Jonathan Eig

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

was really flawed in many ways.

Capone gets railroaded, but Georgie Q. Johnson is determined that he's going to get Capone and he determines that the only way to do that finally is income tax evasion.

That's the only charge that he thinks they can make stick.

The letter from Capone's lawyer admits some income.

So Capone lists his income for the past several years, something like a quarter of a million dollars.

And I think the letter's intent is that they're going to try to come to an agreement, that they're going to have a fine, that they'll pay some back taxes, and Capone will be off the hook.

I think that's what Capone and his lawyers are shooting for here.

And he does this because he doesn't want to end up in prison like his brother.

But the IRS or the Internal Revenue Bureau, it was called at the time, says, thanks for the information.

We'll get back to you.

And they don't want to make a deal.

In fact, they're going to use this admission to build a case against him.

Well, first of all, some of it's the fault of his lawyers.

His lawyers should have said that, you know, in advance that this agreement can't be used as evidence against us, right?

If we were going to submit some estimates of our income, this should not be used against us later if you're going to try to charge us with income tax evasion.

So that's a big mistake.

And maybe Capone's lawyers could have gotten that thrown out as evidence, saying that this was part of an attempt to reach a settlement and not an admission of actual income.

But one of the

problems Capone had is that he didn't hire the right lawyers in many instances.

He hired people who had been so successful for him over the years in dealing with criminal cases, criminal charges, but not experts in tax law.

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