Al Capone was a notorious Chicago gangster involved in illegal gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging. He estimated spending $30 million a year on bribes to escape arrest. He was finally arrested for tax evasion, and witnesses were reluctant to testify against him. Capone died of a heart attack in Florida.
Al “Scarface” Capone, notorious Chicago gangster and likely mastermind of the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre, had his fingers in numerous illicit “pies”: illegal gambling, prostitution, and most notably, bootlegging. In his book Blowing Smoke, author Michael J. Reznicek writes that Capone himself estimated that he spent about $30 million (USD) a year – half his profits – on bribes to public officials to escape arrest. and to the process. That’s nearly $398 million (USD) in 2015 dollars. Capone was finally arrested for tax evasion, and that was the only charge that ever stuck. Because of his enormous power and influence in Chicago, witnesses were reluctant to testify against him, and he dealt in cash, never leaving a paper trail that could be traced back to him. In fact, when the Valentine’s Day Massacre was taking place, she was at his winter home in Florida. He also asked a doctor to write a note saying he was bedridden, and therefore he could have nothing to do with the murders. George “Bugs” Moran, Capone’s arch-rival, who was supposed to be in the garage on the day of the killings, told reporters: “Only Capone kills like this.”
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The only indication that Al Capone has a legitimate occupation comes from an early business card, in which he describes himself as a second-hand furniture dealer.
Capone served seven years of a 10-year prison sentence in Alcatraz, near San Francisco.
Capone contracted syphilis at one point, and the brain damage resulting from the untreated disease eroded his intellect to that of a 12-year-old. He died of a heart attack following pneumonia on Jan. 12-25, in Florida.
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