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    "ocrText": "1931 57\nWAR ON\n1931 57\nyears\nfilea\nSTX\nincome tax return, although it was\nknown that he received a vast income,\ndue to his monopoly of the booze,\nnoun\nalky, and beer business of the Chi-\ncision this\nau\ncago territory, his control of the gam-\naction plea of\nbling rackets and his profits from his\nCapone \"muscle man.\nstring of brothels. Capone had boast.\nerson holds Volpe it will'have the el\ned that he was too smart for the gov-\nfect of voiding the deportation order\nernment, that he put no money in\nbanks and no money could be traced\nissued against Volpe.\nLipschultz is charged with owing\nto him.\nGang Power Weakening,\n$38,826 on a $234,530 income in 1928\nBut, according to government offi\nand 1929.\ncials, $1,038,654 was traced directly to\nMr. Neely, who is seeking to estab-\nCapone and therein, it is said, lies a\nlish Capon 's ownership of various\nstory indicative of the disintegration\npieces of rest estate, jewelry, automo-\nof the great organization that had\nbiles, bank accounts, safe-deposit\nits connections and agencies all over\nthe country and was part of a huge\nvaults and whatever other property\ninternational syndicate that has en-\nthe federal men can find, pointed out\nabled millions of Americans to flout\nthat it all can be seized by the gov-\nthe prohibition laws for twelve years.\nernment in civil action and sold at\n\" Capone's gang lieutenants have\nauction.\ntalked to save themselves,\" govern-\nUnarge He Owes ior Six Years.\nment agents stated. Capone has\nAlthough proof of Capone's vast in-\neen pushed around so much his\ncome-he is charged with owing taxes\nwer has waned.\"\nUnited States Attorney Johnson's\nfor the years 1924 to 1929 on an in-\nategy was said to have been exhib-\ncome of $1,038,654.84-was unearthed\nproceedings amoingt Canone\nunder the direction of A. P. Madden,\nhead of the special intelligence unit\nof the internal revenue department,\nthe operatives were unable to find\nany definite title in Capone's name to\nany of the gambling joints or the\nSrand jury more that\nmany booze flats he controls.\nago. Federal prosecutors_said\nth\nHowever, Mr Neely said, if Florida\ncontempt appeal probably would be\nproperty for which Attorney Giblin\ndecided soon and there is a probabil-\nis fighting can be proved to be Ca-\nity that Capone would be in jail be\nfore the income tax indietment is\npone's, it will be seized by the gov\nernment in npr\ntried.\ntraims.\nThe indictment, which was handed\nto Judge Barnes' clerk by J. Milten\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 a fine of $80.000.\nFind $1,038,654 Income.\nThe government alleged tha Capone\nowes taxes of $215,080 on a ne\nin\ncome of $1,038,654 for the\nto 1929, inclusive, The goverp\ndoes not say that this was th\nof Capone's income of the\nbut it represents th ahoun\nernment expects be ab\nthat the chief gster"
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