The Washington times., 1932-03-11
Offers His Brother
as Substitute
in Jail

sits Alphonse Capone, playing
cards at a taLle to pass the
time. It's a big room, several
windows and sunlight, several
beds. The jail j. crowded. Fiji
teen hundred are packed into a
building planned for 1,240.
A dozen might be in Capone's
room. but there is only one, a
small. pleasant-faced youth, put
there to help pass the time with
handball. cards. etc. Why not
a dozen? Because Capone, with
a dozen to talk to, might think
of something"
Capone's greeting was:
How are you? Is there any
news?"
He meant news about the
Lindbergh baby.
Brother as Surety
For an hour, the talk was of
that child and on that subject.
What Capone said will be given
as nearly as possible in his own
words:
II don't want any favOrs If
I am able to do anything for
that baby. IF THEY WILL
LET ME OUT OF HERE 1
WILL GIVE ANY BOND THEY
REQUIRE IF THEY ARE IN.
TERESTED IN THE CHILD.
/ will spend every hour of the
night and day with Thomas
CalIaghan, head Of the United
States Secret Service squad.
The Government knows that it
can trust him, / think.
"And 1 will send my young
brother to stay here in the Jail
until 1 come back. You don't
suppose anybody would suggest
that 1 would dOuble-crOsS my
own brother and leave him here,
If 1 could get away from Gala
ghan?"
When Capone mentioned his
brother, his small, gray eyes
opened wide. He usually keeps
them partly covered by the
heavy lids. There was in them
a look that completely discour-
aged any desire to suggest that
he might "double-cross his own
brother" Capone continued:
What could 1 do if 1 were
out? Let them give me a
chance to show what / could
do. I have a good many an
giles, and anybody that knows
anything would know that he
could trust me. There isn't a
mob that wouldn't trust me to
pay that money, if the rela-
tiOnS of the kidnape- child
wanted me to pay it, and there
isn't anybody that would think
1 would tell where 1 got the
child, or how got it or who
had it.
Can I find it? How do I
knOw?"
He pointed to a big pile of let
ters on his table. all addressed
to him, every one opened befor'
he got it.
"They don't do that for
everybody, but they do it for
me. You can't expect anybody
to send a letter to me here,
but if I were out, it wouldn't
take long for anybody that has
information to get at me. 1
am easy to find and to recOg-
niZe.
Would Do My Best
"All that 1 can promise is
that 1 would do my best. l
would put up q money bond as
big as I could raise fer my re-
turn.
81 would put my young bro
ther here in my place to wait
here until l come back. 1
would do my best. would
soon know whether the child
is in the possession Of any
regular mob that 1 can con-
meet with, or in the possession
of an individual working his
own racket, that would have
sense enough to know that he
could trust me, and know that
1t might not be bad idea to
do me a good turn.
81 want to repeat, / don't ask
any favOrs, don't want any
gratitude or anything else in
case can be of any use. /
can imagine how Colonel Lind
bergh feels"
He pointed to a picture OF his
young son framed in his cellO
"It would be hard for any
body, any man that found the
man that stole that baby, not
to take a crack at him. But l
would give my word through
my different angles, as I give it
now, and nobody would be afraid
to trust me.
"Tf it turned out that /
couldn't be of any use, and of
course that is likely enough.
then l would come back here,
take my brothers place, and let
justice go on with her racket"
Capone went into some detail
as to how he would proceed if
he were at liberty, with nobody
to prevent his getting in touch
with his acqaintances and asso-
ciates all over the country.
Having a Secret Service man
with him watching him, Capone
said, would not interfere with
him.
Added Assurance
"And," said he, "it would
make those responsible feel bet
ter in case they feared /
wouldn't come back to take the
bond down and to set my
brother free. Callaghan would