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    "ocrText": "1932 53\n4/3/33\nmass meeting as\nTheatre at 10:30 a m. Services at\nTrinity Union Methodist Episcopal\nChurch at 3:30 and 7:30 p. m\nRev. Vivian T. Pomeroy lecture at Plan-\ntations Auditorium, :30 p. m.\nRussian Pro-Art Balalaika Orchestra\nconcert at Plantations Auditorium,\n8:30 m.\nBARRINGTON MAN IS FINED\nON TIPSY DRIVING CHARGE\nJohn H. Callan forested $100 on Appeal\nfrom $200 Penalty.\nJohn H Callan, 49, of 288 Maple ave\nnue, Barrington, who was charged with\ndriving while intoxicated following his\narrest on Westminster street, this city\nthe night of March 23, when his car wa\nstopped by police because of defectivo\nlights, pleaded nolo before Judge O'Con\nnell in Superior Court yesterday and was\nfined $100 and costs. Callan had ap-\npealed a $200 fine imposed in Sixth Dis\ntrict Court\nAn attempt to make a race track our\nof the roadway about Taunton Green\nin the early morning hours landed Mar\ngretta Donohue, 21, of Waverly street\nProvidence, and Alex Ortendahl, 21, of\n181 Laurenston street, Brockton. Mass\nbefore Judge Frederick E. Austin in Dis\ntrict Court yestérday on charges of op\nerating negligently. Both pleaded no\nguilty.\nThe defendants were arrested on Win\nthrop street after they had twice cir\ncled Taunton Green at rate of speet\nof approximately 45 miles an hour, po\nlice said, and on the first circuit nar\nthey were returned, I told him that I\nrowly missed hitting Police Sergt Rich\nfelt by reason of the great difficulties\nard Perra. On the second circuit the\nthat confronted us. that I wanted to\njust missed the police car.\nIn every case we prosecuted we got some\nmake recommendation.\nWhen stopped after speedy chas\nlead and some evidence.\nMr. Hoover. the president of the Real\nup Winthrop street in the direction\nWe were confronted with this kind\nEstate Board and the Kiwanis Club. by\nFinally Johnson said, Wilkerson told\nProvidence, Miss Donohue was at th\nof a situation-that Al Capone was very\nthe name of Bragg, and a man by the\nhim he could make a recommendation\nAs I understand it, Chairman Borah\nwheel of the cor ondition\nshrewd in one way He kept no bank\nname of Morgan secured help from the\nContinued from Page 1, Col. 7.\naccount We never could find a bank ac-\nKiwanis Club and the American Legion.\nasked. Judge Wilkerson indorsed the\nrecommendation?\ncount. He kept no books He signed no\nThey organized raid on Capone's\nplaces, got & search warrant and went\n\"He approved of the making of the\nabout it was about every three months\nchecks. In all our investigation we had\none check he indorsed\nin there in the afternoon and had a\nrecommendation. Johnson replied\none account was closed, James Carter,\nJames Brown and so on. It was rather\n\"He never did anything first hand\nconstable with them. While in process\nand of course here is the understanding\nI\nof making the raid, Al Capone rushed in\nthink all prosecutors have when a\nodd that each first name began with\nThe system was he was always two or\nIt one of the few places we have ever\ncourt says to the prosecutor that he\n\"James\nthree removed from what happened and\nit was nearly impossible to complete the\nseen him in ñesh and blood. He is very\nmay make a recommendation. No judge\nsubpoenaed the bankers. It was a\nchain leading to him.\nelusive\ncan bind himself.\nsinall bank, with not more than $3,000,-\n\"The agents kept at work on ther-\n'Capone came with his trousers hastily\nReplying to questions from Borah.\n000 in deposits and I personally con-\ning evidence and a special squad was\npulled over his pajamas and rapped on\nJohnson said that Wilkerson knew he\nducted those examinations before the\norganized known as the District Attor-\nthe door and wanted to get in and the\nwas planning to recommend a sentence\ngrand jury and the cashier of the bank\nman at the door said Who are you?\nof 21/2 years\nwas frightened to death. I did not know\nney's squad. I may add the gangs had\nwhy.\nspies everywhere It is inconceivable the\nand he said, This is my party; I own\nJohnson then read Wilkerson's state\nthis\njoint.