Some great points. What amazed me is how strong ricca and accardo felt for Capone. For them to be paying for his family up to the 60s long after capones death shows the respect the organisation had for him. In that treacherous life that is unheard of. But yes I agree with points above - sane or not there was no place for him taking an active role in the outfit - rackets had changed and his high celebrity profile would’ve made it impossible. He is literally the most famous gangster ever internationally and it was the same then. He would’ve collected his pension and cashed in tons of investments/stashes that he would’ve remembered with his mind intact.
I completely agree. The old guard under Ricca really took care of their own people and as you already said, even years after his death they still took care of his family and it wasnt just Capone and his family, but also the families of Nitto, Capezio and even some non-Ital leaders. It seems that with Riccas and Accardos approval, the main guys who were in charge for the "job" were Guzik and later Humphreys. But we must not forget that they supported only the families which really needed help, meaning there were situations (like in Nittos or Campagnas case, dont remember) when the families werent able to find the hidden cash of their deceased ones and so they needed help from the Outfit.
And when the younger generation under Giancana came on the scene, they stopped supporting Capones and other families of deceased members and associates, although some more influential members continued to send support on their own. When one of Alexs close associates died and left his family in poverty, at the funeral Alex passed his hat and collected a good amount of cash for them, or when Battaglia became boss he allegedly financially supported the wife of the late Capezio. And I also want to say that even though he was only 2 years older then Giancana, still it seems that Accardo was way more "old school" and followed the rules.
I also agree regarding your statement about Capone, meaning his time was over and there wasnt much space in the Outfit for him anymore and was probably going to end up semi-retired boss either in Wisconsin together with his brother Ralph, or in Miami.
Interesting to note is that the old guard under Capone went through so much stress and paranoia during the 1920s and 30s, and thats why most of them died of natural causes by the 1950s (Fischetti, D'Andrea, Heeney, Maddox, Hunt, Ammiratto, Campagna, Guzik, Roti Sr etc.) and rarely reached the 7th decade of their lives, except for "few" guys like Ricca, LaPorte, Prio or Ralph Capone who all died during the early 1970s. My point is that maybe Capone was going to die the same way as his old cohorts during the 50s...just saying.