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Al Capone — Part 6
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OTHERS SPEEDING
TOISLAND PRISON
Movement.from Atlanta to
Alcatraz Veiled in Deep
co ., Mystery.
~ New Orleans, La, Aug. 20—P)}—
|Al Capone, America’s public enemy,
No. 1 long before the world had
lever heard of John Dillinger, is on|
Ihis way to a new prison home.
He is being transferred, with
great secrecy, from the Atlanta pen-|
itentiary to the new Alcatraz prison|
jin San Francisco bay—the prisoa|
\Jfederal authorities cell “impreg-
‘With forty-two other prisoners,
‘|Capone was whisked out of the pen-|
‘Sitentiary in Atlanta early yesterday.
Guarded by a picked aquad of fed-
fers} agents carrying automatle shot-|
{Jeuns, the prisoners were placed inf
wo ‘specially built screened andy
barred railroad cara and started on
their way to Alcatraz—the island>>
‘prison fortress designed for convicts
‘{sonsidered too dangerous to be kept[
‘in ordinary penitentiaries.
+1 ‘agentitied by Reporters.
; Although federal —_ authorities)
maintained silence about reports|
‘the former Chicago gang leader was].
being’ sent to the Pacific coast;
prison, his presence in the group!
jwas established by newspaper men
lwhen the convict cars arrived here,!
Files and other utensils for a jail)
|break found in the cells of some of/'
the forty-three prisoners speeded] |
‘the plans of the government to send
the men to Alcatrar.
‘The only other known prisoners
reported in the group with Capone|
were “Frisco” Eddie O'Brien, Eddie|
Colson and Alvin Crip. O'Brien|
and Colson were train robber
{Crip was a Chicago gunmen,
time an enemy of Capone.
Warden Accompantes Prisoners.
i, Warden A. C. Aderholt of the At-|
ante penitentiary accompanied the
‘prisoners.
Extreme measures were taken by|
Kuards to prevent news of the trans-|
fer from becoming known. Noth-
ing was done until midnight Satur-
day. Then, in the datkened cell
Chtet Clerk
Mr. Coffey.
Mr. Cowloy.
Mr, Edward:
Mr. Egan.
Mr tarbo.
Mer. Keith
lie, Lester.
far, Quinn
mr Sehticer
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