Jonathan Eig

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434 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 18 Feb

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American History Tellers · St. Valentines Day Massacre: Closing In On Capone | 3 · 18 Feb 2026 podcast

No, you're not going to do that.

But it presents a new question for Capone.

What's he going to do if the IRS comes knocking?

And then they do come knocking.

First, they come after his brother.

His brother is persuaded to fill out a tax return, claiming some income.

And the Internal Revenue Bureau, as it was called at the time, uses that to build a case against Ralph Capone.

And then Al is next in their sights.

What's the second thing?

So as Capone is rising to power and gaining fame and the federal government is having a hard time putting him away, remember, crime at this point is enforced almost entirely by local law enforcement officers.

The federal government doesn't go after local criminals.

That's the police department's job.

But the police department won't go after Capone.

So now the feds are thinking, how do we do this?

The FBI is still a new organization that's not famous for going after local criminals.

That's coming later.

So as the feds begin to think about how to go after Capone, they turn to the U.S.

attorney for Chicago.

His name is George E.Q.

Johnson, in part because he's unbribable.

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