August 22, 1934:  Al Capone Arrives at Alcatraz On this day in 1934, American gangster and mob boss Alphonse Capone began serving his 10-year sentence at the newly opened United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island for income tax evasion.  Capone led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate specializing in smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities from the early 1920’s to 1931. Watch a clip from Ken Burns’s Prohibition about Al Capone’s downfall.
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August 22, 1934:  Al Capone Arrives at Alcatraz

On this day in 1934, American gangster and mob boss Alphonse Capone began serving his 10-year sentence at the newly opened United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island for income tax evasion. 

Capone led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate specializing in smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities from the early 1920’s to 1931.

Watch a clip from Ken Burns’s Prohibition about Al Capone’s downfall.

Source: to.pbs.org

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