| Show AL CAPONE FACES LONG JAIL TERM TERMAS AS INCOME t TAX AX DODGER l' l Gang Chief Chef Expected To Surrender Plead Guilty to 23 Counts U. U S. S Grand Jury in Chicago Returns Indictment Against Racketeer MANY ALIASES ARE LISTED Earnings Set as High as Year a CHICAGO GO June 5 P JP-AI ff Al Capone gang leader surrendered at the federal federal fed fed- eral cral building at p. p m. m today fo for service ice of or a warrant of an Indictment Indict Indict- ment charging him with evading In Income Income Income In- In come taxes on his 1929 1921 Income CHICAGO June 5 United d Press Scarface Al was Indicted today by a federal grand jur jury on charges of evading payment of in income Income In- In come taxes on the hundreds ds of thou thou- ands of dollars he wrested from Crom Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago rackets It was reported at the federal building building build build- ing half haU an hour after the indIctment was returned that Capone would surrender surrender surrender sur sur- sur- sur render this afternoon and plead guilty William F. F Waugh Capones Capone's attorney told the tue United Press that tha he was negotiating for bond WIth the indictment was revealed the story of how government go agents conducted a secret year two-year investigation gation gatlon into Capones Capone's myriad financial financial finan finan- cial affairs from coast to coast ques ques- 1000 persons who had dealings dealings deal deal- L ings with the nations nation's foremost gangster gangster gang gang- ster and called several hundred wit wit- 2 1 f c p p a l p 2 nesses before this grand juries before rounding out their case casc against Capone The indictment charged that Capone Capone Capone Ca Ca- pone took in underworld proms profits during the years 1925 26 27 7 28 and 29 and that he owes the government in taxes CHARGES 6 FELONIES The Indictment charges six separate separate sepa- sepa rate atc felonies and two misdemeanors against the gang chief in a total of 23 3 counts enough counts enough to remove Capone from rom the gangland picture to a a. prison cell for tor 32 years ears If he is convicted Capone was reported hiding in Chiago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago ago pending outcome of his attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's after after- ney's negotiations The indictment characterizes Caone Capone Capone Ca Ca- pone one as Alphonse Capone alias Alphonse Alhonse Al- Al phonse honse Brown alias Al Capone alias aUas Al Brown alias aUas Scarface Brown lias aUas Scarface Capone alias A. A Cosa Cos- Cos in a the last a new name for the gang eader leader Counts Count one to four charge that Caone Capone Ca Ca- pone ponc one made a 0 gross Income of or in 1925 from his rackets Brackets and Continued on Pan Paza Iwo Twos Two's CAPONE EXPECTED TO SU SURRENDER EN ER SElF Continued from item Pare Fate One that he owes for that year taxes of Counts five to eight deal with 1926 when his Income was set at with a tax due of Counts nine to 12 charge Ca Capone nc made mado In 1927 1027 with a a. tax due of Counts 13 to 17 set the Income at with a a. tax taC due of Counts 18 to 22 set his Income for 1929 at with a tax due of SUPPRESSED INDICT INDICTMENT One suppressed Indictment returned returned re- re turned umed March 13 1931 but not revealed re- re until today set Capones Capone's income income inome in- in come ome In 1924 at with a taX ax of 89 Frank Ca Capone's Capones ones one's cousin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 8 months Jack Capones Capone's right hand mU man mai was convicted and sentenced to five live years rears Sam Guzik brother of Jack was convicted and sentenced to one year Besides them Frankie Frankle Lake and Terry Druggan predecessors of Capone Capone Capone Ca- Ca pone In the beer racket have pleaded guilty tentatively The charges against all aU were evasion of or Income tax ax A. A P. P Madden spoken quiet-spoken chief investigator r for the internal revenue department revealed to the United Press that the wide flung investigation lon Uon bared the Capone gang as the worst criminal outfit that ever ex existed existed ex- ex isted with Al Capone as the head of the inner circle The investigation which Madden directed under the tho guidance of I George E. E Q Johnson federal district attorney extended from New York I t to Los Angeles and from Chicago to i New Orleans and Florida In the two years the investigators Ts numbering as high as 50 at times Umes questioned 1000 persons who either cither had done business with Capone or had come int into contact with him FIND NO DOCU DOCUMENTS During all aU the inquiry the investigators investigators investigators gators were unable to find a a. single document or check bearing the gang leaders leader's signature Neither were they able to find that Capone ever had a bank account despite the fact that he he haS has nCi ha-nCi handled ed millions of dollars in his year 10 career as head of the I Chicago underworld The so called Inner circle MadI Madden Mad Mad- den said consisted of Al Capone I Ralph Jack Guzik Johnny Patton boy mayor of Burnham a suburb Joe Fusco and Frank Ralph Capone and Jack Guzik Guzik Gu Gu- zik have been convicted on income tax charges and already is in the Leavenworth federal prison Government officials predicted that if Capone pleads guilty it will mark his fall from gangland leadership leadership leadership leader leader- ship and that he lie will be Imprisoned for a term long enough t to remove him until after the 1933 Worlds World's fair lair a. a I |
