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I'm really interested in the Al Capone story now. That part was very well written.
by wcchandler 12y ago
I'm really interested in the Al Capone story now. That part was very well written.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoReminds me of something from the Now I Know newsletter.
- pfisch 12y agoYeah that story conveniently left out the part where he had neuro-syphilis and was slowly becoming more and more retarded. At the end he had the intelligence of like a 4 year old. I doubt he was all there when this was going down.
- gwern 12y agoLooking at WP, I think they overstate the importance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Trials It sounds like various local governments just began throwing the book at him on any charges they could trump up, until negotiations with the IRS went terribly wrong and they had an admission of his income levels which they could use against him and make real charges stick. (And then syphilis meant he was no longer a threat.)