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POST OFFICE BOX 1525 PITTSBURGH, PA, ° 7 y Wo Bnd | ' ‘iine some of the fabalous fox- to | wt Internal Revenue. < - ‘The Commissioner ruled that Ca- ‘pone, Back in the days when his gangsters’ guns fans, Erol ched & mo- ~mopoly on bootleg: ‘sales in Oni: | cago, had falled to pay taxes | the Ge Government on 000 ‘barrels | ‘The “fact that it was Uegal beer, given a high-pewered kick by | doubtfwt m the necessity of pay- es, i U. 5. to Fight - Although Capone is in » desolate : Prison in Ban Kyancisco ay, the! , Government intends to go into! , Sourt to try to collect the $120,000 by ciyil suit. ‘The one-time gang leader's in- come presumably hes been vut off since his cenviction, but the Gov- emment indicated belief that the Mooney might be available if it wins , the civil action. Capone's organization, despite the oss of his iron hand, sup; iy continued to function aster ine carceration. . There have been frequent reports that the beer czar provided for him- “eelf yuna frog re when doth money es of “weer unngre “were ‘ches Asa result, the ‘Department a Justice will renew @ funds which Capone is believed " have hidden away before he gave himself up for trial—expecting at Meast a light sentence if not freedom instead of the 11 years to which be arin Three Years ‘ The government's action today placed the first actual penalty on Capone for his alleged tliegal Hquor profit. Capone hes served three years, three inonths ant 26 days of the sentence for evading taxes on his gambiing income. ‘He was sentenced in Chicago, Oct, 11, 1933. He began his sentence fn Atlanta, May 4, 1932, and was trans- ferred to Alcatraz Gept. 22, 1034. Included in the illega] liquor tax aasessment Were numerous un- ‘Named members of a well organized * Chicago crime syndicate which Ca- pone was alleged to have directed ~ Guring the prohibition era.