SCARFACE SURRENDERS TO FEDERAL AGENT, RELEASED ON $25,000 BOND
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On July 28, 1926, United Press reports that 'Scarface' Al Caponi* "surrendered to Federal Agent Pat Roche today" but was released on $25,000 bond "pending trial upon liquor charges."
Caponi had been wanted in connection with the murder of Assistant State's Attorney McSwiggin at Cicero last April.
On the day of the murder, Caponi was in a room at a Chicago hotel he was seen leaving with a machine gun and had not been seen since.
JFK+50 NOTE
We can find no reference online to Al Capone ever being referred to as Al Caponi, but it seems logical that this is the same person. AC's operations involved liquor and was based in Cicero, Illinois.
AC hated the nickname 'Scarface' & preferred 'Snorky' (spiffy or well-dressed) and 'Big Al.'
*Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947) was born in Brooklyn, New York & reigned for 7 years, 1925-1931, as crime boss of the Chicago "Outfit."
AGC was found guilty of income tax evasion in 1930 & entered penitentiary in 1932. He was released in 1939.
SOURCE
"'Scarface Al' Caponi Surrenders To Police," The Washington Daily News, July 28, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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