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Al Capone — Part 6
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TeRpte ARNEL AH GH!
| prteon Seer $0 the ears by fost guarée.
Capone Ts
on Way toNew,
‘Devil's Island’ |
(Picture on Back Pogo) ——_
Atlanta, Ge, Aug, 19—()—Tie
|Donstitution says that 2 Capone wa
(fstone 43 prisoners tranaterred today
|trom the taderal penitentiary here to
‘the government's new Alcatrax Island
prison fn San Franciaco bay.
‘The trenrter was mands three days,
shead of acheduie because of the dis
covery of Blea to the calla of some of
the prisoners selected for removal.
In the apecia car attached to 2
reguinr passenger train leaving here
at © am, were 4 priscaese who
arrives last night trom Pennsylvania
em route to the new prison ta which
the government has announced tte
‘west notorious pelsogsre will be sent.
Serves in Bhos Stop.
Capone, former Chicags gang chlot.
tala, hes been doing @ turn in the
prison shoo ahop to which he was
assigneé upon entering the prison
three years ego tn eerve U1 years for
Income tax evasion.
‘Last mldnight two passenger coaches
were shunted onto the federal pent
tentiary siding and a few mlautes|
later the guards began marching the!
prisoners, one by one, trom thelr celts
© the cars,
The only prisoners whose names
Were learncd tesldea Capone were
Frisco Eddie O'Brlen, Fddig Colson,
and Alvin Crip. O'Brfen and Colson |
were Wentined ag notorious train rob.
bers and Crip way anid to be & former
Chicago gunman and a bitter enemy
‘ot Capers betore they were sont to
the penitentiary.
Keep Convicts in Ignoranes.
‘Working «ently and under cover ot
darkoees, the guards took every pre
jshution te keep the news of the trans
‘ter trem other pelaovers, and ft was
Dreeumed the 4) selected were Bot
aware of the fact unt they were
tapped on tbe eboolder and told to
owe.
Hach prisoner was awakened o>
arately, Marebed throwsh the dark:
coed sali bieeks and eacorted fret the
Ih the sonehes Ubey wore namtewed bm
mediately te auarient for the ip
scree the Guntineat te the “Darite
———wonricis at New Orteanss
New Orleans, La, Aug, 18,
‘Two heavily. guarded raitrosd coachee
[APPIN two score or more vrisoasre
from the federal penitentiary at at.
!tanty’ pansed through here Inte today
headed for Alcatraz Island,
A picked squad of government ;
agenta armed with automatic shot-
iguna guarded the two spectelly eon.
\atructed steel barred coach
No ons was alowe! near the care
lex they stood for ten minutes shunted
Jott to w aiding im the Loutsviile and
Nashvive yards waiting to be ferried
across the Missiesipp! river.
Rystandere were able to get withln
halla distance, ~~
Bays Al's Among Them.
“Ye Al Capone in there?” one called
Hout.
‘A prisoner nodded his head ang
gelled back: “In thle car—by the
sixth window.” ,
‘The prisoner at the sixth window
closely resembjed Capone,
Unable to distingwich the prisoner
hecause of the poor light, the by.
stander called out agala:
"Tg that you, Al?
"AL! or whoever ft was, grinved
eck, but ducked out of sight when
a camera was almed at him,
At the same tne « ualformed prison
jeward standing on the train steps
[tsised Bia gun and commanded the
‘photographer lo “get away trom
Bere."
‘Another man asked an unidentined
‘omiciat tf Capone bad special “draw
‘tog room accommodations.
“OF course he hasn't,” exclaimed
the official. Checking himself, he a4-
6 hucrledip: “That $6, 1 he waa 08,
f
pers be'a be treated juet tke the vi
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