He stopped in Philadelphia while traveling from Atlantic City back to his home in Chicago in May, 1929. He was arrested outside a movie theater for carrying a concealed, unlicensed .38 caliber revolver. The Philadelphia courts were tough. They handed Capone the …

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.

May 6, 2019 · Years before tax evasion finally took down Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster served time for a slightly more fitting criminal charge: carrying a concealed, unlicensed .38 caliber...

Sep 16, 2021 · Capone was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and first served time at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. Despite strict convictions from the courts, Capone bribed the guards at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to get amenities that other prisoners were not privy to.

Jul 1, 2015 · Fortunately, Capone was cellmates with "Red" Rudensky, who was actually a small-time criminal apart of Capone's mob. Red, and a few other unknown prisoners, protected Capone.

Jun 22, 2015 · Featured above is Al Capone’s prison cell at the now-closed Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Capone spent nine months of his life there starting in May 1929, after he was convicted of carrying a concealed, deadly weapon.

Al “Scarface” Capone was arrested outside a Philadelphia movie theater in May 1929 for carrying a concealed, unlicensed .38 caliber revolver and handed a one-year sentence.

May 13, 2019 · For 20 years, visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia got a glimpse of how Al Capone may have lived while incarcerated there in 1929. But a new installation at the former prison...

They handed Capone the maximum sentence: one year in prison. Capone served eight months of that sentence in this cell. But while the Philadelphia courts tried to make an example of Chicago’s famous bootlegger, the officials at Eastern State Penitentiary were nothing if not generous.

Al Capone's brass candlestick telephone with Capone name and address on telephone label under the base. The telephone was used by Al Capone at 93 Palm Island before and after the St. Valentine's day massacre in communication with his accountant / business secretary Jake "Greasy thumb" Guzik.