Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago's Private War Against Capone

by Dennis E. Hoffman

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Dennis E. Hoffman reveals for the first time how a handful of private citizens brought Al Capone to justice by outsmarting him rather than outgunning him.

Hoffman reconstructs privately sponsored citizen initiatives directed at nailing Capone. These private ventures included prosecuting the gangsters responsible for election crimes during the Pineapple Primary; establishing a crime lab to assist in gang-busting; underwriting the costs of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:080931925X

ISBN13:9780809319251

Release Date:November 1993

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

20th Century Biographies Criminology Historical History Organized Crime Social Sciences State & Local True Accounts True Crime

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