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    "ocrText": "1932 45\nFrom\nRepublican\nWATERBURY, CONN.\n4/3/37\nSENATE COMMITTEE HEARS SAGA\nOF HEROIC STRUGGLE THAT BROKE\n1932.45\ndo not manufacture; they\ndo\nnos\ntold\nhim\nhe\ncould\nmake\na\nrecom-\ntransport, and usually we never reach\nmendation.\nPOWER OF CHICAGO HOODLUM CZAR\nthem except under the conspiracy\n'As I understand it.\" Chairman Bo-\nstatute.\nrah asked, 'Judge Wilkerson indorsed\n\"The agents had been at work on\nthe recommendation?n\nthe income tax case for a long time\n\"He approved of the making of the\nI may add they were probably the\nrecommendation, Johnson replied,\nmost capable estiglators I havel 'and of course here is the under-\never worked with and were headed standing I think all prosecutors have\nJohnson Tells What\nfand I thought he mu\nbe-\nwere\nallowed\nand\nall\ncases\nCapone Prosecutor Testifies\nby A. P. Madden and Frank Wilson\nwhen a court says to the prosecutor\neause the bank was small and in onelwere affirmed they were denied\nof\nthe intelligence unit.\nthat he may make a recomment\nof these three monthsperiod-usual Certiorari, and the last ones think\n\"For a year we had daily con-\ntion. No judge can bind himself.\nObstacles Forces Of\nJy the account shifted in threelare going to the penitentiary this\nferences. Everywhere we encoun\nJudge Knew Plan\nmonths-in one instance there That is, Jack Guzik and. Gene\ntered fear. Every witness was re-\nReplying to questions from Borah\nLaw Overcame\nan overdraft of $4,000 and another|Cliver.\nluctant. In March, we returned\nJohnson said that Wilkerson knew he\noverdraft $6,000, which they per4)\nKiller Convicted\nthe first indictment and sup-\nwas planning to recommend a sen-\nomitted in this small bank the \"Lawrence O'Brien is there and\npressed it. We did that to stop\ntence of 2¹/² years.\ncashier he did not know who sam Guzik, Jack's brother, is there\nthe running of the statute of\nJohnson then read Wilkerson's\nowned the account.\nA man by the name of Jack Mc-\nlimitations and then we kept on\nstatement in open court announcing\nDARED DEADLY PERILS\n\"Later he was very much\nGurn who is said to be a machine\nwith our investigating.\nhe would not be bound by any agree-\nbroken down and I was very\ngunner and one of the big killers for\nThe district atorney told the com-\nment, which led to Capone's with-\nbis\nsevere with him and he wept.\nthe mob, has been convicted He\nmittee the high spots of Capone's\ndrawal of his plea of guilty.\nLater his counsel told me every\nis the man who in that St. Valen-\nlife during the years in which he\n\"The defendant (Capone) is a man\nals night when he came home some\ntine's day massacre is said to have\nobtained leadership of Chicago's\nof unbelievable arrogance,\" Johnson\nArrogance And Brutal-\n188 gangster was there and threatened\ncilled seven men at one stroke of\ngangland.\nsaid.\nhim.\nthe machihe gun.\nBegan As Bar Tender\n\"He knew this plea of guilty\nity Of Public Enemies\n\"Eventually we got the information\n\"This process of breaking down\n\"Al Capone began his career as a\ninvolved a penitentiary sentence.\nGenerally, in dealing in these cases,\nthese partners was a plan to reach\nbar tender in the Bowery of New\nThe first thing that happened\nin the difficult cases, we encountered\nAl Capone. In every case we prose-\nYork,' Johnson said. \"He was\na\nto my utter astonishment was\nAre Recounted\nterrific violence.\nuted we got some lead and some\nmember of the Five Points gang in\nthis. I had never stated publicly\nPeril Of Death Real\nevidence.\nNew York He came to Chicago in\nwhat this recommendation would\nDescribing the difficulties of ob-\n\"We were confronted with this\n1920 or 1922 I think, as a bouncer\nbe, nor had any of my assistants\nestaining witnesses to testify against\nkind of a situation-tha Al Ca-\nA bouncer is a rough man in these\nor the agents of the government,\nWashington, April 2-(AP)\ngangsters, Johnson said the *stock\npone was very shrewd in one way.\ndisorderly places who push people\nwho were very trustworthy and\nphrase\" of those called was \"If you\nHe kept no bank account. We\nout. Then he got into gambling in\nI am sure they observed this\nAn astounding story of the\nwant to send me to prison all right,\nnever could find a bank account.\na small way and in 1923, as we trace\nconfidence.\npower of Al Capone and his\nbut I will not talk because you know\nHe kept no books, signed no\nhim down, he got to a point where\n\"On the very afternoon that\nwill be taken for a ride.'\nchecks. In all our investigation\nChicago gangsters told in the\nhe could buy a car for $4,500\nthe pleas of guilty were entered,\n\"That is true,\" Johnson told the\nwe had one check he indorsed.\n\"In 1924 they operated three\nan afternoon newspaper publish-\nwords of the man who finally\ncommittee. \"I had a rather painful,\n\"He never did anything first\ngambling places in this suburb\ned in headlines, not what the\nmade them surrender before\nexperience when we convicted a man\nhand. The system was he was\nof Cicero and the system was\ndistrict attorney's recommenda-\nby the name of Basile. He was about\nalways two or three removed\nbriefly this. When there was too\ntion would be, but what the\nthe strong arm of the federal\nto go to prison. He had been asso\nfrom what happened and it was\nloud an outcry of eitizens they\njudgment of the court would\ngovernment was made public\nclated with the Juliano mob.