Daily Alaska Empire, 24 October 1931, page 1: 'Scarface' Al Capone given eleven years
‘SCARFACE’ AL CAPONE GIVEN ELEVEN YEARS
- Paper
- The Daily Alaska Empire (Juneau, Alaska)
- Date
- 1931-10-24
- Page
- Page 1
- Headline
- ‘SCARFACE’ AL CAPONE GIVEN ELEVEN YEARS
- Rights
- Post-1930 issue. The Library of Congress title record for this newspaper states that it is believed to be in the public domain or to have no known copyright restrictions; this archive treats that statement as a no known restrictions mark, on the editor's decision of 12 October 2026, pending a renewal check. The story is wire copy; the page image is used as a record of the issue.
Front page of the Daily Alaska Empire, Juneau, Saturday, 24 October 1931. The masthead reads “Member of Associated Press”; the story carries a “CHICAGO, Ill., Oct. 24” dateline and no separate credit line. The decks read “Is Also Fined Fifty Thousand Dollars and Prosecution Costs,” “IS SENTENCED FOR NOT PAYING TAX,” and “Chicago Gangster Will Serve Time in Leavenworth Penitentiary.”
The story opens: ““Scarface” Al Capone, Chicago gangster, was today sentenced by Judge James A. Wilkerson to eleven years for income tax evasion and also fined $50,000. He was also ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution.” It reports that the judge denied a motion in arrest of judgment and bail, that the defense filed notice of appeal, and that Capone remained in the custody of the United States Marshal.
The judge’s middle initial is printed “A.” on the page. The deck’s statement about where he would serve was the paper’s expectation on the day. This archive takes the sentence and the place of imprisonment from the federal court and prison records filed separately, not from this page.