- Chicago Historical Society: Al Capone
Explores the notorious gangster's past with biography, photographs, and artifacts.
www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html
- Saint Valentine's Day Massacre@
Learn about St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the shooting of seven people during a conflict between criminal gangs in Chicago on February 14, 1929. Sites include background information, crime details, and articles about how Al 'Scarface' Capone and 'Bugs' Moran's mobster gangs fought each other in the infamous Prohibition Era conflict.
dir.yahoo.com/.../1920s/Saint_Valentine_s_Day_Massacre
- Al Capone Museum
Includes articles about Alphonse Capone, photo galleries, and a profile of his wife, Mae.
www.alcaponemuseum.com
- FBI Famous Cases: Alphonse Capone
Details Capone's criminal career and law enforcement efforts to prosecute him.
www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/capone/capone.htm
- FBI Files: Al (Alphonse) Capone
Documents related to the Bureau's investigation of the gangster between 1929 and 1931.
foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/capone.htm
- Al Capone: Made in America
Biography examining Al Capone's youth and rise to power, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, his imprisonment, and his death in seclusion in Florida.
www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/index_1.html
- About.com: Al Capone Quizzes
Offers a two quizzes dealing with the Chicago mobster Al Capone.
chicago.about.com/library/weekly/aa042301a.htm
- Al Capone Verdict
National Archives and Records Administration exhibit featuring the verdict from Capone's 1931 trial for tax evasion.
www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/capone.html
- New York Times: Capone Dead At 48; Dry Era Gang Chief
1947 New York Times obituary for gangster Al Capone.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0117.html
- About.com: 20th Century History - Al Capone
Directory of web sites dedicated to Al Capone, the famous gangster who ruled Chicago's organized crime during the second half of the 1920s.
history1900s.about.com/cs/caponeal
- Nitti, Frank (1884-1943)@
Learn about Frank Nitti, or Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, the American gangster and one of the top henchmen of Al Capone. Sites offer biography, crime profile, photos, and articles about the barber turned mobster who led the Chicago mafia after the arrest of Al Capone.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mafia/Nitti__Frank__1884_1943_
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