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Two typed yellow prisoner index cards for Compagna, Louis, No. 63773-A, alias Lefty Louie; Little New York, one stamped Transferred to U.S. Penitentiary Leavenworth, Kansas, Jul 28 1945, the other stamped Discharged by Order of Court Dec 20 1948.
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Atlanta penitentiary index cards: Compagna, Louis, No. 63773-A (1944–1948)

Two prisoner index cards from the U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta: conspiracy to interfere with trade and commerce by violence, threats and coercion, Southern District of New York, ten years from 31 December 1943, transferred to Leavenworth on 28 July 1945, received again in July 1948, and stamped "Discharged by Order of Court DEC 20 1948."

Date
1944-04-04/1948-12-20
Kind
case-file
Source
National Archives Catalog, Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Index to Prisoners (RG 129)
Retrieved
2026-10-12
NAID
351184144
Rights
A record of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Public domain in the United States, 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog marks use "Unrestricted."

Two typed index cards from the U.S. Penitentiary at Atlanta, held by the National Archives at Atlanta in Record Group 129, Records of the Bureau of Prisons, in the file unit “Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Index to Prisoners - Combs, Lee-Contaro, Almondo.” The catalog describes the file unit, not the cards; the research for this archive found them at digital objects 66 and 68 (object 67 is a second scan of the first card). The image stored here shows the two cards together.

The first card reads: name “COMPAGNA, Louis,” No. 63773-A, alias “Lefty Louie; Little New York; Etc.” The crime is “CONSP TO INTERFERE WITH TRADE & COMM. BY VIOL., THREATS & COERCION,” the district “S-NY-NEW YORK,” and the sentence 10 years with a fine of $10,000, marked “PAID.” The date is 12-31-43, received 4-4-44, sentence begins 3-8-44, parole time 7-7-47, full time 3-7-54. The residence is “BERWYN, ILL.” A stamp reads “Transferred to U.S. Penitentiary Leavenworth, Kansas JUL 28 1945.”

The second card carries a second receipt, 7-24-48, with time beginning 7-23-48, and the residence “Chicago, Ill.” It is stamped “Discharged by Order of Court DEC 20 1948.” That is the day the Atlanta district court denied reconsideration in Compagna v. Hiatt, 82 F. Supp. 295. Ages and good-time figures are faint on parts of the card, so this page records only the clearly legible fields. The spelling “Compagna” is the card’s.

itemIndex to Prisoners, U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta (National Archives series)National Archives series of index cards for Atlanta penitentiary inmates, 1902 to 1973, arranged in 263 alphabetical file units. The digitized unit where Capone's card would fall was paged without finding it.itemAtlanta penitentiary index cards: Gioe, Charles, No. 63774-A (1944–1948)Two prisoner index cards from the U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, for "Charles James Gioe," aliases Charlie Joy, Charles Joye and Charles Veltre: ten years from 31 December 1943, transferred to Leavenworth on 28 July 1945, received again in July 1948, and stamped "Discharged by Order of Court DEC 20 1948."itemCompagna v. Hiatt, 82 F. Supp. 295 (N.D. Ga. 1948)Judge Underwood's findings of 4 December 1948 on the habeas petitions of Louis Campagna (spelled Compagna) and Charles Gioe at the Atlanta penitentiary: sentenced 31 December 1943, paroled 13 August 1947, retaken 23 July 1948. The court held the warrants void; reconsideration was denied 20 December 1948.itemFBI Atlanta report (file Atlanta 58-62), autumn 1947: Warden Sanford on the prisoners and their 1945 transfer to Leavenworth (Vault, John Roselli Part 02)The Atlanta office's report for the 1947 parole inquiry. Warden Sanford said he made no parole recommendations, recalled an inmate informant's report that three of the men "had stated they had $10,000 to arrange their transfer", and said the transfer to Leavenworth was "done by bus on July 28, 1945."