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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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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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