Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago's Private War Against Capone

by Dennis E. Hoffman

Book Overview

Dennis E. Hoffman reveals for the first time how a handful of private citizens brought Al Capone to justice by outsmarting him rather than outgunning him.

Hoffman reconstructs privately sponsored citizen initiatives directed at nailing Capone. These private ventures included prosecuting the gangsters responsible for election crimes during the Pineapple Primary; establishing a crime lab to assist in gang-busting; underwriting the costs of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080931925X
• ISBN13: 9780809319251
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"