| Show 7 I pone Freed From Prison 4 Expected to Continue Gang Life I 4 F 1 Scarface Al AI Capone was tod today Jr released from Eastern p. p penitentiary Philadelphia Ho left behind him hin a host of new friends an and awaiting him were members of his hs old oid gang Right Scarface Al AI Capone Super Super- gangster left Warden Herbert Smith Story of R Racketeers Racketeer's Life in 1 Penitentiary y Re Reveal Reveal Re- Re veal Human Humai Side of Character By PAUL HARRISON PHILADELPHIA NEA NEA-It NEA It was tho the some same old Al AI Ca Ca- ponc pone master mind of ot who walked out of or Eastern l penitentiary hero here today todi Tho rho ten months behind those gra gray walls has n not not i- i hanged changed his plans materially according 10 to men who have be been ii close doso to Capone dUlInS during during dur dur- ing InS his imprisonment There Thero s aro ro millions to be bo made rackets to tobe tobo tobo bo be organized and tn T omo mo affairs of ot underworld honor to be s settled Not that this In Intends intends in- in in-I in tends to continue the journey to Chicago go which was so so rudely In Interrupted interrupted interrupted in- in when two tO Philadelphia de detectives detectives de- de found him carrying a a. a gu gun 1 No 0 hell he'll w wait Just as he lie did last Jast spring in Miami until various federal federal federal fed fed- eral officials and a grand jury jur are arc read ready to interview him about a subject on which he Is 15 the supreme authority ChIcago authority Chicago crime WONT WON'T GO TO Capono knows It wouldn't be healthy to rush to Chicago Immediately Imme after his release He knows what sort of oC coming out party ty has been planned for him there So as tho bl big Iron gates swung wide for him on St. St Patricks Patrick's day trusted friends were waiting to whisk him to a a. safe and secret des ds- It may interest the Bugs Moran gang or what Is left heft of or it after the St St. Y Valentine massacre last year car to know that Scarface is coming out of of prison in fine physical fettle And It will Interest everybody who doesn't know him intImate intimately that Capone Is leaving behind him scores of ot admiring friends friends and and they're not counted Just among amons the prisoners prison prison- ers either cither Dr Herbert Goddard for In Instance Instance In- In stance vice vlee president of ot the tho board of ot trustees and a a. distinguished sur sur- geon Penology Is a fascinating science to him He spends much of ot othis his time at tho prison hospital and andIn andIn In iii interviewing Inter convicts Believe it or not said the ruddy faced surgeon Capone has not been unhappy here lIe He has had a chance to Indulge himself in a a. lot of ot human human human hu hu- hu- hu man qualities none of ot us ever guessed he had His mind Is of the highest type and nd his nature Is kindly He lie has been a a. splendid prisoner prison prison- er er and ho he has done a great deal for forthe forthe the tho rest of ot the men Capone Is 15 healthy now lIe He has hns lost Jost some somo surplus weight and a couple of ot defective defective- tonsils For an hour and a half and sorn sometimes times two hours a da day he ho has has' played handball hand handball ball or baseball and has worked hard at the jo jobs s. s el l him lie He has has has' read rend read a a. J lot hot t of ot good books ook too loo Tho board hoard of oC trustees never nO re refuses refuses re- re fuses an Interview Inter with a a- prisoner prisoner- who offers a formal coin complaint plaint But there has been nono non from Capone He shared the lot ot the other prIsoners prisoners prisoners pris prIs- and asked no special i le leges cs RACKET CHIEFTAINS CHIEFTAIN'S S CHARITIES Tho The racket chieftain had plenty of or lU money ney in Eastern penitentiary where convicts con are permitted d to toca ca carry T accounts at the he office orfice but butare aro are not allowed now d to buy luxuries for themselves from outside Hero Here Is tho tilo wa way Capone Caone spent part of ot his funds und official who according to a 1 prison I said At Christmas time Ward Warden n Herbert Smith who ho Isn't so hard hard- boiled as lie e likes hikes to believe was tearing around Inter J Interviewing inmates about their need needy families Capone did somo sorno Investigating for tor himself and arid paid pa-id for 25 heaping baskets of food He lie