Al Capone in 1932 in a Pullman railroad car on his way to prison in Atlanta after a prolonged court battle. At right is U.S. Marshal H.C.W. Laubenheimer, who accompanied Capone. (Chicago Tribune ...

Al Capone’s name has become synonymous with Prohibition-era gang violence. Like many outlaws of the era, he is today romanticized as a mob legend, Capone’s actual climb to the top in 1920s ...