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* dicate, wei “on 19,9841 Gallons ~Beized in Chicago Raids Many Others Assessed $228,747 Is Sought From Gordon and Associates ‘By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Al Capone, Chicago's scar-faced beer baron, and jj fourteen of his gangster cronies today were billed for $120,000 1m unpaid tax assessments ob Illegal liquor. The assessment was another step in the Justice Department's fund-collect- ing drive against men charged with yeaping large profits in the days be- YT rore repeal. Others amemed previously included Irving (Waxey Gordon) Wex- “filer, Max Hessler and Morris creen- Derg, and Helne Wainer, of Wiacon: : 1s reputed to have battled | pone’ “atucling ta” ‘along the North Shore end in the Wisconsin reeort + district. ‘The sssesement today against Ce. ; fornia—and other alleged members of his Chicago-Clcero, Ti syndicate, was ‘gent to the Treasury for collection by Joseph Lawrence, administrator of the Justice Department's unit of taxes and penalties. Assessments $5,000,000 Lawrence's unit, which bas assessed about $5,000,000 in taxes on illegal Uquor in ‘the last year, devotes « ma- “Jor portion of ts time to unsettled accounts of probibition violators. Al Capone's lawyer, Michael J. Ahearn, said in Chicago that Capone, “ now serving sentence for income tax ; evasion, was “supposed to be broke.” j But Lawrence retorted thet the gov- ernment is free to collect the entire tax from any one of the syndicate . who has money. Tax authorities have the right to seize the property of those who refuse to pay. Wexler, Hessler and Greenberg, leaders of a New York-New Jersey syn- assessed $228,047 on 129,- ;970 proof-gallons of illegal alcohot about two months ago, Lawrence said. Tax of §6 @ Barrel Sought ‘The Capone assessment was based on 10,984% barrels of Nquor known to have been handled by the gang be- tween 1921 apd 1932, All the barrels counted were reported in ralds or seizures during the prohibition ere, ‘Lawrence said. The tax was assessed at 66 = barrel. Lawrence's men still have 60,000 probibition cases remaining to be atudied. Nearly 1,000,000 such cases have passed through the Justice De- partment unit since prohibition started. amed with Capone include bis brother gale ‘Capone; jlaney, Augus Dodd, Charles Foon. eyer, Joseph) Pusco,, Jack, Gusti, vine, Mike Bopristi, Jona 3. Nolan Stove Swobods. : Mr. De- | - Joseph . Keith . Lester - Quinn. . Scheid: Baughman Chief Clerk. Chess - . Coffey . Edwards Egan... . Foxwortl Harbo