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    Federal agents in the 1930s were enforcing laws against bootleg liquor as stories emerged of networks of tunnels under Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. According to one account, a boy witnessed a large number of people emerging from the tunnels, while another legend claimed the tunnels served as a refuge for notorious Chicago mob boss Al Capone when he was wanted for criminal acts including bootlegging and murder. Local stories suggested Capone may have used the tunnels to hide from authorities before facing trial.

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    Federal agents in the 1930s were enforcing laws against bootleg liquor as stories emerged of networks of tunnels under Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. According to one account, a boy witnessed a large number of people emerging from the tunnels, while another legend claimed the tunnels served as a refuge for notorious Chicago mob boss Al Capone when he was wanted for criminal acts including bootlegging and murder. Local stories suggested Capone may have used the tunnels to hide from authorities before facing trial.

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    Federal agents in the 1930s were enforcing laws against bootleg liquor as stories emerged of networks of tunnels under Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. According to one account, a boy witnessed a large number of people emerging from the tunnels, while another legend claimed the tunnels served as a refuge for notorious Chicago mob boss Al Capone when he was wanted for criminal acts including bootlegging and murder. Local stories suggested Capone may have used the tunnels to hide from authorities before facing trial.

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    US agents enforcing the law against bootleg liquor in the 1930s

    A boy in 1920 once witnessed a cluster of people flowing out of the tunnels. He was quoted to say
    T here were so many coming out, we lost track of ( the count ) .
    Another legend about the tunnels was that it was a refuge for the Chicago mob boss, Al Capone.
    He thrived on bootlegging. He was wanted by federal agents for charges of 2/3 arranged criminal acts
    and in murder investigations. He was said to have come up to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to hide out in
    the tunnels when things got to intense back home. Al Capone before he was ever on trial.
    This would be around the same time that he was reported to be in Moose Jaw.

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