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{The real story of Al Capone on lalcatraz Island, heretofore guard- came through the rigid ceusprship of the grim prison tn SanWFranctsco Bay) be Universal Borvice ~ FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.—Al Capone, once the bland and cock- Alcatras Prison today is running pe Tace with death—a race to com- ‘plete his time on the island before fellow convicts carry out their jthreats vo kill him. "ed by official silence and censor- ship, was obtained by Universal Gervice today. Al Capone, in spite of official ‘statements, is not “just another number” on Alcatraz. Prison guards are performing for him jfow a service amazingly similar “to that of his paid bodyguards during his Chicago heyday. IN DANGER Fr the Job of Warden James A. Jphnston and other officials is not bo much to keep Capone im- prisened on Altatraz as it is to keep him alive! The Alcatraz in- formant wrote: “Ht it were possible to get away with it, Capone would mever leave here alive. Al will be fortunate if he is alive six months after leaving here. “Capone was transferred from the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, to Alcatraz on August 19, 1934. He ‘was not transferred because he ‘was such a ‘bad man,’ but because he bribed the guards to bring him nearly anything he wanted. “Thesemerem (at Alcstras) AL CAPONI + +++ + SHOWING THE SCAR ON HIS CHEEK Forier Gang ¢ Chief ‘Wraps Hinself i in: Canvas Fe know Capone. There are many men that had friends killed by Capone's gang. “T'sre are men hete who are friends of men who were rubbed out In the 8t, Valentine Da: massacre in Chicago (in 1979, , directed that when seven “Bugs” gangsters were killed). aD ‘KILLER BUBKE’ “They feel sure that Capone (the massacre.) ey know ‘Capone hid ‘killer’ Moran ute “Capone had canvas wrapp around his body from his hes te his stomach. The scvei wraps made a thickness ef abe one-half inch, That wes keep anyone from stabdbi him” Capone on the federal “Dev Island” is threatened by de: not only because of gangland b tles, but also as a ‘result of r prison feuds, the informant| ¢ Closed. He said: “Capone was asked by dhs. men to furnish sufficient to buy = bost for them se the could pian am escape. He woul not do so and we understand i went to the deputy warden. “That was the reason for th canvas ang the reason he doe not go into the yard with th other prisoners,” Capone was declared by the / catraz convict to have attempt to bribe two prison guards. They rejected the offer. (Copyrigat, ereal Service, ty