1936 NY Times newspaper Gangster AL CAPONE STABBED in ALCATRAZ PRISON byPRISONER

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1936 NY Times newspaper Gangster AL CAPONE is STABBED in ALCATRAZ PRISON by another PRISONER, James Lucas
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inv # 4R-202
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
NY Times
dated June 24, 1936.
This newspaper contains a prominent back page heading and 1/2 column report of the
STABBING of Gangster AL CAPONE in alcatraz Prison by another inmate, James Lucas
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Al Capone was sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary in May 1932, aged 33. He was seen as a weak personality, and so out of his depth dealing with bullying fellow inmates that his cellmate, seasoned convict Red Rudensky, feared that Capone would have a breakdown. Rudensky was formerly a small-time criminal associated with the Capone gang, and found himself becoming a protector for Capone. The conspicuous protection of Rudensky and other prisoners drew accusations from less friendly inmates, and fueled suspicion that Capone was receiving special treatment. No solid evidence ever emerged, but it formed part of the rationale for moving Capone to the recently opened Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary off the coast of San Francisco. On June 23, 1936, Capone was stabbed and superficially wounded by James C. Lucas
James Crittenton Lucas (June 11, 1912
– November 28, 1998) was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz. He is best known for being part of an attempted escape from Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1938, and for attacking Al Capone in the prison's laundry room on June 23, 1936.
Lucas was originally sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment for robbing First National Bank in Albany, Texas, and violation of the Dyer Act (interstate trafficking of stolen vehicles). He arrived at Alcatraz in January 1935 from the Texas State Prison and was known there as James "Texas Bank Robber" Lucas.
On June 23, 1936, Lucas stabbed Al Capone in the back with a pair of scissors from the prison barber shop. Capone had been working in the laundry area 10 feet away. Lucas was sent to solitary confinement for his attack on Capone. After being stabbed, Capone turned and grabbed Lucas and threw him into the wall. The inmates were angry with Capone for not taking part in an inmate strike.
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