# Bismarck Tribune, 17 May 1929, page 1: Al Capone gets year in jail

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The Bismarck Tribune front page of 17 May 1929 carries an Associated Press story from Philadelphia on Al Capone's sentence for carrying a concealed weapon.

Front page of the Bismarck Tribune, Friday, 17 May 1929. The banner is on a disabled zeppelin. The Capone story is the second headline, "Al Capone Gets Year in Jail," with the decks "Arrested, Indicted and Sentenced for Carrying Weapons," "Speedy Justice Meted Out to Chicago's Most Notorious Gangster in Philadelphia" and "Defense Counsel Stunned."

The Associated Press story, datelined Philadelphia, 17 May, says Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone was sentenced that day to one year in the county prison on a charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, that Frank Cline, his reputed bodyguard, received the same sentence, and that both pleaded guilty when their trial was about to start. It describes the district attorney's quick moves, and the deck says the prisoners stated that they were "marked for death."

The story refers to a separate piece in which Capone tells his own story of the "racket"; that piece is not used in this record. The characterizations of Capone are the paper's. Headline as read from the Library of Congress OCR text of the page.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042243/1929-05-17/ed-1/?sp=1
- Library of Congress OCR text of this page: https://tile.loc.gov/text-services/word-coordinates-service?segment=/service/ndnp/ndhi/batch_ndhi_ferengi_ver01/data/sn85042243/00199918722/1929051701/0167.xml&format=alto_xml&full_text=1