He called it Sweetheart, a Colt 1911 .45 semi-automatic pistol that gangster Al Capone always carried with him for protection. He said the gun saved his life many times. It was left to his wife, Mae, ...

Ninety years ago Friday, Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone admitted in federal court that he made as much as $100,000 a year, yet paid no tax. Collectors, institutions and crime connoisseurs are expected ...

Own Al Capone: The Chicago gangster’s favorite gun, diamond jewelry, bear-shaped humidor, family photos and more to be sold by his granddaughters at auction ...

He ruled the streets of Chicago through fear during most of the Prohibition era. Now, nearly 75 years after the death of the gangster Al Capone, some of his most prized possessions are up for sale.

Here's your chance to own something "Scarface" once held dear. Al Capone's three granddaughters are auctioning 174 items from the personal collection of "Public Enemy No. 1″ in October, the Chicago ...

Al Capone's family sold several of the infamous Chicago gangster's prized possessions over the weekend in California, collecting at least $3 million, according to the Chicago Tribune, the Associated ...

Al Capone may be one of the most well-known gangsters in U.S. history, and now some of his personal effects are going to be auctioned off in Sacramento. His granddaughter Diane Capone, who lives in ...

An unprecedented sale of Chicago gangster Al Capone’s belongings, which remained in the possession of his family for almost 75 years after his death, garnered more than $3.1 million Friday night. “A ...

LAS VEGAS — It was on a school playground where she learned her last name carries weight, when another girl pointed a finger at her and ordered the other kids to follow her. “Let’s go,” the girl said.

In 1920, New York native Al Capone arrived in Chicago and turned 21 the same day Prohibition was enacted. His nefarious acts became well documented in the Chicago Tribune starting with a car crash in ...