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Al Capone — Part 29

80 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 79 pages OCR'd
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ey, et 2 GIG to . . aint Poe Paes to ‘Visitors being allowed in the seein hc he statgs.that #-”: this hse never bappentd to his kiowledga, B capoae, of, the ¥ trorg Bee with the exception of Ceponpte mother end-Jawyers are. reth .pemein on the outside of the bospitel-wardiand tal tinecen . mesh, Capone’s Inwyers and bis mother ape oogadidnally . enter the hospitel ante-room and-talk personally with Capond, wut. th: - is done only when an official of the institue'ton * or & guerg is we He states that he himself om one occasion bea taken Sapote’y nothe: up and allowed her to talk to Capone in ¢he dinte-rooa, but.that be was * present all the while and took her out of tha institution upen the - conclusion of the visit, which was approximately thirty minutes. He states that the largest number of visitors be hae ever seen Capone... have at one time were three, the names of “e he foes not glk 5” pat wrom he beliaves to have been Italians. 4 ‘ x os Mr. Nittell generally @eniea aller ‘the allegations heres‘a~ aed. . before mentioned, and positively stated that to his ‘nowledge no sueh privileges or undue liberties were being granted to Capone, us a iws oQs sro JguicDoneld, assistant Superintendent, Cook County Jail, residence 1904\ George Street, Chicego, Illinois, states that he “Ras been at the Cook County Jail for three years, end at. the present .._ time is working from 4 P.M, until 12 P.M. He stated that during thie . peried he circulates through the jeil and visite the hospital ward; — that no visitors are ever allowed at the institution after 4 P.M. «°° and that the lights of the institution are eut off at ¢.P.M. With . Tegera vo wuc uusparai, Le states fhat the lights are cut off et 10 P.M., but that by reason of the “arrangement, it'is possible for the . inmates of the hospital to cut on the lights after the quar( has gone. Mr. McDonald denies that any large number of visitors had ever been to eee Capone, and states that to his knowledge the usual average of : visitors to see Ca>one is approximately’three or four per day, = “i although he has no positive knowledge conserping this as he does not | report to duty until 4 P.M., at which time al] visiting hours are over; that on one occasion since Caponé has ‘been in the institutioa, the .. o” Jatter's mother called at the jail after “4, FM, and “not baving‘& per ; the doorman notified him, McDonald; that bé ‘wade “ah exception ‘aud ‘took Mrs. Capone up to see her son and nesained with her ‘there Yor e few minutes, but that this is the only o¢casion he has éver permitted - any visitor to see Capone after 4 P,M.; that Capone usually has his dinner sent in each evening, am that thie is taken up to the hospital » by some gusrc at the institution; that he does not snow who prepares these mceuls o- rho sends them in, but that this is a usuel custon for I]
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