Al Capone spending. The key to Capone's conviction on tax charges was proving his income, and the most valuable evidence in that regard originated in his offer to pay tax. Ralph, his brother and a gangster in his own right, was tried for tax evasion in 1930. Ralph spent the next three years in prison after being convicted in a two-week trial over which Wilkerson presided. Capone ordered his lawyer to regularize his tax position. Crucially, during the ultimately abortive negotiations that followed, his lawyer stated the income that Capone was willing to pay tax on for various years, admitting income of
Frank Capone from a shop belonging to his North Side Gang rival, Dean O'Banion. Frank was interred at Mount Carmel Cemetery outside Chicago. The "Chicago Tribune" reported that the event was appropriate for, "...a fitting gentleman." Out of respect for his dead brother, Al Capone closed the gambling dens and speakeasies of Cicero for two hours during the funeral. Morgan Spector portrayed Frank Capone in the fourth season of the HBO television show "Boardwalk Empire". In the show, Frank is portrayed as charismatic and level-headed, often attempting to cool Al's temper. Frank Capone Frank Capone (July 16, 1895 – April 1, 1924)