\nnearly impossible to complete\nbe and that brought comment\n\"They had 62 murders in there in\nwould move to another place.\nthe chain leading to him.\ntoday by a Senate committee.\nThey were in three places with-\nfrom all over the country.\"\nfive years and Basile gave evidenne \"The agents kept at work on gath-\nin a short distance. Within an\nJohnson told how Capone set about\nIt was the inside story of\nhe\nwas a partner of Juliano, that ne'ering evidence and a special squad\nhour after were raided in one\nto attract attention to himself by\nhad quarreled with Juliano and Juli-Iwas organized, known as the district\nthe races in a box out\nthe government's long battle\nano had paid $5,000 to a gunman attorney's squad. I may add the\nplace, they were going full blast\nagainst Capone and his gang\nthe name of Schemer Drucci to gangs had spies everywhere. It is\nin the next place.\nvont where everyone could see him\ngoing to baseball games and shak-\nas related by Dist. Atty.\nhim. And Drucci was shot and killed inconceivable the information they\n\"They had a bookkeeper by the\ning hands with famous ball players\nby a policeman before he couidige They have an intelligence sys-\nname of Shumway in 1924. In a raid\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson, at Chi-\nexecute the murder.\ntem that is remarkable. Sometimes\nmade by police, these books had been\nBlazoned In Newspapers\nAssociated Press Photo.\ncago, to the Senate judiciary\nTells Of Murdered Witness\nI\nthought they would find out what\ntaken and turned over to the gov-\n\"Now all these things were blazon-\nU. S. Dist. Atty. George E. Q. Johnson of Chicago (right) is shown testify-\nI\nernment.\néd in the newspapers constantly\nsubcommittee considering the\n\"Basile gave evidence which was\nwas thinking. It is baffling.\nduring that time and Judge Wilker-\ning to Sen. William E. Borah at the Senate hearing on the appointment of\nvery helpful to the government and\nPolice Connive\nBooks Without Names\nson called this to the attention of the\nFederal Judge James H. Wilkeison of Chicago to the circuit court of appeals.\nnomination of Judge James\njust before Christmas in 1929 I took\n\"Then our purpose of finally reach-\n\"The agents had succeeded in lo-\nofficers of the court and asked them\nH. Wilkerson to the circuit\nhim before the grand jury and talked\ning A1 Capone had been the objective\ncating Shumway, but he was fearful\nto consider whether it would not\nto him about 11 o'clock. We were\nwe sought after for the last three\nfor his life. His whole life had been\nbe advisable to deprive him of liber-\ncourt.\ngetting ready to return an indictment\nyears. He had one syndicate that\nWilkerson sentenced Capone to 11\nbut that night he was murdered be-\nwas in the beer violations, You\nspent as a bookkeeper. The books\nty and take him into custody\nfore 9 o'clock. I have had many ex-\nmight add the source of income\nthemselves were all in key numbers\n\"I never discussed this with Judge\nyears in the penitentiary after over-\nto\nand disclosed no names excepting in\nWilkerson but it seemed an affront\nturming an agreement by Johnson to\nperiences of that kind.'\nthese gangsters comes from gambling\nrecommend 2¹/² years if Capone would\nand beer, distribution of alcohol be-\none or two instances, so by this pro-\nto the court. I was right curious\nplead guilty. In his sensational testi-\nJohnson told of a conspiracy in-\ndictment against 21 defendants in\ning in small amounts but dealing\ncess of investigation, we built up a\nabout how this information got out\nwith beer, they deal with bulk. They\nlot of circumstances against Capone.\nabout what my recommendation\nmony at an executive session of the\nwhich six of them were murdered\n\"How we happened to prove\nwould be, The defendant himself,\ncommittee Tuesday, Johnson revealed\nbefore the case came to trial.\nmust have understandings with the\nhis ownership of these gambling\nam informed by newspapermen,\nwhat he said were the true circum-\npolice in order to distribute that.\nWe encountered that many\nplaces in which these books were\ndisclosed that information, so he\nstances of that agreement for the\nHe added that eight of their asso-\nkept was in this manner. A\nbrought this upon himself clearly\nfirst\ntime.\nciates also were murdered, including\ntimes, he continued.\nCapone's Arrogance Related\nsome witnesses,\nyoung minister, by the name of\nby his conduct.\n\"This squad from the dictrict\nDescribes Al Capone Case\nMr. Hoover, the president of the\nWhen the case opened before the\nHe said Judge Wilkerson approved\nattorney's office was led by a very\nof the agreement but later overturned\nDescribing the Al Capone\ncapable young man by the name\nreal estate board and the Ki-\ncourt, Johnson said, Capone's at-\ncase\nit after Capone himself had shown\nJohnson said.