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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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Mr. Chere Mr. Beeghman... niet cle ar, Coley soe ir. Baws ta tis, Evans Mr Werbo ire BEGUM -seesese eee Ire Lever ‘Caponeon8 Shift at SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23—UP = Prison labor—forty-eight hours « Week of it—was in lore today for Al C’Searface") Capone and fifty- two other convicts transferred yeu. terdsy from other prisons to the new escape-proof federal peniten- tlary on Alcatraz Island. An elghlchour work period each day except Sunday has deen mapped out for the new arrivals, including the former Chicago gang chief, , Warden James A. Johnston eatd. The wew convicts, who Increased the prison population to an even {200, ‘will Jabor In the prison laun- ry. the clathing shop, shoe shop, Kitchens aud at mainicnance occu. pations, CAN STUDY SkY1INE, | “An thelr letsure and recreational hours they may study the Saa Fran- cisco skyline, £0 close Ihat detalle ave clearly visible when not ob soured by fog; wateh ocesn liners and freighters poss in and out of the Golden Gate, or keep track of the progiese on the two. great bridae projects steetching oul acto: the surging [Johnston sai “Hour Work e283 ee Alcatraz Doughman declared. He ‘said: “They edimftted to ma that Can Pone's record was. govd.” ‘He pointed out that Capone’s aj: ent They are tasnitiar with rie {pont how netore Grete i on routine. “There should be ne |Pch New Refora the United States difficulties encountered ta estab: | lishing normal penitentiary Iife here.” i The transter of Capone to the new prison, which Attorney General Cummings seid was for conviews who attempted to maintaln outalde contacts at other penitentlaries acd were potential ait breakers, brought , & protest from hie attorney at Ab, Janta, Frank A, Doughman, Capone himself protested wh, Supreme Court, was brought Federal Court for the Northern trict of Georgia and added: “It fs the flrst time tn ny ex! perience where s mun hes bees, Femoved from the supervision of the court where = one is peode, ine” i | “sof course we're not going to entertain. the “A PN meee alt thane
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