4.2.4 Al Capone 2

In 1930 Capone was Public Enemy No.1 in Chicago.

A year later he was arrested for failure to pay taxes.

The government had finally found a way to catch him.

After a trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

He spent the first two years of his sentence at a prison in Atlanta, Georgia.

Then he was sent to Alcatraz, the country's most famous prison.

He was found guilty of tax evasion.

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At Alcatraz, he was diagnosed with a disease that began to take over his brain.

As a result, he spent much of his time in the prison hospital.

by the time he was released from prison in 1939, he was no longer able to lead his organization.

He died of a stroke and pneumonia in 1947.

The largest portion of its income was from the illegal sales of liquor.

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