The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-07-27
RACKETEERS FACE
FEDERAL CHARGES
IN CHICAGO COURT
Al Capone, An Alderman and
Alleged Business Leaders
Among ~ Accused

Chicago. July 27.-(R)-A blanket
indictment charging Al Capone, DR..
Benjamin M. Squires, Aaron Sapiro
and 81 other defendants on conspir-
acy charges including bombings, win
dow-smashings and restraint Of trade
was returned by the county grand
jury Thursday.
The indictment was regarded as the
states first frontal attack on racket
eering and the violence it has brought
into legislative industries in Chicago.
Alderman o. F. Nelson Of Chicago
was among those indicted.
DR.. Squires formerly was arbiter of
the cleaning and dyeing industry here
and now is engaged in similar work in
the Pennsylvania hosiery trade.
Sapiro was one of the prime leaders
Of the early cooperative marketing
movement in the United States. A
year ago he came to Chicago to act as
counsel for the Laundry Owners asso-
citation, which he quit last June up
on demand Of the states attorney.
Capone, the deposed gang leader
row in Atlanta federal prison for tax
lodging, once was the acknowledged
ruler Of the outlaw rackets in Chicago.
One Of those named In the indict-
ment Thursday was his reputed sue
cessor to the gangland throne, Murray
HUMPHREYS. He is Public Enemy No.
l" since Capone Retired and now is
fugitive from q federal warrant
charging evasion of income taxes.
The indictment contained % counts
against each Of the "a defendants.
The charges were conspiracy to boy
colt, conspiracy in restraint Of trade,
conspiracy to commit malicious mis-
chief by bombing. dynamiting, acid
throwing, destruction OF machinery
and windows.
May Bring Capone Back
States Attorney Thomas ]. Court
ney announced he would make a
strenuous effort to bring Capone back
from the federal prison at Atlanta
for trial.
Alderman Nelson, Republican lead
or of the city council, figured promi-
nently as candidate for mayor after
the assassination OF Anton Cermak.
He was named presumably because of
his position as attorney for the Dye
House Drivers union.
Squires became dictator of the
cleaning industry in 1881, attempting
to bring order out of the chaos and
strife then existing, characterized by
violence and price cutting. He is q
lecturer on economics at the Univer-
sity Of Chicago.
sapiro earned fame as the organ
!zer Of the fruit cooperatives in Cali
fornia, and since has been q promo
ter OF dairy cooperatives In Wisconsin
and other fields, helping form mar
keting associations in II states for
cotton, potatoes, wheat, and half
dozen other farm products.
He urged cooperative marketing on
northern Minnesota potato growers
10 years ago. ~.aSs
An attack upon Sapiro in Henry
Fords Dearborn Independent was
answered with q million dollar libel
suit against the automobile maker
and Sapiro obtained a settlement out
Of court which included Ford's apollo
gies. Later he became president OF
the Independent Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors. Inc.
DR.. Squires Is a graduate of the
University Of Wisconsin. He has been
called upon several times to aid In
settling labor disputes and helped
reorganize the Illinois state free en-
ployment service for the state legis-
lature.