The Washington times., 1932-03-11
cAPONE BEGS FOR CHANCE TO FIND LIkDBERGH BABY
Vows He Can Learn
Who Is Behind
KIDNAPPING

me up WIFI buAHBS Suas nap
pened rs years ago, talking about
m0bs that 1 never heard Of.
"When / came to Chicago IL
years ago, I only had $40 in my
pocket. 1 went into a business
that was open and didn't do
anybody any harm.
"They talk about the unem-
plOyed. / have given work to
the unemployed. At least 800
young men, thanks to me, are
getting from $3.50 to $500 a
week, and are making it in the
harmless beer racket, which is
better than their jobs before. l
have given work that has taken
many a man out of the hOld-up
and bank robbery business and
others 5OrSe.
Suppose they put me out Of
business permanently, and all
my men lose their jobs. They
are making a good living now,
they have families and little
houses. They couldn't get $50
a week in any legitimate racket
now. What do you think they
would do? Go on the streets
and beg? No."
Capone leaves those inter.
ested to draw their own conclu-
sions as to what men engaged
in the beer racket would do if
they suddenly found themselves
among the unemployed. He feels
that he was "double-crossed" by
the law.
There is a solid foundation
for his statement that he had
an understanding that if he
would plead guilty and pay a
certain amount of income tax
to the Government, he would be
sentenced to Jail for two years
and a half.
Puzzled by Deal
That agreement was broken.
The judge who sentenced him
to II years in prison was not a
party to it. Capone thinks he
was treated harshly when the
judge made the sentence 10
years in the Federal prison and
then one year in the county
Jail. a sentence that. according
to Capone. will deprive him of
any commutation for good be-
havior.
The treatment that he has
received puzzles Capone.
81 have always been a Re-
publican, and my young men
are 100 per cent Republicans.
But we don't ask for any
profit out of politics. That
isn't our racket. 1 don't see
why they should cruelty me-"
Only 33 years old, Capone
speaks of my young men,"
You are old at 80 in his
line, and fortunate if you live
so long.
Fortunately for those seek
ing the Lindbergh baby, Ca.
pone is of the opinion that
that child was not taken by
an organized mob. 1t isn't the
work of any organization.
There are lots of little fellows
working for themselves. They
have got no money and are as
foolish as any kid"
"TO kidnap that child was
as foolish as it would have
been to try to kidnap PreSi-
dent Hoover. With the or
ganizatiOn and the various
angles with which 1 am ia
miliar, l think 1 have a chance
to get in touch with the kid
naperS, whoever they are.
81 would see that they got
their money, if the authorities
wanted me to. There isn't a
man in America that would
not like to return that child
to its folks, whatever it cost
him."
Profit in Whisky
The other "bootleggerS" that
buy what the bootleggers sell
may be interested in Capone's
statement:
81 am in the beer business.
If I am guilty, those that buy
are guilty. / don't have much
to do with whisky. Chicago
drinks beer. New York drinks
whisky. In Chicago, we do not
sell 2 per cent of the whisky
that they sell in New York.
Yes, of course, selling whisky
is easier and more profitable.
There is more money in a
small package"
Capone smiled sorrowfully,
a rather pleasant smile, as he
described the injustice to which
he has been subjected. They
won't let him out on bail,
although others convicted of
income tax cases are set free
on bail until the highest court
has passed on their appeal.
They made him pay expenses
of the trial, although they don't
do that with others. That cost
him $4,000.
The Government, he says,
wants him to pay $336,O00 in
income tax.
Il don't know where they get
those figures, unless it is Out
of the moon. How do they
know anything about my in
come since they never proved
that 1 ever received a dollar?
'They may have been able
to prove that 1 spent some
money, but that didn't prove
that 1 have any income. What
1 have might have been giver
to me by admiring friends.
And the Government doesn't