heard about a a. campaign n for tot fora tota a new childrens children's hospital and sent 1000 Thinking about it later he decided d that wasn't enough and gave save more more- The University of oC Pennsylvania organized a charity ben benefit and nd maybe for a a. Joke jok sent somo some tickets to Al AI Capone Ho He bought of them Through the prison chaplain he ha has sent mone money to aid poor families outside outside- Ono woman with eight children chil chil- dron dren who was about to be c evicted from her homo home received ZOO He paid another's ho hospital bills and of offered offered ot- ot her husband a a. Job This was wa-s declined with thanks nobody knowIn knowIng know- know in Ing In- Just what the Job would be has Ho helped a lot of ot the prisoners pris too but the they ar aro arA the only ones who ever er say anything about his good turf turns One former orm r convict com whoso whose sentence sea sen tence recently expired had a good opportunity to observe the racket king in exile He said This guy who used to throw ten grand parties parties parties par par- ties in Chicago and twenty-grand twenty funerals for his pals played a smart game gamEl here Jere by It on the tho chin and it iL This was his first experience In stir but ho sure was a model prisoner pris pris- oner lie ITo was almost top too cheerful but ut wo we respected him just the tho same lIa lo lie smiled n. n lot but you OU felt like he le was things thinS's pretty serIously serIous serIous- ly b y too Soni Somebody body had nerve O enough to ask Scarface If It hie he's hes chiseled his Ills way vay into Jail on purpose after tho the bIg lg gang peace meeting in Atlantic Atlan- Atlan tic Io CIt City He lie got sot sore soro and says as a's Lissen ho i-ays i as called me e cr everything in m my time but a coward Coin b back ck Yes hell he'll go 0 back back back- he's hes when read ready But Al J himself said nothing nothing that i Is 15 beyond this suc- suc and unenlightening statement Lissen I L got sot nothing to o sa say Warden Smith militaristic but highly regarded commandant of ot the thep p penitentiary didn't want ant to discuss Capone individually lIes Hes just like an any other prisoner here ho Ie said The Th on one who behaves gets the breaks My ty ideas of or penology are ba based ed edon on common sense Im I'm not interested in n a a. mans man's past so 50 much as his conduct conduct con- con duct luct here Nobody is shown any favoritism Ca millionaire or gr pauper Capono worked hard and observed observed ob- ob served ee every rule rul and med earned his hlA two wo months oC off for good behavior One of tho the few traditions Unchanged un Un- hanged changed by the ne new regime at East Eat em ern rn penitentiary I Is that regular cells mn may be bo d decorated and furnished fur fur- l by tho the prisoners with the few ew luxuries obtainable at the prison pris- pris on n store Capono and his a forger had lad no better quarters than scores ot of f other other Prison made nado rag rugs gaily colored covered the cold concrete concrete con- con crete rete floor and there were a a. few pictures on tho the walls alls A small table and nd two comfortable cots comprised the he furniture A cheap radio and anda a phonograph had been purchased from rom the prisoners who previously had lad occupied the cell The ace of ot sang gangland and wrote scores or of f letters in the evenings to evenings to his wife and relatives and friends lie He received many more more begging begging latter loters lotters lot lot- ter ers threatening letters friendly letters almost etters almost everything c but life Insurance prospectuses Each of ot these was as carefully censored cen- cen and nd prison officials have laughed at tho r report port that Jio io was directing the activities of or racket racket- As a a. matter of or fact ono one said Capone Is not the type who would even ven att attempt to flip Hp un anything over overn on n us His attorney Congressman B Benjamin M. M r. r Colder tried six times limes to o get bet him paroled but Capone Capon neer never nev- nev er r squawked when he failed Capone they the say always looked eagerly for letters from a a. certain neighboring town The They were written writ writ- ten en by a quiet studious looking youth who bears no resemblance to the he racketeer He Is his kid brother and nd Scarface Is putting him through college ollege |
