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Al Capone freed from prison....
Al Capone freed from prison....
Item # 717113
November 17, 1939
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 17, 1939
* Al 'Scarface" Capone freed from prison
* Chicago gangster becomes a free man
* Best publication to be had ? (very rare as such)
The front page has a one column heading: "CAPONE, BROKEN AND ILL; FREED; PUT IN HOSPITAL" with small photo of Capone. (see images) Great to have from the city where he ruled the underground for years.
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: On November 16, 1939, Al Capone was released from federal custody after serving over seven years of an 11-year sentence for tax evasion. His health had severely declined in prison due to neurosyphilis, leaving him mentally and physically debilitated. Capone had served time at Atlanta Penitentiary and Alcatraz before being transferred to Terminal Island and eventually paroled. Following his release, he retired to his Palm Island estate in Florida, where he lived quietly until his death in 1947.
Category: The 20th Century
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