Show CA CASE c GIVEN TO 10 J JURY Rf Judge and Prosecutors in Ranieri Trial Get Death Threats ats By EARL J. J JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent CH CHICAGO Dec 22 United Press The The Ranieri case on which the state bases basest its hope of crushing tho the Mafia extortion rings in Chicago was given to the jUr jury tonight The trial which has s seen the thc mur murder mill der of th tho states stales star tar witness and the threats threats' of death against the presiding presiding presiding pre pre- siding judge states pro prosecutors and amI tho the principals In inthe the case was glen given gl en over o the tho j jury ry of twelve men at 10 p. p m. m S The Tue three three- defendants whoso whose life is demanded by the state st te are Anelo Angelo An- An gelo elo Andrew and Anthony the la charges charge the they Dill Dilly Billy son son of or A A. Frank Ranieri wealthy and md held him prisoner for lor thirteen en lays days while they sought to collect ransom ransom ran ran- som soni for or his his' release OUr OUTLINES IN S VERDI VERDICTS T S Judg Judge Robert E. E penzel whose life Ufe was was was- threatened In a black hand note yesterday outlined three three possible pos pos- sible verdicts If the Jurors jurors' decided the tho def defendants w were ero guilty S' He listed death lIfo life Imprisonments a aprison aprison prison sentence for a t term rm of 3 years ears not less than fl five Ho lie also alo in- in d on Oil n pigO page S 8 CASE GIVEN TO JURY Continued from irom page 1 1 l the jury to vote on separate separate separate sepa sepa- rate verdicts for each of the de defendants de- de Judge stressed the the fact fact that the indictment charged for fOl ransom and and- em emphasized the necessity of establishing guilt gum on this charge beyond reasonable doubt He lie He urged the Jurors JUrorS' not to be prejudiced by the nationality of the tho defendants de or b by public s sentiment sent sent- ment against the Mafia in Chicago IGNORES PLEA Judge Genzel ignored the states state's plea for leniency for Tony Cappelano Cappel- Cappel ano youngest of or the defendants The The- prosecution had asserted evidence evi evi- evi dence showed he acted as only a II tool for the other two men directly implicated in the alleged conspiracy Never before had justice in Chicago ChicagO Chi- Chi cago cage labored under such a a a- burder of wholesale intimidations as in the tIte trial of three Italians accused of y 10 year old oli ar Billy BUly Ranieri Ranier millionaires millionaire's son and holding him 1 13 days day's fOl ransom It was an open and shut case of of Ufe or death for the extortionists and they fought with their backs to the tile wall waH When Ole OIe S Scully ulI wealthy contractor was subpoenaed and promised to testify against the bl they trapped him in ina a a cafe a few hours before he was due to ap appear ear in co court rt and beat him to de death th Next day Angelo Pettit one one of the defendants in the Ranferi rl case and alleged head of the extortion 1 ring ng was quoted as saying in court that Mike Divito ano another her state witness witness witness wit wit- ness will viIi be the next man to die RANIERI THREATENED Today while prosecutors were de demanding demanding demanding de- de manding that the jury impose the death penalty on and Andrew a a a- note was received b by Alex AIex Frank fr father fathe o of ot the We kidnap victim saying You die after Mike Divito Robert Robert- G Gentzel who had ordered a roundup of aU after the murder of of- Ole Scully was warned to quit the case now or you die too Sam Huffman and his staff of as assistant assistant assistant as- as states state's att attorneys became so alarmed over the wave of H Huffman ffman was threatened with bombing that bombing that they sent their wife and children out of town and registered under assumed names names at loop hotels hotelS' Every ery principal in the case was was- given elaborate police protection h throughout ut t the tha trial Little Ranieri himself was guarded day and night by ly police an and and- detectives who carried him hint between hl his home and the court room room room in a a large squad car The distinction made Billy the tho idol of his playmates FEAR EAR EXTINCTION The extortion ring seemed to realize rea rca lize use that if it it lost the Ranieri case it t would be through in Chicago as extinct perhaps as it was four years ago after the federal cleanup cleanup cleanup clean up of Italian terrorists here Hence their far reaching campaign of in in- in Today's developments however indicated that authorities may be ho a a. long bong way from capturing the men actually responsible for the acts of terrorism Fred brother of the defendant Angelo and three other men men were for l lack ck of evidence evidence- linking them with the Scully culy murder r. r In liis js closing argument before the Ue jury this afternoon ASsist Assistant nt States State's Attorney Huffman pleaded for death f for r Petit and but suggested suggested sug- sug sug sug- C year old son Tony be ho bese sent t back to his mother URGES ACQUITTAL The evidence indicated that Tony merely watched over ove Billy at the no Capella-no farm near Bourbonnais ill m. where the boy v. v was as h held d while e negotiated with Ranieri for payment of ot Clifford Beach head of the he de defense defens de- de fens counsel told the jury all three defendants ts should be set tr free fre e. e He le admitted the C part partin in the but said they were they were forced to keep Billy BUly by two strange I Imen Imen men who called caned at their farm Petti Petti- ti U according to Beachs Beach's version was ris ri's friend an and l made an I honest hon effort fo to 0 have Billy returned nned i |