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pone, the man, was an incurable
mental case, a victim of paresis-
softening of the brain.
The director of a bootleg syndi-
cate with reputed take" of S25,-
100000 year in it's cushiest days,
had gone up the river on an item
of $215,08O he failed to pay ON
$l,038,654 income for the years
l925-29.
When they happily put him away,
Federal agents estimated Capone
was worth $200.000,O00 or more and
that he had squandered S7,500,000
in eight years of lush living and
gambling, mostly crap shooting.
Released to Family.
Capone was in three prisons be-
fore he was secretly taken to Lewis
burg (Pa.) Federal Prison and re-
leased to his family November 16,
1899. 1t was in one of these insti-
tutions-grim Alcatraz on the rock"
in San Francisco Bay-that his mind
began slipping and for one week in
every four he lapsed into state
OF nelpleSSneSS.
When finally he was released, he
entered Baltimore hospital for
treatment by an eminent syphilol-
ogist, and it was not until March,
1910, that he returned to his white
walled mafssion on Palm Island in
Bascayne Bay near Miami Beach,
Fla, there to fritter away the re-
naming years of his life under close
surveillance of his family.
Physicians said the mind that had
directed Chicago's sanguinary syn
dicate had been reduced to that OF
a. 12-year-old. Sometimes he made
semipublic appearances, but more
often he lolled on the sand, padded
in his SWIMMING pool, fished from
a pier or hit few golf balls on a
driving range.
These were the declining years of
q still young man who had come
with his family from Naples, Italy,
to sell papers and learn gangsterism
on the streets of New York. He
served his apprenticeship with the
Five Points" gang of Johnny Tor
RIO a contemporary OF Le1Cy LOUIE,
"Gyp the Blood" and others of the
gang hired in 1912 by Charles
Becker, police lieutenant, to kill
Gambler Herman Rosenthal.
Fell Down on Assignment.
Chicago's notorious South Side
vice called Torrio there as a lieu
tenant to Big Jim" ColoSimo, a
former street cleaner, elevated by
shady politics to kingpin of the
rackets.
Brought to Chicago in 1919 as a
bodyguard for Colosimo, Capone fell
down on the job. Colosimo was
rubbed OUT in his garish cafe, and
Torrio promoted himself to boss
with Capone as his right-hand man
Chicago had been comparatively
peaceful up to then. Now the New
York importations began showing
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hours they will go home where they
belong"
Surrounded by thin-lipped young
men, foppishly attired, Capone
strutted in night clubs, always on
the alert for chatter guns. His
steel-reinforced automobile with
bulletproof glass never failed to at
tract attention.
He needed all the protection pos
sible. Shortly after the McSwiggin
killing. le was seated at a Cicero
hotel table when eight automobiles
slowly circ,eo the block, spraying the
hotel with bullets. Capone ducked
to safety; three innocent bystanders
were injured.
Most violent crime charged
against Capone occurred while he
was in Philadelphia, about to serve
a years sentence for carrying a gun.
st. Valentines Day Massacre.
On st. Valentines Day, 1929, seven
holdovers of the old O'Banion gang
were lined up in a North Side.garage
and moved down with machine gun
bullets. Said George (Bugs) Moran,
then leader of the mob:
"Only the Capone gang kills like
that"
Capone denied the massacre from
the Philadelphia Jail, where it was
said he had invited legal interven-
ton as a matter of self-preservation
The story was that Capone and
other gang leaders had failed to
effect truce in the hot war for
liquor control, and that "Scarface'
regarded Jail as sanctuary.
Credibility was attached to the
tale when, few hours before his
Term was to expire, Capone was
hustled away from the Jail with
great secrecy. He next bobbed up in
his 25-room Florida villa, where he
was quoted as saying:
II like it down here. It's warm
but not too warm
But it was getting hotter than Ca
pone realized. It was about this time
that the United States Attorney in
Chicago called for him to appear
before a Federal grand jury. In
stead, Capone sent an affidavit that
he was too Ill to risk trip to Chi
cago at that time.
Two years later, on February 81,
1881, the myth of Capone immunity
Evening star., 1947-01-26

