In a tactical ploy, Capone was ambushed leaving him unhurt but unable to work as he needed time to rest. A little over one week later, in January of 1925, Torrio was shot several times by a hitman on his return home from a shopping plaza. Despite surviving the assassination attempt, Torrio was shaken and resigned as the leader leaving the reigns to Capone, who at just 26 years of age became the new boss of Chicago’s largest crime syndicate. Similar to Winston Churchill, the cigar was a big part of his persona, and it’s one of the first things that comes to mind when picturing Capone. The End of an Era Capone Dead At 48. Dry Era Gang Chief". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010 . Retrieved March 12, 2010. Al Capone, ex-Chicago gangster and prohibition era crime leader, died in his home here tonight. Almost immediately photos of the dead victims leaked to the press and Capone was blamed outright for the massacre putting an end to his previously stellar public reputation. Within days Capone was summoned to testify before a grand jury on violations of federal prohibition law, but he refused, claiming he was unwell and could not leave his home.

As a prison in Alcatraz, Capone’s health began to rapidly decline and the neurosyphilis began to erode his mental stability. Now, in the last year of his sentence, he spent the majority of it in the prison’s infirmary confused and mentally unstable. On January 6, 1939, Capone was released from Alcatraz and transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island to serve out his concurrent sentence for contempt of court. He was paroled later that year on November 16th. Sandler, Gilbert (August 30, 1994). "Al Capone's hide-out". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014 . Retrieved July 23, 2014.a b c Collins, Max Allan; Schwartz, A. Brad (2018). Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 978-0062441942. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020 . Retrieved January 3, 2019. Wendt, Lloyd; Herman Kogan (1953). Big Bill of Chicago. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill. pp.232–244.

Schoenberg, Robert J (1992). Mr Capone. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 238. ISBN 0688089410. Webley, Kayla (April 28, 2010). "Top 10 Parolees". Time.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014 . Retrieved July 23, 2014. a b Iorizzo, Luciano J. (2003). Al Capone: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0313323171– via Internet Archive. Gang Bullets Again Riddle the Aiello Brothers Bakery". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. January 5, 1928. p.3. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014 . Retrieved January 23, 2021. So I think it's very much a possibility, but I think right now - especially given his professed love of Margaret Thatcher - I think the Falklands are safe and I think we will see a much more domestically-focused foreign policy."Kinsley, Philip (October 19, 1931). "U.S. jury convicts Capone". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p.1. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017 . Retrieved October 28, 2017. Keefe, Rose (2005). The Man Who Got Away: The Bugs Moran Story: A Biography. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 1581824432. . Informer is Slain by Chicago Gunmen; Julius Rosenheim, in Police Pay 20 Years, Is Shot Down Near His Home. Revenge Believed Motive, Two Members of the Capone Gang Are Arrested and Bullets Will Be Compared. Men Kill Him and Flee". The New York Times. February 2, 1930. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021 . Retrieved January 23, 2021. Capone's parents had eight other children: James Vincenzo Capone, who later changed his name to Richard Hart and became a Prohibition agent in Homer, Nebraska; Raffaele James Capone, also known as Ralph Capone or "Bottles", who took charge of his brother's beverage industry; Salvatore "Frank" Capone; Ermina Capone, who died at the age of one; Ermino "John" Capone; Albert Capone; Matthew Capone and Mafalda Capone. Ralph and Frank worked with Al Capone in his criminal empire. Frank did so until his death on April 1, 1924. [8] Ralph ran Capone's bottling companies (both legal and illegal) early on and was also the front man for the Chicago Outfit until he was imprisoned for tax evasion in 1932. [9] At the same time he is a good example that it takes more to be a gentleman than just nice clothes. No matter how nice a criminal dresses and how elegant he portrays himself, he will remain a criminal.