1.” But it was also the bizarre nature of Al Capone’s death that further differentiated him from his peers. While he was ...

Al Capone got an icy reception when he arrived in Miami Beach in 1928. Whether he was winter-weary like other Northern tourists was immaterial; Miami saw him as a blight on its reputation.

Said Chairman Crosby, famed for his personal newspaper advertisements against Prohibition (TIME, Feb. 16): “If invited, I will go to Chicago to meet Al Capone in his own territory, without gun p ...

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the ... Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.