\nof Ness, who is a graduate of the\nwanis club, by the name of\ntorney claimed he had an agreement\n\"We had ascertained who Capone's\nBragg, and a man by the name\nthat the gangster would not be\nhis unbelievable arrogance' making\nUniversity of Chicago, and he\nthe terms Of the agreement public.\npartners were. There was a very\nselected the squad. The plan\nof Morgan, secured help from the\nquestioned. Johnston said he had en-\nJohnson testified he was \"embar-\ndangerous underworld character by\nwas to cause the Capone gang to\nKiwanis club and the American\ntiered no such agreement and when\nrassed\" when the agreement was re-\nthe name of Jack Guzik, I live in a\nlose money and this squad took\nLegion.\nthe judge insisted on hearing some\nquiet neighborhood where there are\n\"They organized a raid on Ca-\nevidence Capone withdrew his guil-\njected but had begun to believe him-\nbrewery after brewery and some-\nty plea and the case went to trial.\nself it was a 'mistake\" and felt Wil-\nhomes and home-loving people and\nthing like 35 of these very large\npone's places, got a search war-\nPreviously, he said, he had told the\nkerson had not done anything judi-\nhe established himself in a very nice\nexpensive trucks that cost $4,000\nrant and went in there in the\ncourt he had the attorney general's\ncially improper.\nhome just around the corner from\n$5,000 apiece.\nafternoon and a had a constable\npluthority to make the recommenda-\nThe most amazing part of John-\nme and nearly all the gangsters\nThey developed & system of\nwith them. While in procoss of\nnon and the assistant secretary of\nson' S sensational testime was his\nstrange to say, are married and bring\ndetecting these violations and\nmaking the raid, Al Capone\nthe Treasury, in charge of revenue,\ndescription of the\nup families. He is the conniver and\nthey pursued that relentlessly,\nrushed in. It is one of the few.\nlad concurred,\nthe corrupter of this crowd.\nThat ended in an indictment\nplaces we have ever seen him in\nTells Of Trapping Bro\n\"Al Capone represents the force\nagainst some 62 and later the in-\nflesh and blood. He is very\nHe gave the committee\nand the spectacular leadership.\nvestigators have been pursued\nelusive.\nof how the government \"tr ped'\nTo make the story short, we had\nthe\nand I think we now have all the\n'Capone came with his trous-\nCapone brothers on income tax vio-\ndiscovered these partners. First,\nmen who were connected with\ners hastily pulled over his pa-\nlations.\nwe convicted Ralph Capone, then\nthe Capone crowd or that side of\njamas and rapped on the door\nTelling of checking the many bank\nFrank Nitti, who was a partner\nthe case, on the beer side,\nand wanted to get in, and the\naccounts maintained by the gangster\nin these gambling enterprises.\n\"All of them were leaders, not all\nman at the door said: 'Who are\nleaders, Johnson said\nRalph Capone's work was in\nof these, but there is a dozen of the\nyou? and he said 'This is my\nAccounts Often Changed\nprostitution and in selling beer\nbig leaders of organized crime. They\nparty; I own this joint.'\n\"Take the matter of violence. In\nand in gambling. Nitti \"was on\nare under indictment, and will be\n\"There were some more admissions\nthe alcohol side of the racket.\nthe Ralph Capone case, which may be\nbrought to trial in the near future\nto that effect. That was our evi-\nused as an illustration, because it\n\"I might add their overturn\nis\nand under this indictment was Al\ndence of his ownership of the place\na typical gangster case of the type\nwas very large. We traced about\nCapone\nwith which in the trial we expected\nwe have prosecuted under the income\n$700,00 to Nitti, nearly $2,000 000\nEvidence Circumstantial\nto connect up the books.\ntax laws, the agents discovered bank\nto Ralph Capone, In the Jack\n\"We are going to try that case and\nViolence Used\naccounts. There were 8 or the\nGuzik case we proved over $1,-\nI want to say this-that the evidence\npeculiar thing about it was about ev-\n000,000.\n\"Here was the great difficulty about\nery three months one account was\n\"Of course it is the money that\nagainst Al Capone was rather that. These men were very courageous\ncumstantial because, of course, these but after this raid, Hoover, the min-\nclosed, James Carter, James Brown\ngives these people the power. These leaders do not commit the substan- ister, was threatened and rough men\nand so on. It was rather odd that\ncases all resulted in convictions and tive offence, They do not sell; thew were placed in front of his house\neach first name began with James.\nBragg was assaulted and brutally\n\"I subpoenaed the bankers. It was\nbeaten and kicked and maimed by\na small bank, with not more than\nhaving his nose crushed. Morgan was\n$3.000.000 in deposits and I personally\ntaken for a ride and shot and Capone\nconducted those examinations before\ntold them \"This is the last raid you\nthe grand jury and the cashier of the\nwill ever make,\" and they were very\nbank was frightened to death. I did\nmuch afraid,\nnot know why\n\"They, however, did appear before\n\"I was pressing him\nwho\nthe grand jury but they were very\nowned these"
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