Alphonse Gabriel Capone, aka Al Capone, became one of the most notorious gangsters during the Prohibition era as the boss of the Chicago Mafia, ultimately serving 6 ¹/₂ years for tax evasion.
One of the mob boss’ earliest criminal convictions was for carrying a concealed weapon in Philadelphia.
Gary Zimet of Moments in Time is now selling a piece of that criminal history. “It is a record of his first arrest for carrying a gun. He spent 8 months in jail for it.”
The item will be auctioned for $195,000 on MomentsInTime.com.
The year was 1929 and the official document lists Capone’s age as 30 at the time of his arrest. He received the maximum sentence of one year in prison for the crime. Also known by the nickname Scarface, Capone went on to become a highly ranked bootlegger and racketeer.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 48.