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Mr, Clomy Cems : Mr. Eas ¥4s “-t Chtef Clerk S Hire Centex. Mr. Cowley, ‘Want Ad He’ + Eowaras, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1004 Sean CAPONE CUT OFF FROM) | WORLD IN PRISON ON) <= LONELY ‘DEVIL'S ISLAND’) Notorious Gangster Begins Isolated Life With 66 Other Federal Prisoners—Swift Currents, Rigid Restrictions Make Old Spanish Fortress Almost Escape-Proot By JAMES A. SULLIVAN United Press. ‘stan Writer SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23—As isolated from the world though he were a castaway on a ¢ (Starface Al) Capone, once the nation’s No. 1 gangster, began) a new type of existence today Alcatraz Island. . ‘Capone bas been in other prisons during his career from the sidewalks of New York to the top of the Chi- cago underworld, but never in one ike the old Spanish fortress washed | by the swift currents which flow into an Francisco Bay from the Golden Gate "The new prison,"already called the “American Devil's Island,” is de- signed to cut off its inmates come pletely from contacts with the rest Federal uuthorities, charged with keeping Capone six more years on ‘an income tax violaion conviction, Sesired this isolation for the former gangland leader. ‘That is why he ts desert isle, Alphonse in the new Federal prison on the future, for another phase of the Federal plan of isolation is eomptete| silence regarding the activities of its charges in the new Devil's Island, ‘With tbe elaborate precaution of war maneuvers in uncertain terri~ tory, the Federal government trans~ ferred Capone and the 52 other’ prisoners. “Among the companions of Capone, st was reported, is Alvin Crip, When Capone ruled the Chicago liquor trade Crip wes one of his arch enemies. Convicts were chained to thelr seats on the transcontinental train. Blinds were drawn. Crowds were Kept at a distance. Cameras’ were Capone's “home” for the next siz years, here, along with 66 other Federal, prisoners. Eventually, the number ‘Will be increased to 260. ‘and one-fourth from the nearest: shore. Watch towers project from ‘the castlelike battlements of ite prison buildings. In those towers, on an ape ewane No boat, no swimmer, ne alrplane may approach within 300 yards of the Island. Signs in the day and lights st night warn visitors not to ‘The Department of Justice took over the prison to house two types of felons—those 1¢ considers incor migible, whose sole thought is of escape, and those who attempt to i aaa contact with friends out- class. Few Visitors Allowed confiscated when newsmen sp- proached too close, Train guards were heavily and ostentatiously armed. Bests Patrol Bay. Here the train was maneuvered across Martinez Bridge to the freight terminal at Tiburon, From the bay came & clamor Of Whistles as Coast, Guard patrol boats and prison Inunches cruised between the island ‘and the mainland, mail bosts, steamers and even passenger ferries were diverted from thelr courses. ‘Machine guns and a small cannon were trained on the Alcatrar sector. Sub-machine guns and shotguns] ‘were in the patrol boats. Bhortly later the prison’s steel [dora clanged shut on the nation’s, ‘Visitors will be few at the new 1 worst criminals,