\nment in open court announcing he\n\"I was pressing him as to who owned\ninformation they get. They have an\nthese accounts, he continued, 'and\ntelligence system that is remarkable\n'There were some more admissions to\nwould not be bound by any agreement\nSometimes thought they would find\nthat effect. That was our evidence of\nwhich led to Oapone s withdrawal of his\nthought he must know because the bank\nbis ownership of the place with which\nplea of guilty.\nwas small and in one of these three\nout what was thinking It is baffling\n\"Then our purpose of finally reach-\nin the trial we expected to connect up\n\"The defendant (Capone) is a man of\nmonths period- -usually the account\ning Al Capone had been the objective\nthe books.\nshifted in three months-in one\nunbelievable arrogance.\" Johnson said.\nin-\nstance there was an overdraft of $4000\nsought after for the last three years\n\"Here was the great difficulty about\nthat, These men were very courageous\nKept Confidence\nand another overdraft of $6000. which\nHe had one syndicate that was in the\nbeer violations. You might add the\nbut after this raid, Hoover, the minister\n\"He knew this plea of guilty involved\nthey permited and in this small bank\na\nsource of income to these gangsters\nwas threatened and rough men were\npenitentiary sentence. The first thing\nthe cashier said he did not know who\nthe\naccount.\ncomes from gambling and beer distribu-\nplaced in front of his house. Bragg was\nthat happened my utter astonishment\nowned\ntion of alcohol being in small amounts\nassaulted and brutally beaten and kicked\nwas this. I had never stated publicly\n'Later he was very much broken down\nand maimed by having his nose crushed\nwhat this recommendation would bei\nand I was very severe with him and he\nbut dealing with beer they deal with\nMorgan was taken for a ride and shot\nnor had any of my assistants or the\nwept. Later his counsel told me every\nbulk They must have understandings\nand Capone told them This is the last\nagents of the Government. who were\nnight when he came home some gang-\nwith the police in order to distribute\nthat\nraid you will ever make, and they were\nvery trustworthy and am sure they ob-\nster was there and threatened him.\nvery much afraid.\nserved this confidence.\nEncountered Violence\nWe encountered that many times,\nhe continued.\nWitnesses Alarmed\nOn the very afternoon that the pleas\n\"Evéntually we got the information\nof guilty were entered. an afternoon\nSeizure of Breweries\n\"They, however, did appear before the\nGenerally. in dealing in these cases, in\nnewspaper published in headlines, not\nthe difficult cases, we encountered ter-\n\"This squad from the District Attor-\ngrand jury, but they were very much\nalarmed\nwhat the District Attorney's recom-\nrific\nviolence.\nney's office was led by very capable\nyoung man by the name of Ness who\n\"In the Jack Guzik case we had\nmendation would be. but what the judg-\nDescribing the difficulties of obtain-\nment of the court would be and that\nis a graduate of the University of Chi-\ngambler by the name of Reis. After\ning witnesses to testify against gang\nbrought comment from all over the\ncago, and he selected the squad. The\nShumway left, Reis kept no books. but\ncountry.'\nsters, Johnson sald the 'stock phrase\nplan was to cause the Capone gang to\nhe testified they had bankroll and ev-\nof those called was if you want to send\nJohnson told how Capone set about\nlose money and this squad took brewery\nerything that was surplus above the re-\nme to prison all right but Í will not\nto attract attention to himseli by at-\ntalk because you know I will be taken\nafter brewery and something like 35\nquired bank roll of $10,000 which they\ntending the races in a box out front\nfor ride\nof these very large. expensive trucks that\nkept in these gambling places was proft\ncost $4000 or $5000 apiece\nThen he would buy a cashier's check\nwhere everyone could see him, going to\n\"That is true.