New Britain herald., 1929-11-30

gang leader. Liquor. ly itself. does not quite provide the funds that the intricate. elaborate organization ol the up-1o-datc Chicago gang de- uandS
 Gambling House Rakc-Ons Profitable
 Tn" money that comes from big gambling houses fills the War chests of the underworld The profits are almost unbelievable. For instance, not long ago a certain law enforce mout official here Was offered the amazing sum Of S50.n0o d week if he would Hay of' gambling and permit it to flourish as it used 10.
 Such a sum seems incredible Yet the incident is vouched for by peo- pie in high authority. The gangs were willing 10 pay that much to get their old privileges back.
 There is another matter that doubtless worries Capone. He not only has a more serious rival now than a. any time since he came 10 power but he has been marked for death if he cv"r returns 10 Chicago.
 Capon"'s rival is d beer baron known as Bugs Moran Bugs. ac- cordlng to information reaching the police, has sworn 10 fill Capouo with machine gun bullets. and officers say that he probably will do il if and when Caponc comes back.
 The rivalry between these men dates back Ions Way.
 Moran has always believed that he had a perfect right to distribute beer, handle gambling concessions ani undertake other underworld ventures without paying the pre- scrlhed percentage 10 CHpouo.
 He came by his opinion honestly. His predecessors on th" North Side heId the same views. and died for them. First there was bean O'Banion, shot down as h. stood in his florist shop. O'Banion was fol- lowcd by llymie Weiss. shot down in front Of ChicaSo's Catholic cathe- dral.
 Moran succecdcd Weiss. taking up the fallen leaders mantle. Tor d long time he did things on a small scale, About I year ago, however. he grew bold, and his beer distri- butors, in the quaint language of the underworld, began to muscle in" on Capone's territory.
 Capone was not the man to stand for this. On St. Valentines Day of this year, a squad Of eangsters gave Chicago it's most hreath-taking cpi- sode 10 date by entering North Side garage and coolly machine gunning seven men who were using 1t as beer-diStribution base.
 Despite the seven deaths. however. the expedition was not d success. It had been aimed at Rugs Moran. and its leaders had though that Moran himself WIS in the garage when they descended on it.
 Moran instantly vowed vengeance. md lot II he known that Caponr was going to get ll' in short order. Caponc, finding tn" territory too hot for him, fled to the cast. and in Philadelphia, seeking d safe hide ont, he became q victim of misplaced confidence.
 tanonc Expected shorter Sentence
 He was arrested for carrying con cealed weapons, and sentenced to a year in prison.
 "Caponc," says Patrick Roche. special Investigator for the ttatc's attorneys office here. figured that he'd just get q fine. He would re- fns" to pay it and go to iail for. maNbe. ten days or so. Then. when things had quicted down bit, he'd pay up, get ont Of jail, and come back to Chicago.
 But the newspapers made such a fuss when he was arrested that it wouldn't work. Instead of getting a fine he got q year in prison. And by that time it was too late to do anything about it."
 So Capone stayed in prison. and Moran built up his power Now it is being predicted that Capouc. if he returns to Chicago at all. will be a bad life insurance risk
 Underlying the whole thing, how ever, is the fact that the funda- mental situation in Chicago has changed. Chicago is no longer the happy hunting ground for gangsters that it used to be. Tho police and the states attorney arc clamping down and the gang leaders power is diminishing,
 So Cdpon" Is moi expected to come Jack, His winter home in Florida probably win hr"ome his permanent rosldouc'-W which is uobody's bad luck hut MiaTui's