Ralph Capone

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Ralph Capone
Born
Raffaele James Capone

(1894-01-12)January 12, 1894
mobster
Spouses
Florence Muscato
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(m. 1915; div. 1921)​
Velma Pheasant
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(m. 1923; div. 1938)​
Madeline Capone
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(m. 1951)​
Children1
Relatives
James Vincenzo Capone (brother)
Frank Capone (brother)
AllegianceChicago Outfit

Ralph James Capone (

mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. He got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the Capone bootlegging empire, but from his running the legitimate non-alcoholic beverage and bottling operations in Chicago. Further family lore suggests that the nickname was specifically tied to his lobbying the Illinois Legislature to put into law that milk bottling companies had to stamp the date that the milk was bottled on the bottle. He was most famous for being named by the Chicago Crime Commission "Public Enemy Number Three
" when his brother Al was "Public Enemy Number One".

Early life

Capone was born in 1894, in

Brooklyn
, living near the Navy yards.

On September 24, 1915 at the age of 21 he married Filomena (Florence) Muscato, age 17. They had a son, Ralph Gabriel Capone in 1917.

Life in Chicago

After the death of his father Gabriel in November 1920, Ralph was brought to Chicago by his younger brother, Al. His wife didn't want to move so Ralph took Ralph Jr. to Chicago where he was raised by his mother as her youngest child. Ralph Sr. returned to New York in 1921 and got a divorce decree from Florence on the charge of abandonment.

In 1923, he married for the second time to Velma Pheasant. They had no children and divorced in March 1938.[2]

Capone was placed in charge of the

1933 World's Fair. In April 1930, the elder Capone was included in Frank J. Loesch's Chicago Crime Commission
"Public Enemies" list. He was Public Enemy #3, while his brother Al was Public Enemy #1.

The entrance of Al Capone's mansion where Ralph Capone hosted several high-level Outfit conferences. The mansion was located at 93 Palm Ave. in Miami, Florida.

Following

illegal gambling and prostitution. In 1932, he was also convicted of tax evasion and served three years.[3]

In 1950, the

Kefauver Committee suggested otherwise. However in 1935 notorious West Side gangster Louis Alterie was forced to testify against Ralph on a tax evasion charge and a few weeks later was shot dead.[4] In the 1930s, Capone purchased a home and later managed a hotel/tavern in Mercer, Wisconsin. The hotel was named "The Rex Hotel" and the tavern was named, "Billy's Bar".[5]
After Capone's release from prison, he moved to Wisconsin and lived there until his death.

Death

On November 22, 1974, Capone died of natural causes in Hurley, Wisconsin. He was cremated at Park Hill Cemetery in Duluth, Minnesota. His ashes were buried at the Capone Family grave site by his granddaughter Deirdre in June 2008. He was survived by his wife Madeline, whom he had married in 1951.[6]

In popular culture

References

Notes

  1. ^ "The definition of Al Capone". Dictionary.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Oakland Tribune Newspaper Archives, Mar 10, 1938, p. 15". 10 March 1938.
  3. ^ Crime Library Archived December 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ISBN 0-306-80535-9
  5. ^ Travel Wisconsin Gangster Tour Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Domenick Lombardozzi Joins Boardwalk Empire, Unforgettable Adds Detective". Deadline Hollywood. 16 February 2013.

Bibliography

Further reading

External links
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