Evening Star, 6 June 1931, page A-2: Capone may get term of 32 years
CAPONE MAY GET TERM OF 32 YEARS
- Paper
- Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)
- Date
- 1931-06-06
- Page
- Page A-2
- Headline
- CAPONE MAY GET TERM OF 32 YEARS
- Rights
- Post-1930 issue. The Library of Congress title record for this newspaper states that it is believed to be in the public domain or to have no known copyright restrictions; this archive treats that statement as a no known restrictions mark, on the editor's decision of 12 October 2026, pending a renewal check. The main story carries the notice "(Copyright, 1931, by North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)" and the page reproduces an uncredited photograph of Capone; both are covered only by that decision and neither is reproduced separately.
Page A-2 of the Evening Star, Saturday, 6 June 1931, under the headline “CAPONE MAY GET TERM OF 32 YEARS” and the deck “Posts $50,000 Bond After Indictment on Charge of Tax Evasion,” beside a one-column photograph captioned “Faces Trial / AL CAPONE.” The first part of the text is “Continued From First Page” and ends with the line “(Copyright, 1931, by North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)”; the second part, “SPEEDY HEARING SOUGHT,” is datelined Chicago, June 6, with the Associated Press symbol.
The syndicate account describes how federal agents traced a series of bank accounts in Cicero, checks from saloon keepers, and telegraph remittances, and quotes Chief Agent Madden that the agents “talked to more than a thousand persons.” The Associated Press report says “Federal District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson said he had appointed Samuel Clawson, Jacob I. Grossman and Dwight H. Green, his assistants, to prosecute the case before Judge John P. Barnes,” that Capone “posted a $50,000 bond and was released,” and that “There were two indictments, one was returned yesterday. Another was voted March 16, but was suppressed.”
The figures for a possible sentence and the income charged are the newspaper’s report of the charges, not the court’s judgment. The court records of the case are filed separately in this archive. The first part of this page carries a 1931 syndicate copyright line, and the page reproduces an uncredited photograph of Capone; the rights basis for this page names both.