All Rogues’ Gallery images are from the author’s collection, except:
Cleveland Public Library: Mary Josephine “Mae” Capone; Dr. Kenneth Phillips
National Archives: Alphonse “Scarface Al” Capone; Ralph “Bottles” Capone; Frank “The Enforcer” Nitto; Jack “Greasy Thumb” Guzik; Arthur P. Madden
Wikimedia Commons: Samuel Insull
Library of Congress: John Torrio; Fred Goetz; Mayor William Hale “Big Bill” Thompson; Mayor Anton J. Cermak; Robert E. Crowe; E. C. Yellowley; George E. Q. Johnson; Attorney General William D. Mitchell; J. Edgar Hoover; Melvin Purvis; Julius Rosenwald; Frank Wilson; President Herbert Hoover; August Vollmer; Mabel Walker Willebrandt; Elmer Irey
University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne: Vincent “Schemer” Drucci
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: Albert M. Nabers; Lyle B. Chapman; William J. Gardner; Martin J. Lahart; Joseph D. Leeson; Paul W. Robsky; S. Maurice Seager; Robert D. Sterling; Warren E. Stutzman
Cleveland Press Collection, Cleveland State University: Edna Stahle Ness James B. Cloonan; Bernard V. “Barney” Cloonan
Index
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Abbott, William Rufus, 233
Adams, Merle, 156–157
Adonis Social Club (Brooklyn), 80–81
Ahern, Michael
Capone guilty plea, 407–410, 418
Capone tax trial, 404, 411, 418, 424–439, 440, 444–451
Capone trial sentencing, 459–460, 498
mishandling of case, 497–498
Aiello, Joe, xxv
Atlantic City peace talks, 215, 216
Capone assassinating, 300–301
contract on Capone, 111–112, 113, 114–115, 177, 213, 216
Moran alliance, 179, 213, 281
public enemy, 256–257
Unione Siciliana, 177, 210
Yale supporting, 148
Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend (Bair; 2016), xvi–xvii
Al Capone: The Biography of a Self-Made Man (Pasley; 1930), 340
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (“the Rock”), 530
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 545–548
Alcohol Tax Unit, 529
Alcoholic Beverage Unit, 515
Alterie, Louis, 50
Alton, Craig “Southside,” 528
American Boys, xxiv, 147–149, 179–181, 182–183, 227, 487, 516. See also Burke, Fred; Carey, Robert; Goetz, Fred; Nugent, Raymond; Winkeler, Gus
American Protective League, 41, 313
Anselmi, Albert, xxiv, 77–78, 79, 84, 178, 186, 208, 209, 210–213, 216, 218
antiques shops of Capone, 5, 48, 57
Armstrong, Louis, 139
Atlanta federal prison, 482, 498, 499–501, 509
Atlantic City peace talks, 213–217, 218, 251
Avis, Dwight, 326, 327, 354, 355, 398
Bair, Deirdre, xvi–xvii
ballistics, 192
Anselmi, Giunta, and Scalise murders, 209
Chicago hires Goddard, 197–200
Killer Burke’s Thompsons, 228–229, 278
Lingle murder weapon, 278, 279, 280
Ness and Goddard, 203, 279, 280
Zuta murder, 286
Balsamo, Don Batista, 20
Barker, George “Red,” 282–283, 464
Barnard, Harrison, 231, 233
Barton, Bobby, 292, 434, 436
baseball bat banquet, xvi, 208, 209–213, 218, 372, 543
Basile, Frank
“alky cooker,” 125–128
fluent Italian, 126, 134
government chauffeur, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133–135
killing of, 162–163, 169
Beatty, William, 121, 122, 321
Becker, Morris, 176
beer legal, 512–513
Beer Wars
Capone’s version, 94
depictions of, 367–368, 462, 477–481, 534
Nitto kills killers, 516
start of, 56, 525
thug life of waiting, 108, 535
belt buckle, diamond studded, 143, 275–276, 280, 284–285, 387, 432, 452
Bennett, W. E., 417–418, 475, 494, 495
Berard, Ulric H., 317, 325
Bergmann submachine guns, 82
Berle, Milton, 141
Berwyn Tribune, 63
Blackstone Hotel, 543
