Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-05
SCARFACE IS
CHARGED WITH
TAX EVASION
Chicago Gang Chief
Faces Trial I'm
u. =. Courts

CHICAGO, June >. NPi-Alphons1
Capone. the scarface leader OF ChiA
cag0 gangdom. was indicted by "a
Federal grand jury today for violat4
ing the income tax laws.
The governments claim. based on
an investigation which required two
years, was hat Caponc owed S2l5,B64
on "a gross income Of S~ll038,654 for
several years
liquor vice gambling syndicate have
been indicted and some OF them
convicted and sentenced ON Simllar
charges.
The largest penalty. and also tina
largest alleged income " far IN.
covered, was In the case OF Jack
Guzik, business manager for tbs
syndicate. For evading taxes OF
SOS .9l9.59 on ar income or 5 l,n25,-
20Z.35 during 1927, 1923 and 1929,
Guzlk was sentenced To five years
In LcavenWOrth ~pcnitentlary and
fined Si7.500.
Ralph Capone. older brother OF
the scarfaced chief. was convicted
OF falsitying his income In at
tempting 20 reach a compromise
with the government and sentenced
&c three years.
Capone Is already under sentence
OF SIX months for contempt In
another federal court. lie was SEN
fenced last February by Federal
Judge James III. Wilkerson because
az his Misrepresentation TO the
court IN attempting tO evade APP
pearance before N federal grand
jury in 1929. The gang leader is nc
liberty under bond pending an
appeal.
other charges against the gang
chief included carrying n concealed
weapon, for which he spent almos5
a year In a Philadelphia prison,
and ~vagrancy. The latter charge.
based on one of the warrants sworn
out against ChicaEO'S public en-
emies,' was dismissed at the re-
quest or the state recently for lack
az specific information against the
gangster.
The indictment relating 10 his
income during 1924 was returned
March l3 but u was suppressed un-
I'll today.
CHICAGO. June =. P1-FederaI
authorities said today that with al
men under arrest. they had broken
I'D that part of the Cap1re syndi-
cate which handles alcohol through-
out the middlewest."
Assistant States Attorney Daniel
Anderson said simultaneous raids
bv federal agents last night nc Aur-
ora. Ills. and Waterloo. Iowa.
brought the total number Of alleged
members ~ the ring under arres5
10 20. He said the outfit hal n CONF
bined output az between 10000 and
$4,000 gallons OF alcohol a week.
CHICAGO. June IS. lF-The Chi
caEO crime commission summarizes
it's crusade against the IN public
enemies" today Of the first ~anniver-
sarv ~ its battle 70 drive them cut
on town.
In m letter t0 Mi public officials
the commission listed the status OF
the underworld leaders headed by
"ScarfaCp" Al Capone. as follows.
Three I'M p-enitcntiary or jal, four
under sentence. one awaiting sen
tence. one ordered extra1itei, one
! ordered deDorted. two killed, one
awaiting judgement. four awaiting
trial, five fuEitives, six cleared OF
| charges.
11s commission retta.at rs pur-
rose w continue the campaign un-
til all are punished" III gave spe-
II cial credit 10 the Governments in
come tax prosecutions. all Of which
have been successful 70 date
Capone himself ~ appealing from
a conviction NJ holding the federal
\ court in contempt.