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    "ocrText": "107\nCHICAGO TLL HER & EXAM\nWashington, D. C. Star\nMONDAY1 DECEMBER 21, 193\nDEC18 1931,\nEXAM\nDRUGGAN AND\n931,\nCAPONE'S VISITORS\nRUNG\nLAKE HEAR TAX\nEAR TAX\nIN JAIL ARE CURBED\nORLD\nPENALTY TODAY Y\nY TODAY\nU. S. Acts to Cut Off Stream\nCELL\nJudge Expected to Sentence\nbe\nof Callers After Charge He\nBeer Twins in Federal Court;\nd to Sentence\nStill Directs Gang.\nVisitors at\nTrace Bribe Charge Here\nFederal Court;\nVires Wash-\nBy the Associated Press.\nCharge Here\nCHICAGO, December 18.-The stream\ng in Luxury\nand\nThe key to the sensational Drug-\nof visitors to the county jail cell of Al-\nons,\ngan-Lake $75,000 bribery charges\nphonse Capone was cut off sharply by\nof\nsensational Drug-\nthe United States Government yes-\nck Page.)\nwhich recently brought a federal\nfore\nbribery charges\nterday\nDepartment\ninvestigation of United States At-\nand\nrought a federal\nAfter an investigation of reports that\nficers ónes\ntorney George El. Q. Johnson's of-\nome\nUnited States At-\nthe gang czar was still directing opera-\nfice is held in Chicago.\nQ. Johnson's of\ntions of his syndicate it was announced\nstrict CUUIL\nThis was revealed last night as\nthat there was no evidence that he was\nhe\nTerry Druggan and Frankie Lake\nicago.\nbeing accorded special treatment at the\ned a search-\nin\nprepared to face Federal Judge\nled last night\njail, The United States marshal's of-\nreports that\ngo\nfice, however, issued an order directing\nWilkerson today for sentence on\nged\nnd Frankie\nthe warden to admit to Capone's cell\nen accorded\nincome tax charges. The West Side\ne\nFederal Judge\nonly his immediate family, his attorneys\nbeer twins-so strangely involved\nand any others given passes by the\nn the county\nin the half-revelations concerning\nfor sentence on\nmarshal.\nhge\ned in Wash-\nthe bizarre bribery charges-will\nVS. The West Side\nlty,\nMarshal to Control Passes.\nhear their fate on guilty pleas at\nley,\ntrangely involved\nIt was explained that the marshal\n10 a. m.\nar-\nations concerning\nwould examine carefully all persons ap-\nwas revealed,\nCHARGES MADE IN CHICAGO.\nave\nplying for permission to see the gang-\nD\nwhen three\nery charges-will)\nDisclosure that the bribery\na\nster as he awaits the appeal on his con-\nis, all worded\nbut\nn guilty pleas at\nviction as an income tax dodger.\ncharges were made, not in Washing-\nInvestigation by Government agents\nred by Federal\nton, as previously reported, but to\nwas started after Federal Judge James\nkerson, United\nsome federal official in Chicago,\nhe\nC IN CHICAGO.\nH Wilkerson, who sentenced Capone to\nney George E.\nwas made in the Department of\nthe\nat the bribert\n11 years, and United States District At-\nVarden David\nJustice at the capital. An official\nMel-\ntorney George E. Q. Johnson, whe\nthere said:\neen\ne, not in Washin\nheaded the prosecution, both received\nail,\n\"Harold C. Hayes did not come\nbrge\nreported, but\nanonymous communications stating\nVISITOHS.\nthat Capone was receiving telephone,\nto Washington to make his state-\nof\nicial in Chicago,\ntelegraph and messenger service en-\nt Capone was\nment. He made it in Chicago.\nhis\ne Department of\nabling him to control his gang as well\nenchm. 1 daily\nThe department will not give the\nas if he were outside the jail.\nstatement out. It regards it is\npital. An official\nwas allowed to\nthe\nlavit\nCharges Are Investigated.\nnd send tele\nconfidential.\"\nrug-\nBoth District Attorney Johnson and\nwas runts.\nHayes, owner of the Metropole\nves did not como\nand several other hotels, is a close\naffi-\nofficials of the Department of Justice\nhine it been\nmake his state-\nsaid the charges \"could not be sub-\nfriend of Druggan and Al Capone.\nhe\nstantiated.'\nThe gist of his reported statement\nin\nit in Chicago.\nWarden David Moneypenny of the\nm the Depart-\nseveral months ago was that Drug-\nwill not give the\ncounty jail requested the marshal's\nashington that\ngan had paid $75,000 to fix the\nould\nIt regards it is\noffice to take over the responsibility of\nissuing passes to Capone's visitors.\npushed to the\ngovernment's criminal case against\nTabel\nhim.\nnter-\nof the Metropole\nSeveral minor politicians had asked to\nhether the in-\nshow\nhotels, is a close\nsee the gangster and it was feared they e\nCapone ma-\nPROSECUTOR EXONERATED\nwould turn over their no\ncom-\nand Al Capone.\nCapone lieutenants\nlaw, is great.-\nSuch credence did the Chicago\nd did\nported statement\nthan that of the government,\nfederal official who received it give\nment.\nthe Hayes report that he at once\nwas that Drug-\nwhich makes that law.\n5,000 to fix the\nEVASIVE ON PHONE CALLS.\nforwarded it to Attorney General\nS\nMitchell at Washington. The only\ncriminal case against\nInvestigators reported last night\nreport made after the exhaustive\nthey \"had been unable to substan-\ninvestigation exonerated the Unit-\nOR EXONERATED.\ntiate\" information that Capone\ned States attorney, but did not re-\nlence did the Chicago\nhad used telephone and telegraph\nfute the charge money had been\nial who received it give\nto direct gang operations. There\nused for bribery.\nreport that he at once\nFederal officials declined to com-\nt\nto Attorney General\nwas no comment, however, on the\nWashington. The only\nnumber and identity of his visitors\nment on Hayes' motive in making\nafter the exhaustive\nat the jail at all hours of the day.\na report to the government. Hayes\nwould only say that \"newspaper\nexonerated the Unit-\nNor was anything said about the\naccounts so far don't tell the half\ntorney, but did not re-\n\"unofficial\" report that Capone, in\nof the story-they only hint at it.\"\narge money had been\nail or temporarily out, had held con-\nFAILS TO FILE AFFIDAVITS.\nbery.\nference with his gang intimates at\nArraigned a week ago, Druggan\nficials declined to com-\nnight.\nthreatened to tell the \"inside\" story\nof the $75,000 bribe. He was given\nION paddius\nmaking\nWhen investigators visited the\njail they found Capone confined to\nuntil Saturday to file affidavits,\n107\nbut failed to do so.\nerem are\na dormitory on the fifth floor,\nwhere he has the use of a com-\nThe former beer partners face\nmaximum sentences of seventeen\nMan\nyears and fines aggregating $10,000.\nuo\nto Page 2, Column.\nDruggan owes $243,919 in taxes and\n$60,802 in penalties. Lake owes\nT finari shung\nH\nMerry Christmas\n$181,6 res and $50.380_nen\nu\nTw"
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