Al Capone grew up somewhere in the middle of a big family. Hand me downs were a way of life, so it makes sense that as an adult he was eager to have not just his own underpants, but his own fancy underpants. After arriving in Chicago from his native Brooklyn, he worked his way up to being the most powerful mob boss in town. He was famous all over the country, but he never really worried about going to jail.
He always made sure there was no evidence connecting him to crimes, and though he was making money hand over fist, he never put it in the bank, and never paid taxes on it. Despite doing some terrible stuff, it was the boring crime of not paying taxes that would bring him down.
Without bank records, authorities had a hard time proving that he had lots of money, though. The solution was to bring the salesmen who sold him his most luxurious personal items to court for the trial. Even the man who sold him his silk underwear testified, which was a funny moment in an otherwise tedious trial. Once the salesman helped topple his empire, Capone spent his last years on laundry duty, washing other inmates underwear on Alcatraz Island.
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