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To: VanShuyten

Tertiary syphilis so ravaged the brain of Al Capone that he was released from Alcatraz early, having been deemed no longer a threat to society. He could no longer organize a crime.

Confused, he spent his declining years at his Florida mansion daily casting a fishing line into his swimming pool.


51 posted on 04/25/2015 1:21:15 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: elcid1970

I didn’t know that about Capone. At my house he’d catch my pool liner and not be my favorite person. :>)


53 posted on 04/25/2015 1:23:04 PM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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