The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-04
AL CAPONE TO
ENTER ATLANTA
PEN TONIGHT
Gangster in Ugly Mood on
Long Ride to Federal
Prison.
SC0RNFUL OF CHICAGO
Who'll Stop Kidnapping
Racket, Protect Bust
neSS?' He Asks.
BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press stan Correspondent

ABOARD DIXIE FLYER. EN-
ROUTE TO ATLANTA. Ga, May 4
Al Capone gangster who held
himself mightier than the law, will
enter Atlanta penitentiary tonight
IN start serving the eleven-yeaT
sentence imposed upon him for in
come tax fraud.
In an ugly mood. the Swart. scar
faced criminal travelled southwark
today guarded BY ring Of heavily
armed United States marshalS
aboard the Dixie Flyer. due At At
lanta al $50 p. m.
Nervous as the proverbial cat
over the ride which is taking him
10 AT least seven and a half years
in the Atlanta prison, with time of
for good behavior, Capone tried u
mask his chagrin with feeble hu-
NOR and incessant conversation.
Even the handouts on his wrists
and the leg-irons which were
snapped on when he lay down u
sleep failed to dispel the prison pale
pangster's grandiose manner.
What1l They Do?
In style reminiscent OF his
scornful proffers of aid TO peace Of
ficers in the heyday of mis- under
world dominance. Capone said:
All right. let them send me to
Atlanta. Well see how Chicago gets
along without me.
Who will they 60 70 now when
they want TO stop the KIDNAPPING
racket?
Who's going to give protection
to business now that I'm gomez
The bulky 265- pound Capone
shared an upper berth with Vito
Morici. a 26-year-old auto theft
suspect en- route for trial in Florida.
The other berths Of the compart-
ment we're occupied by deputies.
one standing guard throughout the
night. Others were within easy call
outside the door.
The trip to Atlanta ends Capone' s
six months in jail while his at
tornevs vainly appealed against the
sentence imposed by United States
District Judge James II. Wilkerson
after the gangSter was convicted oil
five counts Of tax evasion last Oc-
tober.
The sentence or Capone was up
held Monday by the United States
supreme court and gave United
states District Attorney George E
q Johnson. who instituted the
prosecution Of gangsters on income
tax charges, a score OF seven con-
victions and on acquittals.
sits With Guards
Capone was escorted swiftly Il
the train from his cell at Coos
county Jail. Chicago, shortly before
It pulled out at 1890 Tuesday night
He was taken directly TO the COM
partment where he sat with Moric
and three guards behind a locked
door until the train pulled out Of
the station.
More than twenty prohibition
agents. secret service men. and po-
lice guarded the car until it reached
Chicago Heights H.. when the
guard was reduced to ten men.
I'm through with politics
through with the rackets-and al
that stuff. he announced, shaking
out Of the lethargy, as reporters
appeared.
I'm going down 10 Atlanta snc
do my term. When I get out In
going into the financial business.
Capone remained in his berth
when the train taking him to At.
lanta paused at Evansville, Ind.
early today. Evansville police were
at the station 10 preserve order
Only a small crowd gathered.
The flyer was transferred from
the Chicago e. Eastern Illinois rail
road to the Louisville & Nashville
as il dipped into the south.