http://gangsterreport.com/al-capones-golden-years-the-final-chapter-of-chicagos-scarface/

a article about al capons last years


good article scott

Capone carried out at least two murders while in Brooklyn, before he came to Chicago. The only murder he carried out with his own hands was of Joe Howard, a local punk who had slapped around Jake Guzik, Capone's close friend and mentor when he came to Chicago. He baseball-batted Anselmi,Scalise and Giunta, but they were still breathing afterward. Tony Accardo and Jack McGurn allegedly dispatched them.

By the way, is it a sure thing they were killed with baseball bats or is it a legend? I read somewhere there were only bullet wounds, but don't remember the article and it might have been misinformation.

I can't find any information on frank nitti's funeral, i would love to know who attended

The baseball bat account is accepted by all of Capone's biographers. But, like every other piece of Mob lore, there's no actual record we can check. It's difficult to do scholarship on gangsters because they aren't the types to leave their collected papers and letters to college and university libraries so people like us can study them.

I in diedra capone book(al capones niece)she said ralph told her that al actually faked an argument with an outfit guy to see if the rumor about anslemi and scalise was true...when the outfit guy stormed out of the room mad one of the rats followed him and included him in on the plot to kill capone, and the guy went back and told capone and they put the plan in action

Nobody went except family.
Trib Nitti Funeral Article

http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id132.htm

The beating story came after the bodies were found. An unidentified informant told the police. According to some accounts, this is how Accardo got his name "Joe Batters."

Thanks

Here's a video link that shows the bodies of Anselmi and Scalise as well as some various footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93vFXA1qMo