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183. Capone, St cannot te dented, has carte blanche within the prison walls} He has, as do havo others, the privilege of sending two letters each week, But, in addition, he fas "connections" which permit hin to nai} ax many as twenty letters each week! Or, as many es his prison secretary oan write for hin! fle has been interviened innumerable tines. is biocrephy has been sought by several loading magurines. One national weekly offered him 25,000.00 for the story of hic life. Another offered 450,000,001 Capone wil) accept nothing less than $200,000.00! And then, he contends, the story mct be as FE wants it written. . . Hot the editor's ides, nor as the public would expect it! In other words, it would be SAINT ALPIONSE VESUS' CAPC\E! fe wants the public to believe he is being crucified! It would not, of course, includy his shady operations in the Atlante institution, The reflection on Ur. Aderhold would be too covious. For after all, any article writton within the prison would have to be censored) Yet, he or axy other incate can write for publication providin, the article does not eriticise the prison, its inmates, officials or anything pertaining to the institutions It was a oatter of record that Bishop vas posting letters constantly for Capone before the erticle under dircussion was eritten, To infer that authentic sources of information indicate Capone does not, nor did not enjoy thie privilege, forces one to the ultinate conclusion tat Cepone ©- as preposterous as it may seem to the reader ~~ actually _ sugested that the article bear witness for him aceinst the very infrace tions he camitteds One Se lost in a maze of uncertainty when he tries to analyze why Gapons, who ‘picke bis frionds’, made a confidant of Doo, the moat deceitful, avuricious and dieliked inate in the institution -~ regardless of the fact that Doc could form favorable sonmnections for hint Tho writer ts fentlier with the details of Capone's prison pay roll -- more fenilier than the author of the “Georgian” article. « » wha writer knows thet Capone has never sent (nor bad sent) wonsy to anyone ++ 4 aha waference to the two men en etetinee AEST SRNR SNe