Jonathan Eig

So how do you keep track of all that?

He's got a good accountant.

But still, it's so easy to skim money.

It's so easy to fake the books.

And he's got to be able to rule with an iron fist in that if someone screws you, you go after them.

If somebody tries to cut in on your turf, you go after them.

But even so, there's no way he can keep track of what's happening in this vast criminal enterprise of his.

I think Capone thought of himself, first of all, as a businessman.

He felt like he had moved beyond being a thug to being this businessman because he was operating this incredibly large, loose knit organization and somehow making it all work.

And, you know, obviously, violence was required sometimes to rein in or to erase problems.

That's why he dressed the way he did.

He wanted to be seen as a serious businessman in this new wild era where money was being made in incredible sums.

Think about what was happening with the stock market, right?

That too is out of control, but seems like it's just going to keep going and going and going.

And he felt the same way that this business is crazy and chaotic, but the money is coming in so fast and so easy that I just got to keep riding that wave.

I think that's right.

actually becomes a strength because it's almost impossible to prove that he's involved in anything.

And that becomes the big challenge when they seek to make a case against him.

You know, you can break down the door of a brewery and chop up the barrels with axes, but you're not going to find paperwork in there that says...

Al Capone's take on this month's sales is X amount.