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CRIME “Who Wouldn't Be Worried?” Acted in Chicano's Srowded camps U Seatiice™ to ftransere @ Surker” te-THeRds OL spone in preon Yor three years the GOvern- ment had waged i campaign. spent over $495.00 on it, For almost as long Gan- ater Capone had been trying to sidestep Changer that he failed to pay a Federal wr BoD Cees cee Tie Megesens OLEED we on $1,038,654 income during tte 3 yan 1924-29. Now Scarface Snorkey was oa ‘nal. was buthy-browed James Herlert Wilkerson, no friend of Capone. Tt was he who. two months ago. and repudiated a between prose- cvrin, amd defense attorneys whereby Capone’ ins to tore guilty 10 tax evasion in return for a t.commendation that he be given a beht sentence. In court Capone's attorney had asserted that the agreement was approved. by Attorney: General Mitchell and “an Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury.” In Washington the Department of Justice had »dmitted ap- proving this deal, insisted t © procedure as customary Underscer. ary of the Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills bad de- nied Knowing anything about it. Judge apeurer tai wi “Who wouldn't be worried?” ‘The Prosecution was beaded by soft- spoken. wild-haired U.S, District Attorney Geore Emmerson Q (for nothing) Jobn- son. Feld marshal of the Government forces seeking to break up gang rule the leiicbonded method of jailing gang- y disappointed when the “deat” fell through, be was now excited, eager, mysterious. So far he had kept secret the list of his “surprise” witnesses. Defense “bad wanted that list. Long had adroit Lawyer Michael Ahern protected Capone's legal interests, kept Keystone Covsset Antes, Cust Carost. Cotnse Fisk Mr Fink; Witkerson had upset the plans by declar- ‘he court will listen to recommends- tions, but it is utterly impossible to bar- gain with a Federal cour.” Then he bad alloned frightened Capone to ghange hi: ples to nut guilty. had sought—and tailed to hive a grand jury indict big under the Jones ("5 & 10") Law for violation of the Volstead Act (Trae. Sept. 21 e¢ ante). Leaving off his judicial robes. Judge Wilkerson leaned over bis desk in 2 business suit, showed that he took more than a passing interest in the case. The Defendant was sweating, uncom- fortable, For the second time in his life be was unvertain of “beating the 2p” (staying out of jail) If convicted-be might be sentenced to 32 years in the Penitentiary. fined $30,000. Before him he had the example of his brother Ralph C'Bottles") Capone. who bad been seu tenced to three years in Leavenworth on 3 Kimilar charge (hut bad obtained a stay of mandate until Oct. 20 to file an appeal) 1 tiune war in v9.20 when Comme was tented ie Vhiladelobis ioe carry ite snemt ten memo in jai, be erend’ sys be went Un fal foe te Buid bei aosaeinated aw URiCUEN “Oh, my conscience! N led to the cross!” him ou: of serious trouble (Tire. Sept. 21). He. too, had been disappointed when his chent bad to stand trial Well he vealized that this was his hardest case. 7e42 him be had onlin Albert ‘ink. whose jovial voice was frequeath heard exclaiming: “Ob, my conscknce!™ ‘Mr. Ahern was irascible, objected to crowding by ‘The Presa, which was having a eld day. Local papers covered the trial from all angles. out-of-town papers sent special writers, Hearstpopers. evidently consider ing it a better spectacle than the World Series (see p. 22 Runyon. who began by interviewing Ca- pone in’ the grandest manner: “I found - Al Capone at Colosimo’s restaurant. Other newshawks reported the details of Capone's attire from tie blues -strined } to fedora «white). noted th: fact when he chanece! his suit (blue +o grey). Gaudiest rue of the trial was coined by the xv Fark Fscming Pga's correspon Michiel W. Straus, who referred to Cicere’s cambiing houses as “old-belchins pits of evil.” The Press soon became in- teresied in ‘The Jury: one farmer. two retired mer- . seat Colyumist Damon -