The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-04
CHICACO'S AL CAPONE LIKES TO
WEAR APRON, COOK SPAGHETTI

oClOOAIl Cdll Sthy Will tIlCIl. xne
cares of his office" arc too heavy
and too dangerous.
So Capone engaged an elaborate
suite downtown at the Lexington no.
tea suite guarded by q strong iron
door ard a set Of alert, hard tipped
gunner. There, most of the time
Capone cteycd before he went to Jail
But every evening, promptly at lC
o'clock before Philadelphia imp.ison-
mcnt, the telephone in the Prairie
avenue house rang. That was an in
variable custom.
Gansster Talks to Child
The life Of an underworld lsing
you see. is a trifle uncertain. SC
every night Cnpone called his hcme
so thet May Caponc could know
that her husband was still alive and
we'll.
Sonny was always brought to The
phone.
Sonny was asked If he had been
"a good boy today" quiz.cd about
his activities, commended for his
childish good deeds. rcprovcd 70,
whatever lapses he had had from
grace, and consoled for any grief that
had befallen him.
All In all, the procedure was quite
what 1t might be in the home Of .
travelling mar who Is compelled to BIZ
cway from home nearly every night
In times Of peace, SO to speak
times when gangland is quiet and
the auto loads Of killers are not or
the prowl-Capone le. nothing inter.
ferc with his habit Of going hcmc or
Sundays. He was attended, of course
by half a dozen bodygua.Gs. but the,
make themselves as iaconepicucus al
possible, and Capcnc's day with hi
family was a quiet and leisarcly one
Carone's aged mother is adored b
her son.. She, Capone's wife, ane
Sonny arc the trinity that Capons
worships. On his Sunday vicits Ca.
pore always donncd an apron. rollec
up his sleeve5-and went to the lsitch-
en- to cook . great, stea:ning, savo7y
mess CT spaghetti.
Wife Visited His Eo:cl
In intervals Of gAngland peace. Ca
pone and his wife occasionally went
downtown together. Once il a while
they were scen at the rae track, oc-
caSionally at the thcater. Always
in the background. were the quiet,
Shifty young men with bullying
pockets. When times were a bit
troublous. and Capone cannot risk his
weekend visits to his own home, hrs
Capone and Sonny would go down to
the hotel to spend q co.plc Of days
9 week with him.
With Caponc's mother lives his sis
ter. Mafalda Capone-a beautiful,
dark-eycd. smiling girl who is often
seen in company with a yo.ns man
who works at the public library, and
who is said to have won her hand.
It is related that the Capones re-
Gently rented q furni5h:d house in
Florida from a woman who did not
know the identity Of her tenants Until
it wes too late. Then she had visions
Of bullet-.idden chairs, broken fur.
nishings ana biood-5tained carpets.
Finally, when the lease expired and
the Capcncs moved cut. :;1e was al-
most afraid to go and look at her
house.
She found 1t in perfect condition
Indeed, she discovered that C:pcne
had bought 4 lot Of silver and china
Ito provide, doubtless 70. his lavish
entertaining-and had left 1t I'll in
her cupboards.
There was only one flaw. A $500
telephone bill had been left u:paid.
Still. the silver and china were eac:ly
worth that much. ard the woman
decided not to complain.
Then, one Cay. a quiet-vois.d
slender, attractive, conservetivcly.
dressed woman rang tire he'll ana
said:
Il am fArs. Capone. and I have
come to pay our telephone BILL"
And che handed the ony1cr CT the
house a $500 bill.
But I have no Change" said the
astoniShed woman.
"Oh. that's all right" said Mrs. Ca.
pone demurely. And she walked of
to her auto and was driven away.