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    "ocrText": "108\nuniCaGts ILL POST\nSATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1982,\nCHICAGO ILL HER N. & Y. City Times\nTHURSDA\nDEC 26 1)\nThink\nSTRATEGY\nACAINO\nSCRAN\nJOHNSON REPORTS\n175\n[\nGovernment\nU.S.OV\nby Not Tryi\nment strateg\n\"NO B\n1,289 DEFENDANTS\nCHICAGO,\nRIC\nCapone's pris\nJ.\nDEC 2\nwith the an\nILL CAPONI\nGIVEN 368 YEARS\ngang leader W\nNew Wa\ndiately on liqu\nCapone and\nJail\nU.\nKEPT\nwere indicted\nAl Capone Is Listed by\n1,000 overt acts\nCHICAG\nFederal Attorn\nAlphonse Capone\nChicago, Il\nson said the\nimmediately on\nas invoked\nU. S. Attorney as\nT\nnent fight\nt\ntried next mon\nlaw violations.\nDozen Ind\nind prison b\ner, who is in t1\nbit of governmer\nloorge E.\nChief Case.\nPolice\nthe outcome\nlengthen the gant\nnat Capone\nCapone and 67\nhose preser\nand Hoc\nsentence of ele\nare under indictn\nlembers of\nincome taxes.\n000 violations of tl\nnext month f\nPenitentiary sentences totaling 887\n\"If he (Capo\nStates Attorney a\nlations.\nyears, eight months and seven days\nOne hund Mr. Johnson\nson said the hei\nIf the gar\ntried in January,\nfrom the fede\nwere imposed in the United States\nwealthy res\neligible for p\ntence of eleve\nDistrict court against 454 defendants,\nvicinity will\nliquor indictmi\nmust wait.\nevasion, he\naccording to the annual report made\ngovernment\nords against h\nCapone is in jail\nparole after\npublic today by United States Dis-\nsoon after Ja to let it stand\nof his appeal fron\nyears. But\ntrict Attorney George E. Q. Johnson.\nyears imprisonmel\nprohibition\nIn addition, 1,289 defendants were\nlast night.\n\"As the inco\ncome tax payment\nwould\ngiven jail terms, aggregating 368\nments are ez\nserve eleven y\nJohnson said if\nJohnson\nyears and 25 days. Altogether 1,809\nThe move\nappeal he will ni Capone\nwi\n57, LOUIS M\ncriminal cases were closed by Mr.\nevaders is p\nDEC. 28,\ncharges remain ag sation was prohi\nparole as long a ants and les ii\nJohnson's office during the year.\npaign in W\nThe amount of fines imposed during\n\"We are inclir go on\nthe year was $624,617.02, of which\nincome tax\nbe sought ii\nU. S. HAS P\nstand,\" he said.\n$123,638.39 was paid by defendants.\nThe gangster must serve 11 ye\n'Scarface\" Al Capone, public enemy\nlargest cities\nCAPON\nprovided he loses the appeal, on\nNo. 1, leads the list with the highest\nNew York, P\nfirst charge with time off for\ng\nindividual sentence and fine-except\nand San Fra\nTo Keep Li\nbehavior. The attorney said\nin mail robbery cases, where a sen-\nbeing directe\nHim So He\ntrial on the other charges\ntence of twenty-five years is manda-\n1\n\"might leave\ntory. He was. sentenced by Federal\nINQUIRY E\nBy the Associate\nparole after h\nCHICAG\nJudge James H. Wilkerson to serve\nAuthorities\nCHICAGO,\nthe income to\nTUESDAY, J\neleven years for evasion of the in-\nfinal decisior\nGovernmen /\ncome tax, the highest sentence for\nto which ca\n\"Scarface\" term\nsuch a violation imposed by any\naction and W\nprison was disclosed last night wit\ncourt in the country, and to pay a\ncivil proceed\nthe announcem\nLOUIS MO. I\nfine of $50,000-also the highest on\nback taxes\nleader would n\nDRUGGAN,\nrecord for such a violation.\ntigation of St\nately on liquor\nDEC. 28,193\nCASE AG\nIn the civil docket 934 cases were\nCapone and\ncalled, including judgments of $140,-\ncomplete.\nindicted for 10\nIN FEDE\n549.03. The Circuit Court of Appeals\nTwelve pol\nthe dry laws.\ncomes have\nU.S Plan\ndisposed of forty-seven cases, includ-\nney Goorge El\ning some of the most important in-\namong thos\nsubordinates\nto Hold\nSentencing of\nT\ncome tax appeals, all of which were\nAlthough thi\nmonth withou\nFrankie Lake, erst\ndecided in favor of the government.\ned to be rea\nin county jai\nCHICAGO Ded on the income ta\nDruggan Case Pending.\nsome of the\ncome of his a]\ninvoked today in ments to which t\nbe withheld\nof 11 years fo\nAI Capone in pr some months agg\nOf the penitentiary sentences, 92\nincome taxes.\ntorney George Judge, Wilkerson's\ncan be cons:\n\"If he (Ca\nnounced Capone\nHowever, since\nPAYROLLE\nthose present\" W\npeal,\" Johnse\nrepresented by Wi\nyears, 6 months and 13 days was\nhis gang go to tr\nPresent ai\nbe eligible f\nprohibition law\nLeo Klein, and\nt]\nmeted out to sixty-five defendants for\ncials, politi\nthe liquor indic\ngangster loses h\nresented by Distr\nviolation of the national prohibition\nrecords agains\nyears' sentence fi\nE. Q. Johnson an\ncontractors,\nlaw. In addition, 1,022 defendants\nclined to let\nsion, he would be\ndicated that the\ndrew\n246\ninvolved in\nCHICAGO\nin four B1\nevidence, it see\ntrial, are it\nment OV\nDruggan and La\nJan. 4, on a plea of guilty of viola-\ngation. Se\nTHURSDAY,\nwould not be pos\nfate before tom\ntion of the income tax law.\nalso are inv\nJohnson intends to\nDruggan's casé\nCases ag\nU. S. DISPOSE\nPraises Work of Staff.\nLoud snea kars\nCapt. Waugh\nbuilt up by\nnesses \"in miti\nIn reviewing the accomplishments\nCASES DURING 1931\nThe defense obje\nof his office during this year, Mr.\nwork by a\ntwenty age\nIn his annual report made public\nDruggan had at\nJohnson said: \"For the results\ntoday, United States District Attor-\ncompromise of\nachieved during the year, the United\nP. Madden,\nStates attorney states that it is due\nney George E. Q. Johnson revealed\nthe internal ret\ntelligence u\nto the fine co-oneration\nthat 1,809 cases had been disposed\nenue depa\nof during the past year. This was\nWashington\ncountry handled so many cases with\nwhat action\nan tiary increase sentences over to last 454 year. defendants Peniten-\nsmall a staff, and I think it only and\nso that the public should know,\ncase, the et\ntotaled 887 years and eight months.\nfair have appreciation the fine services who\nDwight H.\nJail sentences totaled 358 years for\nrendered by these young lawyers,\nson and Ja\n1,289 who were arraigned in the\nshown initiative ind-courage the\nant United\nS federal court. Mostrof these cases\nhave have persevered through\nfor presenta\nwere for liquor violations. The\nand year with untiring industry and en-\nDRIVE IS\namount of fines imposed was $624,\nergy.'\nThe nation\n617, of which only $123,638 was col-\nlected.\nsult of the\npa\ninst\ngangster and"
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