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Al Capone — Part 6
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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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