He was one of America’s most notorious gangsters, famous for running a multi-million-dollar Chicago operation in gambling, bootlegging and prostitution in the 1920s, and inspiring countless books and films, including Scarface. But who was the real Al Capone, what crimes did he commit, and how did he die?
Pauline Boty: A Portrait, which is running at the Gazelli Art House in west London , is displaying several of her works, including one which celebrates the rise of communist Cuba.
With dice rolling across the craps table at Medinah Temple, it may be worthwhile to recall that unsanctioned gambling long flourished in Chicago, giving rise to Patrick Healy’s admonition when legal casinos in Chicago were discussed in 1983. “You might as well bring back Al Capone,” said the head of Chicago’s Crime Commission. Capone died in 1947. But the Tribune’s archives are replete with .
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