[Ads-l] public enemy number one (UNCLASSIFIED)

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)]

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A slight antedating (the OED has 1 Nov 1930)

_Albuquerque [NM] Journal_ 10 Oct 1930 p 1 col 5
"So off to a cell police trundled the resplendent younger brother of "Scarface Al," who is public enemy number one."

Portland OR _Oregonian_ 25 Sep 1930 p 1 col 3
"CHICAGO, Sept. 24. -- The highly publicized drive to arrest and jail Chicago's 26 "public enemies" under the vagrancy law of 1874 was interrupted today by the disconcerting news that Ralph Capone, "public enemy No. 2," and the brother of arch-enemy Al Capone, is financial backer of two bail bond agencies which have conducted a wholesale business in state and federal courts here and in other states."

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