The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
Death Blow to
 CapOne Combine
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 to income tax evasion and probably will find its way before the federal grand jury for possible indictments at its next session here.
 The report reveals Capone's amazing hold on the nations H. quor traffic. Two hundred persons are named as having been connect ed with the syndicate, which Oper- ated virtually unhampered until the government ran the gang to cover through it's pocket-book--by convictions of gangsters for evas- ion of income tax. The investiga- tion, headed by w. B. Bennett, member of the special intelligence unit of the prohibition department. extended over eight states.
 Aiding Bennett was Elliott Ness, youthful college graduate agent, who was largely responsible for sending Cap0ne to the Atlanta Pen- itentiary.
 The investigation was designed to unearth additional evidence with a view to new indictments against the gang Al Capone headed for Il years, and to bolster the ones now on file against the fallen gang leader and 68 others. Capone is working as 8 convict in the over- all shop of the Atlanta federal prison. 8 convicted evader of in- come tax payments.
 High lights of the investigation which sent operatives to gangster haunts in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Wiscon- sin, Illinois and Indiana since November 1880 include:
 1-Approximately 200 persons are accused in the report of con- nection with the syndicate which traded in liquor all over the na- ton. They included managers of bottiing plants, breweries, dis tilleries, trucking companies, vice resorts, roadhouses, night clubs. and bank officials.
 2-Capone had an income of more than $2,000.000. from the sources revealed in the report, in the II years since January 6, 1921, when first he gained control of the gang with machine guns and pne- way rides"
 3-The syndicate's qualifications extended into business enterprises and banks; the gang owned fleets of trucks and at it's bidding bank accounts were kept secret and names changed.
 4-In the course of the investi- gation more than 100000 gallons of beer was dumped by raiders in onslaughts on 50 breweries, and 400 persons were arrested.
 Included in the report was a "blue book" of gangland. Head ing the list was this notation on Capone:
 "Alphonse Capone. executive di- rector of the syndicate and head man of the gang"
 Others named in the investiga- tion report included:
 Ralph Capone (APs brother) listed as "collector. and in charge of retail business"
 Phil D'Andrea, capone's body guard, who was sent to jail because he carried a revolver to his su- perior'E income tax fraud trial.
 Jack Guzik, described as a ''financier and the head of the game since Capone's departure" 1" although Guxik, too. is in the peni- tentiary.
 Michael ("Bon' Bon'o Ailsgretti. said to have managed all the syn- dicate's night clubs.
 Joe Fusco. general manager of the beer business"
 Hymie Levine, listed as . collec- tor and Jack GuSik's lieutenant.
 A bank cashier, declared by the report to have handled syndicate accounts and to have falsified rec- ords and changed deposifors'
 Robert Barton. ousik's body
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