The south side beer chieftain, probably as cruel a killer as gangland ever reared, appeared in court with his leg in a cast supported by a metal brace. He hobbled along with the aid of a cane and supported by his wife and attorney, Frank McDonnell.

The disorderly conduct charge was placed against McErlane after he had fought a savage gun battle with two assailants who invaded his room in the German Deaconess Hospital the night of February 24. McErlane repelled his assailants, but several bullet wounds were added to those from which he was already suffering.

THE FORTY-TWO GANG

This neighborhood criminal gang, the Fortytwo's, is characterized by the youthfulness of its members. All of the addresses, with the exception of two, of 32 members investigated, could be included in a square mile. Most all have records in the juvenile and boys' courts. The types of their crimes differ with their ages. With the FIGUER 16.-Jack Zuta older boys robbery is the crime; for the younger boys larceny is the main crime. There is a considerable sprinkling of rape charges among them. That this is a play group is indicated by the many charges of disorderly conduct and motorvehicle violations. Some, of course, go into bootlegging, but the present available statistics are meager on this point. The identification bureau shows firstviolation records of this gang at the age of 18. The age at which they receive their early training in crime probably ranges from 10 to 15 years. Most of the members of this gang, when youngsters, probably acted as informers, lookouts, and finally graduated into higher spheres of criminology.

REPUTED CAPONE GANG
ENTERPRISES

The Lexington, Twentysecond Street and Michigan Avenue, headquarters of Al Capone and his lieutenants. (Figs. 18 and 19.)

(Tribune photo)

FIGURE 17.-McErlane freed after hotel uproar.
Left
to right: Bailiff Clem Grover, Frank
McErlane, gangster, and his attorney, Frank
McDonald, in Judge Heller's court yesterday
when disorderly and statutory charges were dis-
missed

These pictures were taken by your investigator, showing the Lexington open to the public as a hotel and the main entrance to same.

The entire second floor of some 50 rooms is occupied by the Capone outfit. Guards are stationed on this floor, and no one has access thereto unless his identity is satisfactory. Lieutenant Blahl, of the State's attorney's office, in April, 1930-your investigator is reliably informed-made a raid and discovered on the second floor a large conference room, No. 230, with long

table and chairs reinforced with armor plated backs. Large quantities of poison-dipped bullets, but no guns nor records, were found. Neither were there any members of the Capone outfit about. There were strong indications of a "tip-off." From the best information obtainable, ownership of this hotel vests with the Capone interests.

Your investigator next, in his prolonged tour of the city, snapped some pictures of the Metropole Hotel, Twenty-third and Michigan Avenue. (Figs. 20 and 21.) This place is a notorious harbor and so-called sleeping quarters of those connected with the Capone outfit. The time these pictures were taken the day was warm and sunny, and numerous suspected gangsters were encountered in the neighborhood. Whether the Metropole is an actual Capone investment is undetermined.

FIGURE 18

Leaving the Metropole your investigator, in a large, closed car, accompanied with a bodyguard of three in civilian clothes, stopped in the center of the street and from the middle side car window photographed the Paddock Grill, 2507 South Wabash Avenue. The

picture taken is herewith shown. (Fig. 23.) At the time it was snapped a lookout was seen through the window. He immediately stepped aside and Jack Heinan, a former pugilist and a present partner of Ralph Capone, came to the window. Heinan, who is

supposed to be a lieutenant of Ralph Capone in charge of the liquor rackets on the south side of Chicago, is the owner of this supply headquarters and saloon. The Paddock is a general meeting place

of the gangsters and contact point point of the Capone syndicate. From information received from a reliable individual who had recently been in the Paddock, it is disclosed that real beer is sold over the bar and front room. No hard liquor is sold unless the customer is known or on one of the registered cards. Mr. X, upon requesting a drink of liquor, was informed by Heinan that "he could not be bothered by going through the index, as he had 8,000 registered." After snapping the picture from the inside of the car, we sped on to other scenes, but had not proceeded over two blocks when it was discovered that a car had put out through curiosity from the Paddock and was following us. The chase was given up in the maze of traffic, and it was decided that further pictures would be taken from the sidewalk-not from the car.

FIGURE 21

The Fountain Café, 3848 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. (Fig. 24.) A Capone saloon and hang-out.

A Capone enterprise, the Hawthorne race track.-Three views of this Capone investment are shown by your investigator. (Figs. 25, 26, and 27.) Note the large grand stands with vast area of parking space for automobiles close by, the extensive sheds encircling the park, etc. This enterprise, which gives the Capone outfit a considerable source of revenue, is located in Cook County, closely adjacent to the boundaries of Chicago and

Cicero. It covers an area of approximately 75 to 100 acres. The capital invested is approximately one million to one million five hundred thousand dollars.

Still another source of easy money.Adjacent to the Hawthorne race track is the Hawthorne Kennel Club-Capone-controlled-Seventeenth and Halsted Streets. (Figs. 28 and 29.) This is an enterprise which for the past five or more years has yearly placed in the coffers of the Capone outfit some two million dollars of profits. For four years, since 1927, the tracks have

been protected against action by the State's FIGURE 22.-"Scarface Al" Capone attorney and sheriff by court injunctions.

For years the Capone crowd, with its high-powered attorneys, has staved off final action in the courts for the closing of the track. During all this time it has been a profitable business to the owners, taking from the wage earners and housewives. In the latter part of May, 1930, the appellate court of the State ruled against dog racing and, incidentally, gambling in Cook County. The dog track

was closed. On the day of the closing 2,000 fans were turned away. A Tribune picture of the dog track as it appeared on the evening of its closing is here inserted. (Fig. 30.)

A picture of 7244 Prairie Avenue, Chicago (fig. 31), a fine residential locality, is next presented by your investigator-another