\" Johnson told the com-\nwith that and turn it over to Jack\nbaseball games and shaking hands with\nfamous ball players\nmittee thad a rather painful ex\n\"They developed a systsm of detect-\nGuzik\nperience -man\ning these violations and they arsued\nNow all these things were blazoned in\n'Our evidence developed at various\nthe name of Basile He was about to go\nextlessly That ended In\ndictment against some 62 and later the\ntimes Capone ould things\nthe newspapers constantly during that\nto prison He had been associated with\nwith Jack Guzik's check were able\ntime and Judge Wilkerson called that\nthe Juliano mob\ninvestigators have been pursuel and\nto show in this investigat that he\nthe attention of the officers of the court\nThey had 62 murders in there in five\nthink we have all the men who were\nconnected with the Capone crowd\nwould say. Jack Guzik is my secretary\nand asked them to consider whether it\nyears and Basile gave evidence he was\non\nthat side of the case, on the beer side\nJack Guzik is my partner and We in-\nwould not be advisable to deprive him\na partner of Juliano, that he had quar-\ntended to show that by these checks\nof liberty and take him into custody\nreled with Juliano and Juliano had paid\n\"All of them were leaders not all of\nnever discussed this with Judge\n$5000 to a gunman by the name\nthese, but there is dozen of the big\nTells of Compromise\nWilkerson but it seemed an affront to\nSchemer Drucci to kill him. And Drucci\nleaders of organized crime. They are\nJohnson then told of the much pub-\nthe court. was right curious about how\nwas shot and killed by a policeman be-\nunder indictment. and will be brought\nlicized \"compromise' under which Ca-\nthis information got out about what my\nfore he could execute the murder\nto trial in the near future and under\npone was to plead guilty and receive\nrecommendation would be The defend-\nBasile gave evidence which was very\nthis indictment was Al Capone\ncomparatively short term.\nant himself. I am informed by news-\nhelpful to the Government and just\nWe are going to try that case and\nI\nCapone's attorney came to him. John-\npaper men, disclosed that information.\nbefore Christmas in 1929 took him\nwant to say this- that the evidence\nson said, about May 1931 and said the\nby so he brought this upon himself clearly\nbefore the grand jury and talked to him\nagainst A1 Capone was rather circum-\ngangster knew he had been indicted\nhis conduct\nabout 11 o'clock We were getting ready\nstantial because. of course these leaders\nand wanted to know if the district at-\nWhen the case opened before\nto return an indictment but that night\ndo not commit the substantive offence\ntorney with would consider a plea of guilty\ncourt, Johnson said, Capone's attorney the\nne was murdered before 9 o'clock\nThey do not sell: they do not manufac-\na recommendation\nclaimed he had an agreement that the\nhave had many experiences of that\nture: they do not transport, and usually\ntold him,\" Johnson testified\nwe never reach them except under the\na\ncould not tell at that time as it was\n\"I\ngangster would not be questioned. John-\nkind.\nson said he had entered no such agree-\nconspiracy statute\nFrequent Murders\ncase of great public interest.\nment and when the Judge insisted on\n\"The agents had been at work on the\nJohnson told of a conspiracy indict-\nAbout the middle of May came to\nhearing some evidence Capone withdrew\nment against 21 defendants in which\nincome tax case for long time. may\nsix of them were murdered before the\nadd they were probably the most capa-\nWashington on official business. We\nhis trial guilty plea and the case went to\nble investigators have ever worked with\nhad subpoenaed a great number\ncase came to trial\nand were headed by A.P. Madden and\nwitnesses and our grand jury testimony of\nHe added that eight of their associates\ncourt he had the attorney general's au- the\nPreviously he sald, he had told\nFrank Wilson, of the intelligence unit.\ndeveloped when they were questioned\nalso nesses were murdered. including some wit-\nConferred Daily for Year\nwas and talked to Capone, so Capone gone\nback after they had testified they had\nthority to make the recommendation\nand the assistant secretary of the treas-\nson Describing the Al Capone case, John-\n'For a year we had daily conferences\nury. in charge of revenue had con-\nsaid\nEverywhere we encountered fear. Every\nthrough these people themselves and on\nwell advised what was going\ncurred.