Al Capone plays cards in a train compartment in October 1931 during his transport to prison to serve a sentence for tax evasion. ... which Capone tried to relieve by playing banjo and mandola, ...

Al Capone’s banjo-playing ghost that still haunts the halls of Alcatraz ... His final days at his home in Miami were spent fishing, playing cards, and dipping into insanity. On January 25, ...

In 1934, Alcatraz Prison, situated on a small island off the coast of San Francisco, California, opened. Until 1963, “The Rock” was home to more than 1,500 hardened criminals, including Al ...