jury indicted him on % counts OF
income tax evasion. Seven days
later the jury indicted him for con-
spiracy to violate prohibition laws.
The Federal Government had
struck, and its evidence was to be
backed up by a hard-hitting prose-
cutor and a straight thinking judge.
In the careful preparation of the
case, the Government had sent its
best men into the field. In the liquor
violation case, six prohibition en-
forcement agents mingled with Ca.
pone,s "alky cookers" and gathered
irrefutable evidence.
Trey Led Case Against Capone.
The man most responsible for put
ting Capone away was Elmer l..
Trey, chief Of the Internal Revenue
Bureaus Intelligence Unit, who re-
tired last year. Mr.. Trey master
minded the fieldwork incidental to
the evidence that Capone was beat
ing the Government out of tax
money. For more than a year he
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Mercury Hits 81, Months High
Three Days After Dipping to II

rapid fluctuations OF temperature
of this kind"
His records showed that the
warmest January Is in the Bureaus
records occurred In 1943-70 de-
grees. The coldest January Is was
in 1885, three degrees above zero.
The Bureau said today would be
fairly NICE The official forecast
calls for continued mildness and
cloudiness, and the possibility Of a
brief light rain in the morning. The
temperature again will be close to 60.
60.
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Al Capone, Gangster,
Dies in Private Villa
Al Miami Beach
Continued From First Page.)

of one-way rides with which his
name could be connected.
The stroke on Tuesday swept Ca
pone close to death-but he stopped
just short of its portal.
More than 16 hours later the one
time gang overload rallied unex-
pectedly and came out of his coma
so quickly that he attempted to
talk with his wife, and son, Alfred.
(Sonny)
He was out of danger for time,
then pneumonia developed and with
this complication his heart weak
ened.
The one group that will mourn the
Scarfaced gangster gathered once
more to await the end. They in
cluded his wife, and son, His aged
mother, Theresa; his father, Ermio;
a sister, Mrs. Mafalda Mariotote,
and two brothers, Ralph ana
Matthew.
Gangdoms original Public Enemy
No. l, Capone built a multimillion-
dollar racket based on the deter
mination of people to have liquor
and to gamble, no matter how the
law read.
Consequently, he became the pro-
hibition era's synonym for all that
was lawless-gang wars, beer r..i-
ming, machine-gun murders, gam
bling payoffs. He became as much
a reason for the demise of prohibi-
ton as Andrew j. Volstead was for
the unhappy dry-up experiment.
So vicious was his mob rule in
Chicago's turbulent 20s" that 70l
gang deaths were counted during
the II years his name spelled dread
and awe to what was then the
crime capital of the world.
And when the Government finally
found way to shackle him, it was
not for murder or for racketeefing
or for subjecting metropolis to a
reign of terror. 1t was simply for
tax evasion, law in which Capone's
sharpest "mouthpieces" could find
no loopholes.
Sentenced to IL Years.
His number was up on October
%, 1881, when Federal judge
looked down on his chubby, anxious
face and meted out sentences total
ing II years. With good time"
allowed all model prisoners, Scar
face Al's came out into the world
again after only seven years, six
months and two weeks.
But prohibition was over, order
ruled in Chicago, and his once
feared name now was only MEM
ory to link with spasmodic gang
outbursts. AL Capone, the under
world king, was dead. And Al Ca
Evening star., 1947-01-26

in Cook County exploded. Federal
Judge James H. Wilkerson sentenced
"Scarface Al' to six months in the
County jail for contempt of court.
Instead of the illness that two
physicians and two nurses testified
to, Capone had visited race tracks
and had taken q trip to Bermuda at
the time the grand jury was con-
vened, the court declared. 4.fE
While they were still bandying
this one around in the appeal courts,
the real bombshell fell.
On June 5, 1881, Federal grand
Evening star., 1947-01-26