Blakey, G. Robert, 539–542
“Boystown” clubs, 530
Bragg, Chester, 426
Brand, Neville, xi, xiii, xiv–xv
Brooklyn, New York
Capone family from Italy, 6, 13–18
Capone to Chicago, 27
Nitto and Capone childhoods, 16–18, 517
brothels, xxi
Capone pimp insult, 55, 370
Capone syphilis, 21. See also syphilis
Chicago Heights, 130
Forest View, 52, 84
St. John as john, 62
Stickney, xxi, 399
Torrio’s to Capone, 59
Brothers, Leo V., 307
Brown, Al, 74, 85, 99, 142, 182, 217, 364, 434–435, 547. See also Capone, Alphonse
Brown, Ralph, 434–435
Brown, Sherrod, 545
Brundidge, Harry T., 283–285
Bugs Moran gang territory, xxi. See also Moran, George; North Side gang
Bundesen, Herman, 197–200, 209
Bureau of Investigation
Capone contempt of court, 188, 189, 190, 341, 345
Capone jail liquor business, 469–473
into Division of Investigation, 514–515
Jamie joining, 41–42, 67
limitations of, 195
Nitto parole, 492
See also Hoover, J. (John) Edgar
Bureau of Prohibition. See Prohibition Bureau
Burke, Edward M., 545–546, 547
Burke, Fred “Killer,” xxiv, 147, 148–149, 179, 180, 227–229, 487
Burnet, David, 297
Burnett, W. R., 477, 478, 480
Burnham, Illinois, golf course, 151–153
Cadillac with armor plating, 58, 127
Cagney, James, 478
Calloway, James, 413
Calumet City, Illinois, 129, 132, 159
Campagna, Louis “Little New York,” 114, 148, 179, 227, 376, 511, 516
Capone, Albert (Umberto; brother), 15, 252, 253
Capone, Albert Francis “Sonny” (son)
birth, 23
Capone hiding handcuffs, 482, 499
Capone tax trial, 443
Capone to Atlanta, 498
Capone’s hopes for, 79, 371
ear operations, 79–80, 81, 107
father-son relationship, 145, 254, 366
gangster’s son, 107, 115, 250, 482, 499
influenza, 187
Mae’s kidnapping fears, 486
Palm Island, 252, 335, 380, 381, 382–383
Prairie Avenue, 45, 143
Capone, Alphonse Gabriel “Scarface Al”
animatronic, 543
arrest in Joliet, 117–118, 119
arrest in Philadelphia, 217–225
arrests in Miami, 253–255
baseball bat banquet, xvi, 208, 209, 210–213, 218, 372, 543
“the Big Fellow,” 6, 7, 150, 179, 189, 284, 334–335, 336, 339, 346, 370, 380, 382
birth, 15
burial, 531
businessman, 5, 7, 47, 48, 56, 57, 73, 118, 176, 182, 341, 417
Chicago Outfit, 59, 137, 296, 329, 374. See also Chicago Outfit
Chicago syndicate, 215, 374–376, 386, 526–527
childhood, 17–18, 19–20, 517
circumcision, 221
contempt-of-court charges, 187–188, 189–191, 216, 246, 247, 311–312, 325, 332, 337, 338–345, 380
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��credo” false attribution, 557
description of, 6, 7, 36, 113, 137–139, 367
fan mail, 339, 368
fingerprinted, 342
Hawthorne Kennel Club, 265–269, 289–290
home on Palm Island, 5–6, 136, 144–145, 178, 186, 187, 250, 251–252, 276, 283–285, 334–337, 366, 375, 380–383, 432, 459, 461, 530–531
home on Prairie Avenue, xxi, 43, 44–47, 73, 107, 118, 381, 459, 461, 531
home on Prairie Avenue preservation, 536–537, 543–544
as honorable, 113, 434, 476–477
imprisoned in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, 530
imprisoned in Atlanta federal penitentiary, 482, 498, 499–501, 509
imprisoned in Cook County Jail, 405, 460–461, 469–473, 485–489, 491, 493–494, 496–497, 498–501, 517
imprisoned in Eastern State Penitentiary, 220–225, 241, 243–244, 246–247, 336, 375
imprisoned in Holmesburg Prison, 219–220
imprisoned in own mind, 530–531
Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 486–489
on Lingle murder, 283–285, 299–300
Mafalda’s wedding, 333–334
McSwiggin murder, 83–87, 89–90, 276
meeting with Loesch, 149, 150–151
meeting with Randolph, 346–347
