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AL CAPONE, American Gangster. An archive of items belonging to or related to Al Capon. (1) Signature, "Al Capone" on a 2-1/4" x 4-1/2" piece of tan paper, written in brown ink, no date, no place, Extremely Fine. (2) Cut Signature, "Eliot Ness" on a 2-3/4" x 4" piece of paper, written in brown ink, no date, no place, Extremely Fine. Ness was the lawman who secured the evidence which convicted Capone of tax evasion. (3) Signature, "Hymie Weiss" on part of an envelope postmarked April 10, 1925, Chicago, 2-3/8" x 5-3/4", in pencil, with pencilled notation, "for delivery 2 Boxes," Extremely Fine. Weiss was a gangster whose real name was Earl Wajciechowski; he had vowed revenge on Capone and Johnny Torrio (Capone's mentor), for the murder of Dion O'Banion, but Capone (after offering Weiss a profitable business deal for peace, which was rejected) had Weiss gunned down in 1926. (4) Capone's personal blackjack, 5-1/2" long, in black and tan leather. It was small enough to slip into a pocket, and the weight at the end would certainly get one's attention. (5 & 6) Capone's yellow, straightedge razor and razor strap. The razor is engraved, "Made in Germany, F.A. Koch & Co., New York," on one side, and "Blue Steel" on the other. The eyelet is still on the very worn razor strap, where it was hurriedly yanked off the bathroom wall. (7) An alligator purse, stamped inside, "Genuine Alligator, Made in Cuba, MAE CAPONE," 7" x 9-1/4" x 3", Fine. Al made numerous trips to Cuba to buy alcohol for his clubs. Mae Coughlin Capone was from a respectable, middle-class Irish family when she married Al in 1918. (8) An Art Deco glass toothpick holder, 2-3/8" x 1-5/8". (9) A brown leather dog collar monogrammed twice "A C", 19" inches long. Items 4-9 were part of a cache of items taken from Al Capone's suite at the Metropole Hotel by newspaperman Will Irwin during a police raid on the premises in the fall of 1927. In 1925 Capone had taken over Rooms 406-410 at the Metropole Hotel, at a cost of $1500 per day, shortly after Johnny Torrio (in jail in Waukegan) told Al that he wanted out of the business and turned over his assets to Al - nightclubs, whorehouses, gambling joints, breweries, and speakeasies - making Al a very powerful gangster. Irwin went into Capone's suite during the raid and grabbed several of Capone's personal effects, which he kept for years. He fell upon hard times in 1943 (he was an alcoholic) and was forced to pawn the items for cash. A photocopy of the Pawn Ticket from Block Jewelry & Loan Co., dated March 9, 1943, and signed by Will Irwin, is included. The ticket notes, "see attached sheet / Capone items"; a photocopy of this list is also included (we offer all of the items except the spoons and the keys). The pawn ticket expired on April 9, 1943; Irwin was not able to redeem the items, and a note in red pencil in the left margin of the ticket says: "Sold to Doc Ames." A very interesting archive of Capone-related items. (9 items)
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