With yesterday the warmest day
this month and last Wednesday the
coldest, the Weather Bureau is hav-
ing its ups and downs but insists the
situation is not unusual.
The high yesterday was balmy
81 degrees at 2:20 pm, and a. low
of A was registered at 6:08 am. On
Wednesday the high was Is and the
low IL.
"It doesn't happen every week,
this high and low business within
so short period" the forecaster
explained, "but we frequently get
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
Smashes Robson, Fl. TO 5;
Teams Meet At Stadium Tonight
CLASS A LOOP
SETS SCHEDULE

! Continued rains forced the post
ponement of the initial round OF
scheduled half games in the Glass
A. softball league at Robert
Strange field last night.
The Hanover leagus will try to
get away from the shower jinx
tonight, however, with a double
header. The first of the two con-
tests starts at z o'clock.
Bert Hawley, director of the play
ground, has announced the entire
slate of second half tits in the
Class A loop. It follows:
July, Friday 11-BRC vs.. Alpha
Omega; City Optical VS.. ACL.
Monday 14-Alpha Omega VS.. City
Optical; Spofford VS.. BRO. Wed
nesday 16-Spofford VS.. City Opt
cal; Alpha Omega VS.. ACL. Fri
day 18-City Optical VS.. BRC;
ACL VS.. Spofford.
Monday 21-Ss,oofford VS.. Alpha
Omega: BRO VS.. ACL. Wednesday
,3-ACL VS.. City Optical; Alpha
Omega VS.. BRO. Friday rs BRO
vs.. Spofford; City Optical VS.. Al
oha Omega. Monday 28-ACL VS..
Alpha Omega; City Optical VS..
spofford. Wednesday 30-Spofford
VS.. ACL; BRO VS.. City Optical.
August-Friday 1-ACL VS. BRC;
Alpha Omega VS.. S%pofford. Mon
day EBRC VS.. Alpha Omega; City
Optical VS.. ACL. Wednesday g.
Alpha Omega VS.. City Optical;
Spofford VS.. BRO. Friday S-Spof-
ford VS.. City Optical; Alma Omega
VS.. ACL.
Monday II - City Optical VS..
BRC; ACL VS.. Spofford. Wednes-
day 13-Spofford VS.. Alpha Omega;
BRO VS.. ACL Friday 15-ACL We.
City Optical; Alpha Omega VS..
BRO. Monday 1S-BRC VS.. Spot
ford; City Optical VS.. Alpha
Omega. Wednesday 20-ACL VS..
Alpha Omega; City Optical WIS.
Spofford. Friday 22-Spofford VS..
ACL; BRO VS.. City Optical.
Last nights rained out double
header involving ACL-BRC and
Alpha Omega-Spofford will be play
ed off after the regular season
has closed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
|BRAMHAM RITES
CONDUCTED TODAY

DURHAM, July 9-(PeFuneral
rites for William Gibbons Bran
ham, former High Commissioner
OF Minor League baseball, who
died in his sleep at Watts hospital
yesterday afternoon, will be held
at the First Presbyterian church
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
High baseball officials are ex-
pected to be among those who will
attend the services. which will
be conducted by DR.. Kelsey Regen,
pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church. Burial will be in Maple
wood cemetery. The family has
requested that flowers be omitted.
The retired president of the Ma
tional Association Of Professional
Baseball leagues was admitted TO
the hospital Monday after suffer
ing a heart attack. At his bedside
were his wife and son, Winfrey P.
Bramham, Assistant Secretary
Treasurer OF the Cincinnati Reds.
Judge Bramham would have
been 70 years old Sunday. He was
chosen president Of the minors in
1882 and resigned in early De-
cember, 1916, because of failing
health.
Surviving in addition to his
widow and son are a sister, Mrs.
Gus T. Brannon, Sr., of Durham,
and two granddaughter.
Judge Bramham was a member
(of the First Presbyterian church.
He was a Mason, Shriner and Elk
and once served as president Of
the local chamber of commerce.
He was a Republican leader in
North Carolina and a former
chairman Of the state Republican
executive committee, He once re.
fused a Republican appointment
as federal district judge for east.
ern North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
BY MURRAY ROSE

