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ee a C Q ez. Yet, in his creed and anxiety to euss a huce fortune -- part of wich was ther. ir w safety deposit box oatsiie the institution -- he failed to usc discretion. Te pitched head first into an idea that actually cosvinced Capone, beyord the stadow of a doubt, thot Doc had yvpped hin. Doc, discovering thir too Inte, hed no elibt It resulted in diractor. . . wn do all deceptions. “cliovizg everyone row Inew of hic freudulen racket, soc dared not ask anyone type “the "Ruth" letters, i.e could not type ‘inself. There was one alternative -~ to write then ¥ith pen and ink! He would hav: presented then thus in the beginning rere it rot tiat he feared his handwriting was fumilie- to Capone, end world be recocrcied imedictely. everthaless, be wrote two -- two quite sintler to the others, incorporating the sane erotic vows on] declarutions of undying love! Those, Capene adnitted, looked cede; cut their contents caused him to be sus~ Picious, because "Ruth" dvellsd too xuch en the loss of his love. . . and he had not told her in tie lettors It wrote her (which voc pretended to have mailed throwh Chattovsor!) that he had ceased to love her? Cenore, the cenkas wi amassed rillions. . . the man who re- gerded the pexitentiary as u haven of safety, « . the ournin:, shrewd and artful Capove being tricked ine racket that resulted in hic writing erdoaring letters to # woman who did not oxist! Wis vanity was offended. le could not endure this longer. Every Snuato in the institution would learn of it. Ee must do smothing! Anything! Or lose his reason. ‘ . “Tell that guy Shavings I want to see him. And I wont take no for an answer,” he tellc Thorpe one morning. Thorpe inforcs Shavings. Shavings recrets that he cannot comply, 4f he mst reot Capos at the Atal. On the yard would be 0. kK. Yes, but you co to stockade at one =~ Al cocs at 2550. All richt, I'22 foke « pass to the hospital for 2:30, and you can mest him on the yard, So they met again, and after rehashing Doc's entire racket Capone promises Shavings aqything he wants. : "I don't want anything you have, 41,” Shevings answers, "I . wanted that two hundred because my mother was sick. I don't want that sof 8 Mhanke. anvhow!" | | | |