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His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33. Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He joined the Five Points Gang as a teenager and became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels.
On October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted after trial and on November 24, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to...
Oct 29, 2021 · Prison doctors tried an experimental treatment that involved injecting Capone with the malaria virus, to raise his temperature and theoretically kill the syphilis. The treatment itself nearly...
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May 6, 2024 · Al Capone, American Prohibition-era gangster who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931. In 1931 Capone was indicted for federal income-tax evasion and was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was confined in the Atlanta penitentiary and Alcatraz before being released in 1939.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 24, 2009 · On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. He was later sentenced to 11 years in...
Feb 14, 2020 · In 1931, Al Capone began an 11-year prison sentence for tax evasion. His big house away from home was Georgia's Cook County Jail. According to the Chicago Tribune , at Cook, Capone and his bodyguard received special "VIP accommodations" and meals prepared by the mobster's wife.
He spent thousands of dollars trying to get himself released, and he denied all his life that he came to Philadelphia to hide. Al Capone's Cell is accessible to all historic site visitors and is included with admission. Alphonse “Scarface” Capone got his first taste of prison life in Philadelphia.
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