Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 1 | Convict Plot on Al Campone Hotly Denied

CONVICT PLOT PLOTON PLOTON ON AL CAPONE HOTLY HOTL DENIED Alcatraz Warden Says Latest Rumor Per Cent Wrong By United Press ALCATRAZ ISLAND CaL Feb 22 22 Warden 22 Warden arden y James B B. Johnston of Alca Alcatraz traz federal penitentiary today angrily branded as per cent fiction fiction fic fic- tion reports and rumors that Al AI Capone former Chicago I racketeer had been wounded this week in in inan an assassination attempt by fellow fello convicts There isn't a word of truth in all these rumors that have been circulated about Capone and Alcatraz the warden said Ho He flatly denied the latest rumors that that convicts angered at Capones Capone's refusal to join Alcatraz's recent mutiny had hurled a heavy window window window win win- dow weight at him in the prison la laundry dry and that the former gangster gangster gangster gang gang- ster had been saved from possible death only because a friendly convict con con- I vict Roy Gardner train robber pushed him out of the way Dove Under Tinder machinery Badly frightened Capone accordIng according according accord accord- ing to the rumors dove dovo under some machinery in the laundry until guards guardi t took ok him back to his cell Capone reportedly charged the weight was was was' hurled by John P Paul ul Chase one time tim Sausalito Ca CaL bootlegger and later lieutenant for Baby Face Nelson Chase and three other convicts were reportedly in the laundry at atthe atthe atthe the time in addition to Capone and Gardner As a 11 result of ot the alleged attempt I on his life Capone according to the rumors has been transferred to t the Alcatraz library to save him from possible further attacks It was also rumored Alcatraz officials were seeking to have Attorney Genera General General Gen Gen- era eral Cummings transfer Capone to McNeil island penitentiary Puget sound as a further precaution Warden Varden Johnston also flatly denIed denied de do- nied this Steady Flow of Rumors A steady flow Jow of rumors from Alcatraz the last few weeks pictured pictured pic plc- Capone Capono as one of the most hated convicts on the Rock and reported him marked for death by fellow convicts on several counts including hatred at his failure to participate in the mutiny and re revenge revenge revenge re- re for his alleged responsibility for tor the St. St Valentine Valentino days day's massacre In Chicago in 1929 The mutiny occurred in mid- mid January and was in protest against the prisons prison's strict discipline Some convicts went on a work strike saying they would refuse reluse to todo todo todo do any work whatever until discipline discipline pline was rela relaxed ed Ringleaders of the plot were thrown into special isolation cells without and the mutiny collapsed bloodshed Convicts threatened to lynch Capone Capone Capone Ca Ca- pone for allegedly squealing about tho mutiny and for tor refusing to participate In It according to information information information mation received by the San FrancIsco Francisco Fran Francisco cisco News a few days after atter the dis dis- dis- dis Later reports were that a group of ot convicts former friends of Bugs Moran one of Capones Capone's business rivals were plotting to assassinate him to avenge the St. St Valentine day massacre in which seven of Moran's Morans Morans Moran's Mo- Mo Morans Moran's rans ran's gangsters were killed