NEW YORK, July 9-R The
AL-Star game was just a bitter
memory for the National
Leaguers today as they buckled
down for another bing-dong battle
to the wire while the American
Leaguers faced the possibility of
another rout this time by the New
York Yankees.
Returning stars joined UP with
their clubs for the second half OF
the races which finds the eastern
National mines playing host to the
~westerners with the reverse stu
alton in the Junior Circuit.
In the National, Brook1yn's bod
gers we're riding atop the heap
with a game edge over the Bos-
ton Braves with the New York
Giants another half length astern.
In threatening positions were the
upcoming World Champion St.
Louis Cardinals, Chicago's Cubs
and Cincinnati's Reds.
The Cards were 4 IL games be-
mind the league leaders with Chi.
cago 5 IL out and Cincinnati six,
Only the Philadelphia Pills az
1-2) and Pittsburgh Pirates u3)
appeared out of the chase.
The Brooks, Braves and Giants
have been moving in and out of
the First three spots virtually all
season and another shift could
very easily happen tomorrow
when the Cubs invade Ebbets field
Tor a doubleheader with BROOKLYN.
81. Louis plays at New York and
cincinnati visits Boston.
Burt Shotton faces the third
western invasion ir an enviable
position with his two top fingers,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
TARHEEL 0RIOLE
WHIZ ON SACKS

BALTIMORE, July @P- At
tention-American League in gen
eral, and Cleveland in particular:
The Baltimore Orioles sport a sec,
ond baseman who's probably 60
ing to don an Indian uniform some
day anf swipe everything thai
isn't bolted down in the circuit.
The name is scrappy Bobby
Wilson, a confident, colorful ano
cocky throwback to the rip-roar'
ing, run-on-anything ballplayer Of
20 and 80 years ago.
There's no question about it,
Bobby's the fastest man in the
International League" says
Tommy Thomas, Orioles manager.
Most of the fans who have ser
Wilson score from second on g
bunt while the third baseman is
tossing the batter out at first won
deny that.
"And, he is the hardest slider
I've seen anywhere for years, in
Guiding the majors" added
Thomas, who put in u of his 81
baseball summers as a big time
pitcher.
Right now Wilson has stolen 2.
bases, to match his age, and i:
battling Butch Woyt, Montrea
centerfielder, for the league IL
that department. Bobby has a flint
arm, and is batting 264 now, bu
has hit over 300 for the last montl
after a slow start.
Last week he tipped from sec
ond base to the plate on a passed
ball at Newark, and several time;
this season has scooted from frs
to third while the batter was be
ing tossed on 4 sacrifice.
"He's got that little something
players need to size up a situation
instantly, and has breed by m
several times and gone on to scor'
when I tried to hold him up"
said Thomas, who coaches a
third.
Wilson, from Goldsboro, N. c.
was with Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Of tn
Eastern League IN 1945 and 49,
right out of Oak Ridge Militar,
school near Greensboro, N. c. HI
stole 80 bases in 1945, and 46 las
year, leading the league bot
times. Wilson also topped the loo
in hits, 1855 and runs, 105. As'
sraSon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
Duval Hurls, Bats Davismen to 9Th Win;
Smith Bats In Five Markers;
Here Tonight

gion outfield scored one in the
third. another in the fourth, three
in the fifth, four in the sixth, two
in the eighth and ended things with
four in the ninth to complete the
scoring.
Eugene Smith knocked another
triple in the fifth inning with two
men on, bringing his runs batteo
in total for the game to five. The
two three-baggers were his only
hits in six tries. Jere Hilburn with
four for four. jim Gibson with
three for four, and Billy Smith
with three for four, set the hitting
pace for the smuggling Wilmington
youngsters. Bridgeman's three
hits in five appearances at bat
topped the Red Springs hltters.
Wilmington IS Legion entry plays
Red Springs again tonight at 7:45
o'clock at the American Legion
Stadium. Wilmington fans are urg-
ed to support this young bunch OF
ball players, who are doing SO
well. Thus far this summer Will
mington has given its American
Legion club the poorest support,
having only approximately Is or 81
people at each game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10

