He stopped
in Philadelphia while traveling from Atlantic City back to his home in Chicago
in May, 1929.
He was
arrested outside a movie theater for carrying a concealed, unlicensed .38
caliber revolver.
The
Philadelphia courts were tough.
They handed
Capone the maximum sentence: one year in prison.
Capone
served eight months of that sentence in this cell.
But while
the Philadelphia courts tried to make an example of Chicago’s famous
bootlegger, the officials at Eastern State Penitentiary were nothing if not
generous.
They allowed
Capone comforts not typically granted to inmates, including fine furniture,
oriental rugs, oil paintings and a fancy radio.
He liked to listen to waltzes
in his cell.
--easternstate.org
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