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Q. What was his name?

Al Capone 2005-267-1
(_____ca. 1930.
Credit: Miami Police Department, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.)

 

The 1930’s brought a new resident to Miami. He was a well-known underworld figure from Chicago.  Many Miamians hoped he would go back to Chicago, but the gangster stood on his constitutional right and declared he was making Miami his home. *Come to the Historical Museum of Southern Florida’s new exhibit Crime in Miami!

 A. Al Capone

Posted at 06:49 AM on March 11, 2010 in History Question of the Week | Permalink

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