Downfall of Alphonse Capone



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1931/10/24 Federal Judge James H Wilkerson sentences Alphonse Capone to an 11-year prison term for income tax evasion. Vicious and angry, Capone is held in the County Jail until Monday, to provide time for his attorneys to file a writ with the Court of Appeals.
1931/10/24 Al Capone signs in at Cook County Jail: weight as 255lbs, height 5ft 11ins, descent as Italian, religion Catholic, education 8th grade. Capone is held in Division I (lost) which once housed the state's original electric chair. Cook County Jail Complex, Chicago

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