SOAt o1Oh5 Will SSVcId l
winners of the famed masters
event, r numbered among the
eight twosomes which will battle
It out ovec 126 holes for the top
prize of $4,000 won last year by
little Ben Hogan and, flashy Jim
Den1aret.
Back for another try are favored
Hogan and Demaret, but the op-
position looks tough, too. The
prizes are graduated from the first
place $1,000 down to $500 for the
eighth-place twosome, and the bows
will be battling for the upper
brackets, ,'''
Under the Inverness scoring plan
each duo will meet each other
twosome owe 18 holes of best-baIl
match play. The winning two
some gets a ''plus equal to the
number of holes it finishes "up''
on the opposition, while the losers
get a "minus" of the same A.
mount.
The tWo-SomeS include:
Sam Snead, former PEA cham
pion, and Cary Middlecoff of Mem
phis, Ed Furgol, the Pontiac,
Mich, youngster with the withered
arm who finished third in the
Chicago Tam O'Shanter meet, and
George Schoux, the new sensation
from San Francisco: Vic Ghezzi,
former PEA champion, and Ed
(Porky) Oliver, %runner-up for last
years PEA title and this years
Tam O'Shanter circus; Lloyd Man.
grum, 1915 national open cham.
pion, and Lawson Little, 1910 ma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
Nationals Buckle Down;
Juniors Must Cut YankS' Lead

morrow's night clash with @n
eight-game winning streak and an
inspired ball club. If the Yanks
can get Highlander Floyd Bevens
back on the winning track to 60
along with Spuo Chandler, Frank
Shea and Allie Reynolds, Boston
and Detroit might very well throw
in the towel.
The Red Sox and Tigers r in
a virtual tie for second with the
Detroiters a percentage point
ahead. They will tangle in a twi-
light tilt in Tigertown with either
Dave (Boo) Ferriss or Tex Hugh
son going against Detroit. Bos-
toms hopes rest on whether the
ailing Hughson and Mickey Har-
ris can lend mound support for
the rest OF, the way. The Tigers
chances depend on whether they
can get some consistent clouting
back OF their crack pitching staff.
Strung out behind the second
and third placers are Connie
Mack's amazing Philadelphia AS
90 1-2), Cleveland Q1), Chicago
C2 1-2), Washington Ga ~, and
st. Louis (19 1-2).
The AS and Indians tangle in
a twi-night doubleheader in Cleve.
land with Bob Fel!er slated to re.
turn to action for the Indians.
FeHer has been out with a bad
knee, and a strained back and to-
morroW's tilt will be In the nature
OF a test. If the Iowa speedboy is
forced out for a long spell Lou
B~oudreau's hopes for the first di-
vision may be blasted.
Washington and Chicago round
out the American League pro-
graM with a twin bin a Chicago,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10
PATERSON UPHELD
BY BRITISH BOARD

LONDON, July 9-P)-An Amer
lean proposal that Jackie Pater'
son Of Scotland be forced to for
felt his world flyweight boxing
title Il he failed to go through
with his July 16 defense against
Dado Marino of Honolulu was
turned down today by the British
Boxing Board of control.
The proposal came from Abe
Greene, president of the National
Boxing association in the United
States, who cableI Charles Dom
mall, general secretary Of the
British board, to prevent further
delay of the fight, already post
poned twice by the champion be-
cause Of an attack of boils.
"Illness unfortunate" Dommall
said in his reply to Greene.
Boards doctor certifies. Do not
agree your proposal" Dommall
ended his cablegram with MAY
you never need a DOCTOR"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10

