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Mobsters and MLB players made this Arkansas restaurant the place to be in the early 20th century, and it's still serving ...
On Oct. 17, 1931, Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion. ... Al Jr., get Chicago Cubs’ Gabby Hartnett to autograph a baseball on Sept. 9, 1931.
American Stories profiles Al Capone, the Prohibition-era face of organized crime. Hailed as an anti-hero, feared as a cold-blooded crime lord, Al Capone’s bootlegging exploits, celebrity and ...
Al Capone sent rocking horses to my uncle, even said in one of the letters that wished he could be my uncle's baseball manager. At the age of five, he said, "That little slugger all grew up." ...
Al Capone was a complex figure. Loved by many, feared by others and hated by those whose lives he destroyed, he was certainly no hero, but nor was he a comic book villain.
Al Capone's favorite pistol, jewelry, furniture to be auctioned off 06:37. A pistol that the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone nicknamed "sweetheart" is once again up for auction.
In addition, Raines said gangsters like Al Capone would rent out the fourth floor of the Arlington Hotel for six weeks at a time and watch the spring training for Major League Baseball.
Al Capone's Hideaway When the heat gets too close, every mobster has a hideout. Chicago's Al Capone had plenty. Now one of Capone's get-aways is up for auction, ...
Al Capone's Patek Philippe pocket watch will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in June, carrying a pre-sale estimate of $80,000-$160,000. The watch was passed down through generations of the ...
This photo taken Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas shows a Colt .45-caliber pistol that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone. It is going on display for the first time at the Mob Museum in Las ...
The bat-wielding image was reminiscent of an infamous scene in the 1987 film “The Untouchables,” in which mob boss Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro, menacingly walks around a banquet table ...
Debris is removed from Al Capone’s former mansion on Palm Island in Miami Beach on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The Chicago crime boss bought the 30,000-square-foot Miami Beach property for $40,000 in ...