The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
Al Capone Is
 Sought By Police
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Lynch, authorities turned their at- tention to the hunt for Alphonse (Scarface AID Capone. whom they
 wanted to question about reports that the gang leader had acted as go between in paying the ktdnap- CTS $50,00 for Lynch's freedom. Capone, according to reports, had acted in Lynch's behalf and was not suspected of having any part in the abduction, but was wanted nevertheless because 1t was thought he had turned the ransom money over to the kidnapers and
 probably knew who they were.
 Capone, meanwhile, was not
 found. Squads of police raided his
 hotel and other places. but failed
 to find him.
 The order for the gangster's ar-
 rest was issued by Patrick J. Roche, chief Investigator of the
 state's attorneys once. Roche said
 he feared several killings might re-
 suit and declared he was going to
 stamp out this terrifying kidnap-
 ing business once and for all" Lynch disappeared last Thurs
 day while en route from here to his Wisconsin home. No report was made of his Kidnapping, but the news spread. His general news bureau fqlnishes horse racing in- formation8to handbook operators throughout the country and he Is nationally known among gamblers. It became known then that Mar tin Guilfoyle. a handbook operator and friend of Lynch, was negotiat-
 ing with the kidnapers, who de-
 manded $250,000 for Lynch's re-
 lease. Mrs Lynch also received
 several calls from the kidnapers. Capone was drawn into the case when Guilfoyle and other friends
 of Lynch appealed to him to use
 his influence in the matter. "I'm doing all I can." said Ca-
 pone the following day. The United Press then learned that Capone
 said he believed Lynch was held by Capones own underworld ere- mics, who had imported gang sters from St Louis to do the act-
 ual Kidnapping.
 Thus the man who Is listed as
 Chicago's public enemy No. one" and whom the federal government has spent fortunes trying to send to prison, was aligned on the side of the police for perhaps the first
 time in his life. Capone had been
 asked to help find Lynch although
 the police had not been asked. Late yesterday police learned Capone had succeeded in tracking down the kidnapers and that he had paid them $50,000 to release
 Lynch. It was said the money was
 raised by Mrs Lynch and her hus-
 bands friends. The kidnapers, 1t
 was said, accepted this amount
 when convinced Mrs Lynch could
 not give them the quarter million dollars they demanded.
 T want Capone for questioning if nothing more," Roche declared
 when he heard of this develop ment. Roche said Wisconsin au-
 thorities might charge the gang
 leader with being an accessory to
 the Kidnapping if Capone refused to name the men he paid.
 Roche said he made no attempt
 to arrest Capone before the money
 was paid because he feared if he did the kidnapers would carry out their threats to kill Lynch.
 It was reported that one reason
 Roche wanted Capone was be-
 cause the gangster had "double-
 crossed" him. This report said that
 after Capone arranged to meet the
 kidnapers with the ransom money
 he promised Roche to tell where
 the meeting would be 50 that the
 investigators could capture the kidnapers.
 Instead, 1t was said, Capone
 han ndled the whole thing himself,
 even to calling Mrs Lynch and in-
 forming her that "your husband
 will be home tonight"
 Lynch Tells His Story Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, August
 27 - (UPl = John J. ("Jack") Lynch. wealthy turf figure kid
 mapped last Thursday, returned to
 his palatia1 home here today af- | ter what he described as a fairly pleasant nightmare"
 He declined to comment on re- ports that Alphonse ("Scarface"l Capone, Chicago racketeer, had anything to do with his release.
 The gang had first set his ransom
 at S260,000.
 Lynch drove into his estate at 4:30 q. m. He had driven all night, he said, from q point near
 Kankakee, Illinois. in his own mo- tor car. He showed little i'll ef-
 fects except for . heavy beard and sleep-weary eyes.
 Lynch, owner of controlling in- terest in the General News Bureau -A a service supplying racing news - had nothing to say regard
 ing payment of ranson. Mean while Patrick Roche, chief investi- gator for states Attorney Swan-
 son, pushed search for Capone whom he suspected of acting a "go- between" in payment of a reported S50,00 for Lynch's freedom. While remaining tight-lipped on tlle ransom, Lynch talked freely of hie experience in the hands of the lfidnAppers. .q.G "I5fought back when the six or seven men, In the gang rushed me near White Pigeon and they cuffed me around" Lynch told his wife ana family friends.
 sAfter that they treated me rrs1avnv sswivfSew n A ell aT VVaHtGd to