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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Mercer and the Capone Family
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:30
	Publish Date:		2021-06-09 10:25:09
	Description:		One of the more colorful aspects of Northwoods history is that 1930s-era gangsters such as Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger spent time in the region. But they were just visitors. One famous gangster from that era found the Northwoods so appealing that he made it his permanent home. Al Capone was the crime boss of Chicago during the Prohibition era and remains one of the most recognizable names in Chicago gangland history. Nevertheless, while Al was the most notorious of the Capone family, it was his older brother Ralph who made the longest-lasting impression on the Northwoods. Ralph Capone was born in 1894 in the Italian province of Campania. His family immigrated to the United States while he was still an infant and arrived at Ellis Island in 1895. The Capone family settled in Brooklyn, which is where Ralph and his eight siblings grew up. By 1920, Al Capone had already moved to Chicago to become part of the organized crime mob known as the Chicago Outfit. He invited
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