meeting with reporter O’Brien, 369–373
meeting with Roche, 299–300
meeting with Stege, 244–246
memoir via O’Brien, 371–373
“most-shot-at man in America,” 8, 58, 150, 152–153, 213, 216, 243, 244
Ness direct contact, 10, 397, 420–421, 482, 499–501, 545
Nitto wins, 526
North Siders war, 90–94, 95, 107, 111, 213, 215, 300, 489
peace talks, Atlantic City, 213–217, 218, 251
peace talks, Hotel Sherman, 92–93, 95, 107, 526
photos, ii, xxiii, 72, 106, 174, 208, 242, 332, 366, 384, 422, 440, 482
photos of homes, 44, 136, 366
Prohibition comments, 415, 544
Prohibition conspiracy indictment, 418–419, 464, 493–494
Prohibition guilty plea, 398, 402, 406, 407–410, 418
psychotic break, 82, 530–531. See also syphilis
public celebrity of, 175, 189, 221–223, 243–244, 250–251, 334, 340, 341, 366–373, 375, 380–383, 396–397, 398, 423, 461, 479, 486–489, 499, 537–538
Public Enemy Number One, 256–257, 342, 373, 388, 530
public persona, 73–74, 79, 81, 86, 92, 94, 117, 127, 139–142, 219–220, 243, 254–255, 257, 283–285, 305, 334–337, 342, 380–383, 385, 414–417, 433–434, 455–456, 476–477
public spotlight with style, 6, 18, 22, 138, 183, 251, 339, 396–397
released from Alcatraz, 530
“Scarface,” 7–8, 21, 72, 73, 176, 250, 278, 284, 334, 424, 427, 453, 479, 499
shooting himself, 152–153
“Snorky,” 278, 421
soup kitchen, 302–305, 340, 372, 456
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 5, 8, 178–183, 184, 185–186, 245–247
subpoenaed for Chicago Heights, 186–191, 338
subpoenaed for vagrancy, 341–342
tax evasion, 190, 205, 235, 244, 247–248, 267, 330–331
tax evasion guilty plea, 384, 396–401, 406, 407–410, 418
tax evasion indictment, 331, 385–388, 390, 398, 410–411
tax evasion jury deliberation, 453–457
tax evasion plea bargain, 386, 388–389, 392, 395–396, 400–403, 404, 405–408, 410–412, 496
tax evasion sentencing, 405–412
tax evasion settlement attempt, 248–250, 295–297, 430–431, 433, 444, 450
tax evasion testimony, 406–407
tax trial, 404, 410, 418–419, 422, 426–439, 440, 445–449, 534
tax trial appeal, 426, 443, 458, 460, 469, 485–486, 496–497
tax trial closing statements, 449–453
tax trial jury selection, 423–426, 440
tax trial money loss strategy, 444–445, 449
tax trial pushed Capone out, 518–519
tax trial sentencing, 458–461, 497
tax trial verdict, 456–459, 546
Torrio relationship, 18–19, 27, 59. See also Torrio, John
vagrancy warrant, 297–298, 300, 304, 306, 334, 341–342, 345
World Motor Service Company front, 413
Capone, Erminia (sister), 15–16
Capone, Erminio (Mimi; brother), 15, 380, 488
Capone, Frank (Salvatore; brother), xxiii
to America, 14
Cicero, 51–53, 54
death, 54, 85
description, 46–47
Capone, Gabriel (Gabriele; father), 10, 13–14, 15–17, 27
Capone, James (Vincenzo; brother), 14, 17
Capone, Mafalda (sister)
appearance for reporter, 246
birth, 16
Capone at Eastern State, 221, 222
Capone tax trial, 443
Capone to Atlanta, 498
Palm Island, 380, 382, 383
Prairie Avenue, 81, 143
wedding, 333–334
Capone, Mary Josephine “Mae” (wife), xxiii, 106
appearance for reporter, 246
appearance in public, 106, 187
Capone in Cook County Jail, 472
Capone tax trial, 432, 443
Capone to Atlanta, 498
Capone to Eastern State, 216, 222
Capone’s mistresses, 141–142, 152–153
Mafalda wedding, 334
marrying Capone, 22–23
Palm Island, 144–145, 181, 252, 254, 285, 335, 380, 381, 383, 432
Prairie Avenue, 45, 81, 143
Sonny ear operations, 79–80, 81, 107
Sonny kidnapping fears, 486
Sonny teased about father, 115
syphilis, 23, 81, 145
Capone, Matthew (Amadoe; brother), 15, 498, 525
Capone, Ralph (Raffaele) “Bottles” (brother), xxiii, 226
