uesier Mr Quinn fir Senuter Me. Teen
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