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    "ocrText": "1931 51\nCHICAGO ILL TIMES\nSATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931,\nU. S. RUSHES CAPONE TO TRIAL\n1931 51\nLORD OF GANGLAND\nFACES LONG TERM\nCapone\nFOR TAX FRAUD\nThat A1 Capone, Chicago's\npoorest world's fair advertise-\nment, get the quickest trial\nGANGSTER GIVES\nthe members of his\nbrought before the\njustice, was indi-\nU\nS.\nDist.\n$50, 000 BOND IN\nQ\nJohnson\nlose\nhis\nfirst\nindict-\nfrauds,\nstated\nTAX FRAUD CASE\nprobability Capone\nbe summer.\nFederal Judge\nof\nsix\nmonths\nInterest 6/6/3\njall\nAccused of Evading\npealed,\n$215,080 Levy.\nwith\nernment\ne.\nJohn-\nson.\ntoday\nthat\nin\nAurora\nand\nagents\ncom-\nwhich\nhas\nalcohol\nsyndi-\nnamed\nby\nthe\nlocal\ndictment\nearly\nin\nby\nChief\nnoon which\nevidence\nupon\nof\n45\ncused him of eva-\nmen\nsion\nof\nincome\nof\nJack,\nCa-\ntaxes amounting\npon is en route\nto $215 080. Unit-\nand at Leavenworth\ned State Attorney\nplea of guilty to\ncharges of violation of the\nGeorge E. Q\nJohnson, who has\nJUDGE BARNES won a conviction\n[TRIBUNE Photo.] against every\ngangster he has tried for income tax\nfrauds, announced he was ready for\nthe supreme test against Capone, the\nchief of gang chiefs\nCapone, on learning that the in\ndietment had been returned, went di\nrectly to the office of United States\nMarshal H. C. w. Laubenheimer, ac\ncompanied by his attorneys, Capt\nWilliam F Waugh and John\nGoshkin. His ball had been fixed at\n$50,000. A surety bond had preceded\nhim and it had been examined and\napproved in the district attorny's of\nfice. Deputy Marshal Joseph O'Neill,\nas soon as Capone appeared, served\nhim with bench warrant issued by\nFederal Judge John P. Barnes, before\nwhom the indictment was returned.\nFreed Until Arraignment.\nCapone was taken to the court\nclerk's office, where he signed the\nbond, and then before Judge Barnes.\nwho attached his signature, and Ca\npone was free so far as the income\ntar. case is concerned until the day\nof his arraignment. But Capone is\nunder $5,000 bonds on an'appeal from\na six months' jail sentence for con-\ntempt of court imposed by Federal\nJudge James H. Wilkerson for ma-\nlingering when summoned before the\nfederal grand jury more than a year\ninderal prosecutor the\ncontempt appeal probably would be\ndecided soon and there is a probabil-\nity that Capone would be in jail be-\nfore the income tax indictment is\ntried.\nThe indictment which was handed\nto Judge Barnes' clerk by J. Milton\nTrainer, real estate man and foreman\nof the grand jury which had spent\nthree months on the Capone investi-\ngation, contained five felony and two\nmisdemeanor counts. Another indict-\nment, returned on March 13 and sup-\npressed, contained one felony count\nrelating to Capone's income in 1924\nThe possible maximum penalty on the\nsix felony and two misdemeanor\ncounts is thirty-two years' imprison-\nment and fine of $80.000.\nFind $1,038,654 Income.\nThe government alleged that Capone\nowes taxes of $215,080 on a net in-\ncome of $1,038,654 for the years 1924\nto 1929, inclusive. The government\ndoes not say that this was the total\nof Capone' income of those six years,\nbut it represents the amount the gov.\nernment expects to be able to prove\nthat the chief gangster pocketed.\nThe statement was made that dur-\ning those six years Capone filed no\nincome tax return, although it was\nknown that he received vast income\ndue to is monopoli of the booze\nalky, and beer business of the Chi\ncago territory his control of the gam-\nbling rackets and his profits from his\nstring of brothels. Capone had boast\ned that he was too smart for the gov.\nernment, that he put no money in\nbanks and no money could be traced\nto him.\nGang Power Weakening\nBut, according to government offi-\ncials, $1,038,654 was traced directly to\nCapone and therein, it Is said, lies a\nstory indicative of the disintegration\nof the great organization that had\nits connections and agencies all over\nthe country and was part of a huge\ninternational syndicate that has. en-\nabled millions of Americans to flout\nthe prohibition laws for twelve :rears.\nCapone's gang lieutenants have\ntalked to save themselves. govern-\nment agents stated. Capone has\nbeen pushed around so much his\npower\nhas\nwaned.\nUnited States Attorney Johnson's\nstrategy was said to h-\nited in proceeding\nexhib-\n(Continued on pa"
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