arrest in Miami, 252
“Bottles,” 46
Capone supported by, 117, 181, 187, 213, 244, 248, 304, 530
Capone tax trial, 434–435, 446–447, 449, 497–498
Chicago syndicate, 374, 386
childhood, 14
Cicero, 51–53, 54–55, 62, 63, 261–262, 447
Cotton Club, 139, 236–239, 264–265, 277
Greyhound Inn, 236, 261, 264–265
Mafalda’s wedding, 334
Prohibition evidence report, 494
Prohibition indictment, 493
public enemy, 256–257
tax evasion, 205, 206, 262–263, 265, 338, 449
taxes on illegal income, 171–172, 206–207, 247
Wisconsin property, 142
Capone, Theresa Raiola (mother), 14, 15, 16, 45, 81, 143, 222, 380, 382, 383, 443, 470, 496, 498
Capone’s vault, 64, 537–538
“Caponeville,” 52, 84
Carey, Robert, 112, 147, 179, 487, 489
Carson, James, 171
Castro, Fidel, 539
Central Intelligence Agency, 539
Cermak, Anton J., xiii, xxvi, 337–338, 466, 510–511, 549
Chamberlin, Henry Barrett, 256
Chandler, Raymond, ix
Chapman, Lyle Bishop, xxviii
battering-ram truck, 356
Capone indictment credit, 398
to Detroit, 417
First National Bank office, 364
Outfit bribes and threats, 361–362
to Seattle, 325, 327–328
Untouchables evidence report, 390, 494–496
Untouchables formation, 317, 318–319, 321, 322
Chicago, xxi, 258, 528
1893 “White City” World’s Fair, 34, 524, 549
1932 Republican convention, 468
1933 Century of Progress Exposition, 109, 149, 230–235, 388, 458, 466, 510, 524–525, 526
Association of Commerce, 230–235, 508
bank failures, 503
beyond Capone, 528, 532–535, 541–542, 543
Capone as face of, 175, 184–185, 230, 257, 525, 532, 536, 542–545, 547
Capone burial, 531
Capone driven out, 115–117, 245–247, 306, 335–336
Capone moving to, 27, 35, 543
Capone tour, 528, 548–550
Chicago syndicate, 215–216, 248, 256, 374–376, 386, 463
“City of the Big Shoulders,” 547
civil suit over beer sales taxes, 496
Crime Commission, 149–151, 233, 256–257, 298, 466, 513, 538–539, 541
crime containment, 259, 263, 347, 350, 466, 468–469, 525–526
crime continues, 538–542
crime development, 23, 25, 36, 91, 98, 110–111, 149–150, 195–196, 229–231, 245, 274, 349–350, 467, 525
crime torn down, 528, 533–538
Daley as “Chicago personified,” 533
debt and unemployment, 467
gang borders, xxi, 95, 107, 215–217, 539
garlic on bullets, 77
Hooverville, 240
map of organized crime, xxi
Mrs. O’Leary exonerated, 546
Ness background, 30–31, 35–36, 547
Ness legacy, 545–548
Pineapple Primary, 145–147, 149
post-war Lost Generation, 65
Prohibition landmarks destroyed, 528, 533–538, 548–550
Prohibition Unit killings, 69
railway strike, 34
Randolph Street Station, 271, 272–273, 549
tallest building, 533
Untouchables raid outside the city, 509–510
Chicago Heights, xxv
Anthony Genna murder, 78
Capone sheltering at, 85–86, 118, 127
Capone subpoenaed, 186–191, 338
financial records seized, 170–171, 205, 239
grand jury witnesses, 161–163
murder capital of U.S., 166
Prohibition Bureau raids, 126–135, 154, 159–160, 162–166, 167–169, 205
Untouchables brewery raid, 358
Chicago Outfit (Torrio/Capone), xxiv
baseball bat banquet, xvi, 208, 209, 210–213, 218, 372, 543
beer business, 349–354, 389–390, 513
beer top brass, 322–323, 364, 369, 441, 510, 513
Bergmann submachine guns, 82. See also Thompson submachine guns
Capone as liability, 291, 311, 373, 375–376, 516, 517, 518, 531
Capone as titular head, 373, 374–376, 386
Capone burial, 531
Capone in Cook County Jail, 469–470, 472
Capone trial juror bribery, 423
Carey searched for, 487, 489
Castro assassination attempts, 539
Century of Progress, 525, 526
Cermak war, 510–511, 549