The Washington times., 1932-03-11

the wise members of any
mob" would oblige Capone if
they could, might advance and
not ignore any reasonable argu-
ment or request that he might
advance.
AS this is written. the AS
sociated Press calls up to say
"one of our Associated Press men
learned that you went to see
Capone this afternoon. Would
you mind saying whether you
went there as an emissary of
the Lindbergh family. or at
the request of anybody con-
nected with the family?"
The answer was:
mo. 1 went there as a news
paper man. / haven't seen
Colonel Lindbergh or any mem
ber of his family since the
baby was kidnapped, and haven't
been in communication with
anybody representing him. The
Government of the United
States seems to think AlphOnSe
CapOne a powerful man in GER
tain circles. share that be-
lief, and thought it desirable
to learn what, if anything,
Capone could suggest"
Others Get Nowhere
1t is possible that Alphonse
Capone could do that which
could not be done by others.
of whom many with excellent
intentions have appeared to
run around in circles, not 60
ing anywhere in particular.
Whether it would be possible
to give Capone chance to try,
putting up a large sum in the
way of bond, putting his
brother in his prison cell as a
guarantee of his return, and
taking a Secret Service man
with him. the Government
must decide.
1t would depend, probably,
on Colonel Lindbergh's desire,
and whether it would be ac-
tually in the power of the
judge that sent Capone to
prison, or of President Hoover
himself to make the experiment
possible.
This writer believes that
whether he succeeded or failed,
Capone would return.
Some perhaps would say:
"Since you spent an hour
with AlphOnSe CapOne, tell us
what he looks like"
He is of the average height,
enormously broa d-shouldered.
His head is of the Brachycepha-
lie type, almost round, very
wide, from ear to ear. He wore
a suit of plain, dark blue flan-
mel, with a tan-colored shirt,
collar attached. no tie.
His hands are big and pow.
erful. the muscles in his upper
arm bulge through the soft fan
mel. His feet are small, shoes
pointed, and ornamented with
many holes pierced in the
leather.
Tanned Tiger
His eyebrows, heavy and black,
meet below his forehead. The
eyes beneath them you would
not soon forget. They are small,
round, a greenish gray. He
does not actually look big and
he is not fat. When you ask
him how much he weighs he
replies:
Two hundred and forty
pounds two ounces less than a
horse" and laughs.
You do not see the real Ca
pone in a prison cell. AS we'll
expect to see a real tiger after
it is caught in a trap.
But. caught. Capone keeps
his wits about him and is con.
stantly thinking.
Harry Read, who knows him
as we'll as anybody outside his
organization. says Capone has
violent temper. I'm a rage,
he raves and storms, his eyes
blaze. But he never does any
thing while he is angry. He
sits down until he is calm,
then he gives his orders"
Capone does not make any
secret Of his business. Says he:
81 handle beer, and beer
never did anybody any harm.
Everybody is a bOOtlegger now
adays. either selling it Or bury
ing it. The man that buys it
violates the law as much as the
man that sells it and has not
as good an excuse"
Capone also feels that the
Government insisting on shar-
ing the bootlegger's profits in
the way of income tax. is some
thing of a law-breaker on it's
own account.
ut is as though the Govern
ment demanded its percentage
Of a bank burglars haul"
AIS Self Pity
Capone is convinced that he
is yong man who has worked
his way upward against odds
-and has been harshly treated,
II cut leather at the Bush
Terminal for four years. I
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