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Al Capone is now inmate number 40,886...
Al Capone is now inmate number 40,886...
Item # 704513
May 05, 1932
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 5, 1932 The front page has one column headlines noting: "CAPONE TAKES UP ROUTINE AT PENITENTIARY" "Listed in Atlanta as Convict No. 40,886".
The article begins: " 'Scarface Al' Capone began a new life today as convict No. 40886 in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary. He was just another prisoner, one of 3100, as he was put through examinations to see where he would fit in as a cog in the prison machinery..." with much more.
Complete in 16 pages, irregular at the blank spine from disbinding, otherwise good condition.
Category: The 20th Century