His brothers visited him in alcatraz and they were involved in organized crime so its possible he sent messages through them, al cliamed he was retired before he went to alcatraz but it was just a ploy to get the fuzz off of his back, most people who got syfilis back then didnt die from it, capone was in good health until about 37 when the prison started injecting lead into his body cause they was afraid that he would get out and run his empire, after capone was released from the hospital in baltimore he held mafia meetings at ralph capone getaway retreat in wisconstin, capone wad semi retired and he let the guys in chicago run the day to day business of it

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The chins daughter saw parts of him that the fbi, media, and alot of gangsters never saw

Seriously . Would you quote the Chins daughter's book for information on him?

I haven't read the book in question, but family members can provide info on a person's private life, not necessarily organized crime. If she debunks the idea that he was "nutty as a fruitcake" after alcatraz, then that's saying something, but personally I doubt he was involved anymore.

The outfit members that was the closest to capone never flipped, the few that have was so low level or had absolutely no contact with al to know anything, and as far as his family goes do u remember rthe capone brother that ran away? Well his son said in an interview that he remember seeing capone holding meetings with chicago gangsters, and if u read his grandniece (diedra capone) book "my uncle al" she said he use to visit his mother in chicago and meet with chicago gangsters in her house, and she also said after dinner al capone and his brothers use to go to a separate room and look over the gambling books, and as far as the fbi goes they knew capone was up to something they just could'nt prove it, just like chin was boss and it tooked years before they could prove it, the fbi is always 1 step slow, its not blind faith its facts

I know Deirdre Capone as well as several other people who have families going way back in the Outfit. Also have numerous FBI files on the Outfit and years of personal research I have done in and on Chicago. Relatives, unless they were made members themselves, for the most part can only provide personal information that is pertinent to familial relationships and genealogical facts. Organized crime related info is usually not shared with biological relatives unless there is a specific reason to do so, but normally wives and children are not privy to those details.

As for Capone meeting with Outfit members after he came out of prison...yes, of course since he was friends with many of them and continued to have their respect. Deirdre Capone said that Capone's syphilis was under better control than the newspapers were aware of, but his memory was not what it had been before and there is absolutely nothing to indicate he had any power or influence in Outfit decisions after he got out of prison nor did have any control while in Alcatraz. As for your comparison to Chin, although the FBI did not realize how early he came to be the central authority in the Genovese Family it was aware that he was a significant player. Capone simply was not the secret boss of the Outfit after he went to Alcatraz.

even if u disagree with me u have to admit that thier is more to capone than the media is saying

I don't claim to be an expert but I tend to think Capone was a bit overrated. Yea he made the headlines and was the first high profile boss but his time at the top was pretty short. I would say guys like Murray Humphreyes and Paul Ricca were closer to the Gigante model of staying under the radar.