Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10
CAPONE'S SPENDING
ST|RS u. S. COURT
More Than $50, 900 Revealed
in Mon Orders on
Florida Trips.
" the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 10.-The money
from home" that enabled AL Capone to
live in the manner in which he was
accustomed while Wintering In Florida
today was a subject for interrogation.
Qualification and objection at his income
tax trial
The Government had read into the
records some $4,000 worth of tele-
graphic money orders which passed in
1928 al 1929 between Chicago and
Miami. The gang chiefs relationship
to most { them was that OF ultimate
recipient, the prosecution charged.
Where the money came from was a
subject barely touched on yesterday
the first order of business day. A send
ing blank transmitting 81 500 to Capone
and signed Sam Cusick' was identified
by a Western Union employee and then
court adjourned for the day. The wit
ness said he did not know the sender.
Serving Term in Prison.
Sam Guzik. an alleged lieutenant in
the Caponc liquor gambling-vice Syndi-
cate, is now serving a one-year sentenco
In Leavenworth Penitentiary He
pleaded guilty to evaiing income
taxeS)
The Miami end of the telegraphic
transactions was pretty well exhausted
as matter of court record. Capone
own attorneys helped to speed up the
matter by agreeing that the money or
ders were bona fide, that the sums up
to $1,000 were undoubtedly transmitted,
but they argued unsucceSSfully that the
orders were immaterial and irrelevant to
the case.
The fact that a man had money"
said Federal Judge James H. Wilker-
son, and that he paid money out would
seem to be at least a circumstance that
there was money coming in"
Government evidence purported to
show that Capone, while living in Flor
ida, received under various names sums
ranging from $500 to $4,000 Every few
days money transfers arrived from Chi
cago. During normal week the
amount was from 81 500 to $4,000
Florida was not the only place where
Capone had and spent money, accord
ing to prosecution witnesses.
Tells Of $4,000 Party.
Fred Avery. former manager of the
Metropole Hotel in Chicago. said that
Capone carried huge rolls of currency
while a resident in the establishment,
gave SIS tips to bellboys. occupied an
eight-room suite and once threw a
$4,000 party lasting two days"
Expenses for ''incidentals' originating
in the Capone suite were also re-
counted. The hotel record. identified
by MacramSey Smith, former clerk
and assistant cashier showed payments
rs high as Sl,633.
The money spent in purchasing and
improving a palatial home for the
Capone family at Miami Beach, Fla
was another matter of much discussion
The down payment of $40 900, which. a
witness said, came from Capone's
pocket, was only about half of the
amount spent in building swimming
pool, wall around the premises and
exotic gardens" the prosecution de-
clsred.
Capone himself appeared distinctly
worried as the lengthy documentary
and verbal evidence was introduced.
In turn, he glared at the witnesses,
smiled at the jury and whispered ex-
citedly with his attorneys. Sometimes
he clenched his fists during the intense
wait for witnesses to answer questions
Pleased Only Once.
The big gangster appeared pleased
only on one occasion. That was when
he was quoted as saying during con-
ference with local and State officials
who wished him to leave Florida in
1928
I'm a gambler-but never was
bootlegger in my whole life"