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Alphonse Capone and John Stege
X marks the spot

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Title
Alphonse Capone and John Stege
Description
Caption: "Alphonse Capone, released from a Philadelphia jail, set Chicago on its ears, when he appeared unheralded in the office of John Stege, Commissioner of Detectives, and blandly inquired if he was wanted for anything. Capone with his attorney was then escorted to the Federal building where the same question was put to the United States District Attorney. On the same night Gangdom banqueted the Big Fellow and the slogan was made "All for Al and Al for All." Text overlay on photograph reads: "What have you got on me Chief?"
Date
1930  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagogangwarsi00rock_0060.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagogangwarsi00rock#page/58/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagogangwarsi00rock
Language
eng
Subject
  • Police  
  • Organized crime  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • X marks the spot  
  • Chicago gang wars in pictures  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleAlphonse Capone and John Stege
DescriptionCaption: "Alphonse Capone, released from a Philadelphia jail, set Chicago on its ears, when he appeared unheralded in the office of John Stege, Commissioner of Detectives, and blandly inquired if he was wanted for anything. Capone with his attorney was then escorted to the Federal building where the same question was put to the United States District Attorney. On the same night Gangdom banqueted the Big Fellow and the slogan was made "All for Al and Al for All." Text overlay on photograph reads: "What have you got on me Chief?"
Date1930  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagogangwarsi00rock_0060.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagogangwarsi00rock#page/58/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagogangwarsi00rock
Languageeng
Subject
  • Police  
  • Organized crime  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • X marks the spot  
  • Chicago gang wars in pictures  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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