i, Ralph Branca O2-6) and hand
some Harry Taylor CD ready to
go against Chicago's Hank Boz
owy (8-3) and Bob Chapman $50.
Mel OFT and his New York
wrecking crew, still up in the
chase despite mediocre mound
work, take On the surging Cards
who seem to have Strengthened
out their kinks eor their usual Sec
end half squirt. This five-game Sc
rles, which includes a night game
tomorrow and successive double
headers Friday and Saturday
could very well be the making or
breaking of either club providing
one of the teams winds up with a
Al edge or so sweep.
The Reds, cheered by the su-
perb Singing Of Ewell No-Hit)
Blackwell in the Chicago classic,
open up against Billy South
worth's formidable Braves in Bos-
ton with an afternoon contest and
then a night affair while the hap
less lrate and PhllS will contln-
ue their battle o. the cellar at
Philadelphia.
Although they were chuckling
over their 10th All-Star triumph,
the American Leaguers, with the
exception OF the New York group,
were not too happy over the big
edge held by the Yankees. Unless
they can stop the Bronx Bombers
on this trip and waffle down some
Of the eight-game margin held by
Eucky Harris men, the turnstiles
are likely to click at a much SLOW
er rate for the rest Of the season.
The Yanks, with a terrific sta
dunn record and a weak road
mark, invaded st. Louis for to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10

~ loss to Dunn-Erwin, cut
Cubs second half advantss,
one and one-halg games, ss b
Last nights encounter w..
cided in the last half Of the s;, u
when Wilmington tailed esaa
times on two hits, two base vt, =
balls, one error, a passed hail "
a wild pitch. After Bill Ps, ~
and Bob LaBlanc had Went dosa
in order, Harry Bridge, S'N
Pirate hitting star of the nigbt' y, ~
three singles in three Official ti sa
at bat. started the winnirg .,s'
by working the Leaf pitcher ~ ss!
free, ticket to first. johnny Eds,'
the BUGS leading hitter, linz I
hit into left field.
Bridges took second on the b,,..
Andy Poklemba, who had str,,.s,
out twice and walked once in y.
other three appearances at ~.
plate, SMASHED a safety that d,0,'
ped just inside the left field ,%a
line, Bridges scoring Edens bsls
up at second on the hit. Catcbs.
Eames Of Selma-Smithfield let /,
pitch get away from him, AM,
Edens slid into third face tirc
On a wild pitch by Clint Benton n.
swift footed Edens crossed the plas,
ter. Eames, retrieving the wild to,,
threw wild to third and when N,
ball bounced off the base runn.,
Poklemba into foul territory. ADdv
dived safely across the plate tr
Wlmington's sixth and final r,
of the ball game.
The BUGS, now presenting a usi
ord of two wins in their last rlA,
games, travel to Smithfield TO-DAY
for a doubleheader with the Leab
Fred Townsend and Nate Andren.
Mickey Balla's entry.
are the likely tWirlers AGAIN.
Harry Bridges, who has ba
hammering around in the 200 Bat
ting circles all year, may hsvI
reached the charmed 300 grupl
last night with his three singles.
Bridges stick work led the Pitan
attack, while Woodland with two
for five topped the Selma.SmiA
field batting output.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10

game. Bob Cabaniss hit two for
Lumberton. one coming in the
first with two on base, and the
other in the fourth when the sacks
were empty. The Cubs gathered
nine hits, but Dunn-Erwin dubbed
Garcia, Brown, and Dalton for 10,
including circuit clouts by Carl Nc
CULLEN and Miller. McQuillen also
hit a triple.
The Blues took eight innings to
wrap up a double win owe Red
Springs in Clinton last night, the
last game being a seven-inning
affair. 1t went to the Sampsonites
when winning hurler Bill Kaires
walked, reached third on an error,
and scored on a fly.
In the first tilt, Ed Kukulka
homered for the Blues in the eighth
with two on, tying up the game
with the Robins at 6-6. O'Shields
then singled, went to second on an
error by Clayton. and scored the
winning run on a base-hit by
Haynes. The Blues then added an
other for good measure, Severn
Wright holding the Robins score
less after that for his 18th victory
of the year.
Warren and Wood hurled the
first game for Red Springs, the
former being the loser. Kochli was
the loser in the second.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-10

tional open king and twice ruler
OF the American and British anna
teurs; Herman Barron, winner OF
last years Tam O'Shanter, and
Herman Keiser, former masters
winner from Akron, o., Ellsworth
Vines, former tennis champion
from Los Angeles, and Big Clay
ton Heafner, the drawing blond
giant from Charlotte, N. c.; and
Lewis Worsham, victor In the 1947
national open championship, and
John Palmer, newcomer from
Baden. N. C..