\n'We had ascertained who Capone's\nwitness was reluctant In March. we\nreturned the first indictment and sup-\nthey were people of very low order,\nN\nous underworld character by the name of\npartners were There was a very danger-\npressed it. We did that to stop the run-\nning of the statute of limitations and\nof law gamblers, all people living outside the\nprostitutes. gunmen killers and dozens\nTack Guzik I live in a quiet neigh-\nborhood where there are homes\nthen we kept on with our investigation\nnome-loving people and he established and\nThe District Attorney told the com-\ner Attorney I General and asked him wheth-\nreported the matter briefly to the\nhimself in a very nice home just around\nmittee the high spots of Capone's life\nthe corner from me and nearly all the\nduring the years in which he obtained\ntive should proceed on my own initia-\nrangsters strange to say. are married\nleadership of Chicago's gangland.\nshould report because of the\nas I had always done, or whether\nhiver ind bring up families. He is the con-\nAl Capone began his career as a bar-\ntender in the Bowery of New York,\npublic interest in the case, The upshot great\nand the corrupter of this crowd.\nJohnson said. 'He was a member of\nwas ant he directed me then to keep Assist-\nA1 Capone represents the force\nthe spectacular leadership. To make and the\nthe Five Points gang New York He\nvised. Attorney General Youngquist ad-\nstory short. we had discovered these\ncame to Chicago in 1920 or 1922. think\npartners. First we convicted Ralph\nas bouncer. A bouncer is rough man\nly called Youngquist on the telephone\nAfter that, Johnson said, he frequent-\nCapone, then Frank Nitti, who was\nin these disorderly places who push peo-\npartner in these gambling enterprises\nple out Then he got into gambling in\nand in \"once or twice\" conferred with him\nkeep him advised of developments\nRalph Capone's work was in prostitution\nsmall way and in 1923, we trace\nChicago.\nand in selling beer and in gambling\nhim down. he got to noint where he\nNitti was on the alcohol side of the\ncould buy a car for $4500\nconferences with Capone's\nHe said he also had a \"number\" of\nracket\n1924 they operated three gambling\nplaces in this suburb of Cicero and the\nwith told of his conferences\nJohnson then counsel\n\"I might add their overturn was very\nlarge We traced about $700. to Nitti\nsystem was briefly this When there\nmise Judge Wilkerson over the compro-\nnearly $2,000,000 to Ralph Capone. In\nwas too loud an outcry of citizens they\njected. plan, which the judge finally re-\n$1.000,000\nthe Jack Guzik case we proved over\nwould move to another place. They\nwere in three places within a short dis-\nTalks with Wilkerson\ntance Within an hour after they were\nPointing\nout\nthat\nthe\n\"Of course, it is the money that gives\nraided in one place. they were going full\nwere entered about June 16. he said guilty\npleas\nof\nthese people the power These cases\nresulted in convictions and appeals were\nblast in the next place.\nallowed and all cases were affirmed and\n\"They had a bookkeeper by the name\nthe difficulties we were encountering before\nJudge Wilkerson told him about the see\n\"Very early in June first went to\nthey were denied certiorari, and the last\nof Shumway in 1924. In a raid made\nones think are going to the peni-\nby police. these books had been taken\ntentiary this week. That is, Jack Guzik\nand turned over to the government\n\"The agents had succeeded in locat-\nhim my very great anxiety, and I want\nthings we feared and did explain to\ngrand jury I told him about the\nand Gene Oliver,\n'Lawrence O'Brien is there and Sam\ning Shumway but he was fearful for his\nget to say that my great objective was to\nGuzil.Jack's brother, is there. man\nlife. His whole life had been spent as\nby the name of Jack McGurn who de\nthat once these leaders\ncause my experience had always been\nAl Capone in the penitentiary be-\nbookkeeper. The books themsel ves"
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