After he learns of the laundry scheme, what does the warden tell the children will happen if they get into any more trouble in Al Capone Does My...

In the book, Piper (the warden's daughter) has hatched a money-making scheme using the prison's laundry service. Moose doesn't really want to get involved with the specifics of the scheme, but Piper forces him to talk up the laundry-service to their classmates. Moose tells tall tales about living at Alcatraz, prompting his classmates to want to have some of their clothing laundered by the supposedly infamous convicts at the prison.

Piper makes the laundry scheme...

In the book, Piper (the warden's daughter) has hatched a money-making scheme using the prison's laundry service. Moose doesn't really want to get involved with the specifics of the scheme, but Piper forces him to talk up the laundry-service to their classmates. Moose tells tall tales about living at Alcatraz, prompting his classmates to want to have some of their clothing laundered by the supposedly infamous convicts at the prison.

Piper makes the laundry scheme work by stuffing her classmates' clothing in other families' laundry bags.

In time, however, the warden gets wind of the scheme when Mrs. Del Peabody (Del Junior's mother) writes a scathing letter of complaint to him. When he discovers the kids made money from the scheme, he demands they put the money on his desk. After they do so, he accuses them of acting out of "greed," "silliness," and "incredibly poor judgment." For their part, Moose and Theresa aren't guilty of actual participation in the scheme, but the warden includes them in his threat to have their fathers fired (without severance pay) if they ever participate in such a scheme again.

Meanwhile, Piper (the warden's daughter) remains silent about her culpability in the laundry scheme. When the warden demands the children hand over their profits, Piper makes no move to hand over her money. Subsequently, the warden lectures Annie for disappointing her mother, and he accuses Jimmy of not considering how hard things will be if his father loses his job at Alcatraz. Next, the warden lectures Moose about getting involved in such a dishonest project.

As a last word, the warden warns the children that, if they break any more rules or even give the impression that they have done so, they and their families will be asked to leave Alcatraz.