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SI-7085-F he owned a gambling house in Chicago; that he met Ralph Capone and Frank Nitto at the home of Capone; that Al Capone presented him with a diamond belt buckle and that he visited Al Capone in Chicago in 1928 when the headquarters of Capone and his organization were at the Metropole Hotel. Mr. Henderson also informed me that at Al Capone's request he purchased six revolvers at a pawn shop in Miami for which Capone furnished the money; that he immediately turned them over to Al Capone never seeing them again; that he (Henderson) was later arrested and accused of the murder of Frank Yale because an investigation of the New York Police Department established that one of the revolvers had killed Yale; that the revolver found near the body of Yale bore the same serial number as one of the guns purchased by Henderson at the pawnshop for Capone; that Capone told him not to worry about the murder charge; that the Capone organization was accused of that murder as Yale was an enemy bootlegger; and that finally the case was dropped.

There is submitted herewith as Exhibit No. 89, transcript of the testimony of Ruth Gaskin of Miami, Florida. Miss Gaskin stated that she had been employed as stenographer for eight years; that she knew the defendent, Alphonse Capone, and identified him; that on February 14, 1929, she took notes at a hearing where Capone was present in the office of the County Solicitor of Dade County, Florida, and she produced the original notes taken on that occasion. Miss Gaskin stated that present were Robert Taylor, County Solicitor, Louis Goldstein, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn, and Sheriff M. P. Lehman; that Capone told them he first met Parker Henderson in Miami about two years ago when Henderson was running the Ponce de Leon Hotel in that city; that he was a guest in room 804 at that hotel; that Henderson bought the home on Palm Island with $50,000 cash given him by Capone; that Dan Seritella was his friend and visited him in Miami. In answer to the question "What business are you in?" he stated, "I am a gambler, play race horses"; that he knew Jack Guzik and Jack Guzik visited him in Miami last summer; that people called him Al Brown; that Jack Guzik had gambling business dealings with him; that he was known by and used the name A. Costa, and that he received money by Western Union wires from Chicago in regard to his gambling business.

There is submitted herewith as Exhibit No. 90, a sworn statement of Catherine Gaines, of Miami Beach, Florida, dated June 4, 1931, and Exhibit No. 90-A, a transcript of her testimony at the trial. Miss Gaines stated that she was branch manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at 803 Fifth Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, in 1928 and 1929; that she knew the defendant, Alphonse Capone, and identified him; that she received - 37 -