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Capone’s Hideout On Auction Block

ORG XMIT: NY124 FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1931 file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone is seen at a football game in Chicago. The former northern Wisconsin hideout of Capone goes on the auction block Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch-thick walls, goes on the auction block at a starting bid of $2.6 million. (AP Photo/File) (Anonymous Anonymous / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
ORG XMIT: NY124 FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1931 file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone is seen at a football game in Chicago. The former northern Wisconsin hideout of Capone goes on the auction block Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch-thick walls, goes on the auction block at a starting bid of $2.6 million. (AP Photo/File) (Anonymous Anonymous / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NY124 FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1931 file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone is seen at a football game in Chicago. The former northern Wisconsin hideout of Capone goes on the auction block Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch-thick walls, goes on the auction block at a starting bid of $2.6 million. (AP Photo/File) (Anonymous Anonymous / The Spokesman-Review)

In this Jan. 19, 1931, file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone is seen at a football game in Chicago. The former northern Wisconsin hideout of Capone goes on the auction block today. The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch-thick walls, goes on the auction block at a starting bid of $2.6 million. (AP Photo/File)

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