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 While some of the film's facts were twisted to fit a story (while Costner's Ness has a family, the real lawman was unmarried at the time), one notable sequence was inspired by a historical event. In May 1928, after learning that some of his accomplices were trying to murder him, Capone summoned them all to a meal, drank them all, and then beat each guy to death with a baseball bat. [([[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80310/11-rapid-fire-facts-about-untouchables|Mental Floss]])]
+===== Public Enemy NO. 1 =====
+On April 23, 1930, the Chicago Crime Commission, directed by attorney Frank J. Loesch, produced its first Public Enemies List, which included 28 men. Al Capone took first place. [([[https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/capone.html|Archive]])]
+===== Capone In Prison =====
+It wasn't Capone's bloodthirsty actions that landed him in jail; it was his refusal to pay the piper. Federal prosecutors contended that Capone had failed to pay income taxes between 1925 and 1929, and a jury convicted him guilty. Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $50,000 in fines and court expenses. Capone was also ordered to pay $215,000 in late taxes and interest. [([[https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone|FBI]])]
+===== Rock Islanders =====
+After serving the initial part of his term at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Capone was sent to the newly opened Alcatraz Island in August 1934. He was permitted to join the Rock Islanders, an inmate band, because of his exemplary behavior there. Capone was a banjo player. Capone is even rumored to have penned a song called "Madonna Mia."[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/letter-tells-what-al-capone-was-alcatraz-180960578/|Smithsonian Magazine]])]
+===== Syphilis =====
+Capone got syphilis in his early days in Chicago, most likely via a prostitute. He was not treated, and he developed neurosyphilis early in his tenure in Alcatraz. In February 1938, his strange behavior led to a diagnosis of syphilis of the brain. Capone was treated with a new medicine called penicillin after his parole, but his physical and mental health deteriorated. [([[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/infectious-disease-sprung-al-capone-alcatraz|PBS]])]
+===== Death =====
+On January 25, 1947, the 48-year-old former criminal died of heart failure in Florida. [([[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/infectious-disease-sprung-al-capone-alcatraz|PBS]])]
+{{tag>history crime}}

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