The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-04

Chicago, June 4.-(NEA)-A Ca
ponc, overload Of the tough Chicago
gangs. who has Inspired fear IN t,s
breasts Of more Ckicagoans than
any other man who cvc- lived, Is
himself afraid of his wife.
The indomitablc Scarfece. at whose
bidding squads Of hired killers will
spring into instant action. Is enc Of
the meekest, qu:etcst husbands in all
Chicago-or he was, before he wen.
to Jail in Philadelphia.
He may be king Of the rum rue
ners, boss Of the underworld. head
mar in half 4 dozen rackets, aid
all that sort of thing-but in the
neat brick house at 7244 Prairie
avenue, where his family lives. he is
Just a husband, liable to the same
sort Of wifely discipline that Lesser
husbands submit to.
Live in lzigh. Class Section
Neightors Of the Capone family
Prairie avenue is one of the quiet
e:t, most sedate residential streets
in the city say that the Caponea
are orderly and retiring neighbocs.
They will also tell you a little story,
illustrating the way in which the
boss Of gangland is himself bossad.
One night. it seems, AL Capone was
out late. No one knows where he
was. but evidently 1t YVES not q bCSi.
ness trip. So, when he returned to
his hcucc. he was in very. very bad,
just like any other husband might be.
Capone tried the front door. It
was locked. He rang the bell, and
presently Mrs. Capcne's voice cams
down through the speaking tubc.
Cepone said q few placatory words
and then sheepishly turned away.
He had just been told that he could
not come In his house that night.
The car Of ChicaSD'S gangdom
took the rcbulse very ineekly. Quiet
~ he went around to the part Of the
house in which his mother lives. AL
SUMMONED her. end asked her q few
questions about the welfare Of his
r.inc -year-old boy, Sonny - had he
bcen a good boy tkct day, had he had
q good time. had h: been in good
health. end so on. Then he went
away to the solitary cplendor Of his
well.guardcd suite In q downtown
Has Love For Son
Caponc's whole life. his nc!ghbots
say. is wrapped Up in his son.
Sonny Is 4 quiet, we'll -bchavsd
who knows nothing about
tho business his father Is In. He Is
the soft spot Of hart. boiled Al O..
pone: the one place where the tough
est Of the ~gangsters Is vulnerable.
Capone has used every effort to
guard the youngster from contact
with his own world. The boy has
never heard the jargon Of the under.
world. Very likely he would say that
q racket was simply . loud noise. He
nothing about bootlcggink,
pistol battles. beer wars ana the like.
When AIS bodyguard comes into the
every guhtnGr1 present knows
It would be almost a. much as his
life was worth to lot young Sonny
zee 4 revolver.
Some time ago Sonny becc.ne
sick. Capone was nearly frantic. lie
spent, literally. thousands OF. dollars
On medical services.
sonny plays with tho boys Of the
neighborhood. but never watldcrS out
of sight Of his home. Oapone's one
Idea seems to be to give the lad 4
for d normal. happy bovllccd.
untouched by any influence from
gAnyland-atd, 30 fAr. he HAS suc.
cceded.
wife IL irish
Mrs. May CApotic. Sont1y's mother
and Al Capone's wife. Il 1rt1h-Qu!et.
soft . spoken. seldom Csexi much by
The neighbors, looking not at oil the
you would expect tho wife Of I
millionaire gang king to look. Both
The and her husband are about ~
10ars old.
she has : housemxid to do the
gcnerAl work about the t0pbe, but she
b quite capable Of d0nnlne On apron
Ind digging into 4 Waeh heller o. sink
Of dial1es. Che wears clothes that
ire expensive but not .flalhy: her
jewelry corbists 0fsA wedding
Ing and : diamond RUS, worn CD
he same finger.
The routine 1t the Capone house,
,old u quite what It might ~ In The
,ouSe Of any ordinary bueiucss man
except Tor ono thing.
When Ar1. Capot1e cooks the eve
ling meal. she usually cooks just tor
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