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Al Capone — Part 6
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR, MO
| ISLAND WAITS FOR CAPONE, |
‘The Convict Population of Aleatvax
Xs Only Porty-Seven,
(By the aszciated Prost)
Sin Franctsco, Aug, 20.—Every~
, thing is ready for At Capone—on a
jrock in San Francisco Bay,
| Alcatraz Istand, the new tederal
penitentiary for’ inoorrigibles, 10
Rhich Copane and forty-two other
convicts are being brought, has been
| ready for several days. {
‘The convict population of the island
ja, tWelve-acre rock @ mile and a}
| baie stom the San Prancleem shots”
Was ADMounced at. forty-seven. Just
prior to the atlamey general's visit
Tt is equipped to hald several bundres,
Qnee @ Spanish fortress, the island
served for many years as a United
States army disciplinary “barracks |
Until ils transformation inte # regular
Prison. Equipped. with the Jetest |
devices of stecl and weapons against |
altempted escape, (t was described by |
Attorney Genera Cummings as."
{vital part of our warleof segresating
the most. dangerous crtminaia”
[Fhe swirling currents from the
}Golden Gate form e natural barrier
against escape and also isolate the
[island against wnauthorized communi
“catlons from the outside,
Mr Natnen
tr, Fotson
Mr. Cleese
Mr. Bavghman...
cntet Clerk
Mr. Cottey
thr. Cowtoy
Bown
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