The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-26
BY SAMUEL DASHIELL AMI
THOMAS COPE
United Press staff Correspondents
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PARIS. April 26.-The pandererS
and White-slavers, the SWindlers and
fOrgers, the burglars and pickpock-
cts Of the old port cosmopolitan
underworld of Marseillcs, turned
out en- masse 10 give civic recogni-
ton 10 Paul Carbone when he re-
turned this week from Dion, freed
from completely in the murder Of
Judge Albert Prince.
Overload of the Marselles crimi-
nal world. the French Al Capone
had 5af1ed the police again and
proved AN ironclad alibi" in the
murder of the iurist, accomplished
tWenty-four hours before Judge
Prince was to reveal to the world
11rther details Of the Stavisky af-
fair
Like his friend, the Baron" De
Lussats. Carbone had slipped
through the net, although there
were grounds for suspicion that he,
like hundreds Of others. stood to
profit by Judge Princes vanishment
from earth.
The Toughest City in Europe
NIarseilles is reputed to be the
toughest city in Europe. Its darker
side has been under the sway Of
Paul Carbone, alias Venture, for
years.
Carbone rose to his present mag
niffCent heights through experience
as a gangster. bodyguard, bOuncer
and gigOlo. He might have re-
NAMED obscure had it not been for
an enterprising young woman who
lodged by chance in the same flop
house by the harbor, who decided
to put his Drawn and her brains
to work.
The feminine instructress took
him to Egypt for study" He
learned rapidly. From Egypt to vi
emma, from Vienna to Holland, from
Holland to Buenos Aires they trav-
eled, and in each city they gave
\the police many matters Of grave
concern.
Won Over Toughest Mob
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from her train when they returned
to Marseilles, but the gigolo-gang-
ster accepted his dismissal grace
fully and gratefully. He had stored
away an amazing lot of knowledge
Of the world for one born in the
slums of Marseilles.
Carbone won over the toughest
gang in the old port to his leader
ship They were called the Stock
Exchange boys, and in the reorgan-
ization afforded them by Carbone.
their weapons were machine guns
and dynamite.
His second step was to enlist as
a patron the most promising young
politician in Marseilles. Realizing
the value of protection, and with
his high alliance, he became in six
months the undisputed king of the
Marseilles underworld.
II Touched IFS Heart
Inevitably, his prominence was to
bring him in contact with Serge
Alexandra Stavisky, premier swim
der of modern times. whose opera
tions extended the length and
/breadth of France, and whose ALI
ances reached from the dregs of the
French underworld to the heights Of
political society. Also, it was to
lead him to prison when the police
began rounding up suspects in the
Stavisky affair.
It is said of him that only on one
occasion did he show any weakness.
A murderer. once attached to his
retinue. was expiating his crime on
the guillotine. The knife, tanning,
stuck three times CarbOne, watch
ing the boys terror. turned to a
companion and said. Poor egg!"
There were tears in his eyes.
CarbOne took more than one page
from Capone'S book of life. While
he was in prison at Dion, he said
to the police:
Let me out and I'll solve Judge
Princes murder for you in week. "
Tomorrow: TribOut, the Playboy.