00:00October 17, 1931. In Chicago, the federal court convicts Alphonse Capone of aggravated tax
00:07evasion. Undisputed crime lord of Michigan feared Prohibition-era boss. Capone had amassed a
00:13clandestine fortune thanks to a constellation of frontmen who covered his legitimate businesses,
00:17in which he laundered the proceeds of his criminal activities. Sentenced to 11 years in prison,
00:23Capone initially enjoyed various privileges at the Atlanta penitentiary, but he was later
00:28transferred to Alcatraz, where he was diagnosed with syphilis. Released for health reasons,
00:33he would die in Miami in 1947.
