| Show I DEATH BEA TH BLOWS BLOW HANGS OVER CAPONE GANG Probe Reveals Wide Nation-Wide Up Tie-Up of Notorious Crime Syndicate INDICTMENTS P PLANNED LAN NED Income of Revealed Revealed Re Re- B By United Press Pru CHICAGO July 18 The 18 The United States government is ready to deal the death blow to the Al Capone crime syndicate A year two-year investigation by the aces of the prohibition department the he Chicago Secret Six and the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago police department has culminated culminated culminated cul cul- cul- cul in a page 50 r report port to the United States attorney general the United Press learned today reve revealing lin additional evidence against the gang and nd showing its tremendous scope through the nation The report is designed to bolster former ormer indictments against the gang leader eader which have been on file since before he was convi convicted ted of income tax ax evasion and probably will find I its Is way before belore the federal grand jury for or possible indictments at its next I session here I The report reveals Capones Capone's imaz- imaz amazing ing ng hold on the nations nation's l liquor quor fic ic Two hundred persons are named as s having been connected with the syndicate which operated virtually unhampered d until the government ran an the gang to cover through thi-ough its pocketbook pocketbook-by by by convictions of gangsters gangsters gang- gang for evasion of income tax The investigation headed by W. W E. E Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett member of the special intelligence intelli- intelli gence ence unit of the prohibition department department department depart depart- ment extended over eight states AID INVESTIGATION Aiding Bennett was Elliott Ness youth youthful ul college graduate agent who was vas largely responsible for sending Capone to the Atlanta penitentiary The investigation was designed to unearth additional evidence with a aview aview aview view to new indictments against the theang gang ang Capone headed for 11 years and ando to o bolster the ones now on file tile against the thc lie fallen gang leader and 68 others Capone is working in the overall shop of f the Atlanta federal prison a convicted convicted convicted con con- evader of income tax pa pay men ments la Highlights of the Investigation which sent operatives to gangster haunts in New York Philadelphia Florida Florida Michigan Ohio Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana since November 1930 are ale 1 Approximately persons are arc accused in the report of connection with the syndicate which traded in liquor over all the nation They in in- eluded managers of bottling works breweries cooperages distilleries trucking nicking companies vice resorts roadhouses night clubs and bank of of- 2 MILLION lILLION INCOME 2 Capone had an Income of more marc than han from the sources re- re in the report in the 11 years since ince January 26 1921 when first he gained control of the gang with ma ma- Continued on Pace Page Two 1 I I DEATH BLOW HANGS HANGS' OVER CAPONE GANG Continued d IC One On I chine suns guns and way one rides 3 3 The syndicates syndicate's ramifications extended ex- ex tended ended into business enterprises and banks janks the gang owned fleets of trucks and md at Its bidding bank accounts were I kept secret and names changed 4 In the thc course of ot the investigation tion lon more than gallons of beer was dumped by raiders in onslaughts on- on Sl on 50 breweries and perSons persons per per- sons ons were arrested Included in the report was wasa a blue bluebook bluebook bluebook book of ot gangland Heading the list was vas this notation on Capone Alphonse Capone executive di di- ector of the syndicate and head man manof manof manof of the thc gang MEMBERS ERS LISTED Others named in the investigation report Include Ralph Capone Als Al's brother listed as collector and in charge of ot retail business Phil dAndrea dAndre Capones Capone's bodyguard who was sent to jail because he tIe carried car- car ned ried a revolver to his superiors superior's income income inome in- in come ome tax fraud trial Jack Guzik described as a financier finan cier ier and the head of the gang since Capones Capone's departure although Guzik oo is in the thc penitentiary Michael Bonbon said saido to o have managed all the s syndicates syndicate's night clubs Joe Gusco general manager of ot the beer eor business Hymie Levine listed as a collector and nd Jack Guzik's lieutenant A bank cashier declared by the report re- re port jort to have handled syndicate ac- ac accounts accounts counts and nd to have falsified records and nd changed chanced depositors' depositors names Robert Barton Guzik's Gunk's bodyguard Frank Contie James Jimmy Fire Fiore Flore Sam and Henry Guzik brothers ot of f Jack Jay Huffman Jack Heinan Sam Hunt bog gangster Tony Frank rank and Nick Niek Juffra John Nolan Mike like Poison Steve and Frank Uva MINOR l HOODLUMS IS Listed as minor hoodlums are arc Spike ODonnell O'Donnell known knO as a beer runner and Louis Two Gun Alte- Alte ne ic recently acquitted of ota a charge harge The report supplants a previous one under which Capone and 68 others were indicted Capone pleaded guilt guilty 0 the charges and then withdrew his plea lea when his attempt to b bargain with federal Jud Judge e James H. H Wilkerson was futile He then was brought to trial rial charged with Income tax eva eva- slots ion was convicted and sentenced to 11 1 years imprisonment and fined tined 50 50 00 g I I a |
