Al Capone's Trip to Alcatraz



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Y/M/D Description Place
1932/05/03 Under heavy guard, Capone is escorted to a special Pullman car on the Dixie Flyer in Chicago. "What do I think about it all? Well, I'm on my way to do eleven years ... I'm not sore at anybody but I hope Chicago will be better off..." - AC Dearborn Station, Chicago
1932/05/03 Three hoboes are found hiding on the engine when the Dixie Flyer stops two miles south of Watseka for coal and water. The hoboes, having no machine guns or other murderous weapons, convince the detectives they were not planning to free Capone. Watseka Union Depot, Watseka
1932/05/03 Al Capone is shackled to a auto thief named Vito Morici in Drawing Room A, Pullman car 48, on The Dixie Flyer. In the night, Capone puts on his "glove silk blue pajamas" and climbs into an upper berth with Morici.
1932/05/04 On his arrival to US Penitentiary, Atlanta, Al Capone is diagnosed as neurosyphilitic on the basis of an Argyll-Robertson pupil. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
1932/10/24 The Federal Government files liens against Capone's $40,000 Winter home (Razed 2023) at 93 Palm Ave in Miami Beach, Fla, and three safety deposit boxes in a Chicago bank. His wife, Mrs Mae Capone, is named in the liens with him.
1934/08/00 L and N Steam locomotive No 152 pulls Al Capone's train from Mobile to New Orleans on his way to Alcatraz Prison L and N Steam Locomotive No 152, New Haven
1934/08/22 Alphonse Capone arrives at Alcatraz, cell No 433. His mental and physical health are declining due to syphilis. Alcatraz, San Francisco

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