American Cops and Robbers - The Real Deal Quiz

Answer: Frank J. Wilson

In 1928, Wilson, a top agent of the Treasury Department Bureau of Internal Revenue was assigned by Bureau Chief Elmer L. Irey to investigate Al Capone for tax evasion. A 1927 Supreme Court ruling declared that any income from criminal activities must be subject to income taxed. Capone was known to be involved in bootlegging, illegal gambling, and various other illegal activities, but never filed an income tax return or provided any proof of income or expenditures.
Wilson launched what was to become a three year investigation into the financial affairs of Al Capone. The investigation involved having federal agents infiltrate the financial organization of Capone, known as the "Chicago Outfit", and the tracking down of former bookkeepers and accountants of Capone's mob. The investigation revealed several millions of dollars in unreported income. Capone was tried for income tax evasion, convicted, and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Wilson continued his career in law enforcement, and in 1936, was named to the position of Chief of the United States Secret Service.

Answer: Chicago

The incident, dubbed by the press and the media as the Saint Valentine's Day massacre, took place on Thursday, February 14, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident involved the cold blooded execution of seven men as part of a "turf" war between rival criminal gangs in Chicago, during a prohibition era conflict. Involved was the South Side Italian gang, led by gangster Al Capone, and the North Side Irish gang, led by Dion O'Banion.
On that fateful morning, five members of the O'Banion gang were lured to the garage of the SMC Cartage Company, on Chicago's North side with the promise of purchasing a cut-rate shipment of bootlegged whiskey. At the location, two of Capone's men, dressed in the uniforms of Chicago police officers, had the five members of the O'Banion gang, a follower or "groupie" of the gang, and a mechanic, who was not affiliated with the gang, line up facing the wall of the garage. The men believed they were complying with lawful orders of the police The two phony police officers opened a side door and let in two other men, dressed in the style of undercover police officers, each carrying a Thompson sub-machine gun. Moments later, all seven of the men were gunned down in a hail of seventy bullets fired from the sub-machine guns. Two shotgun blast were fired by the phony uniformed police officers.
It was believed by Capone that O'Banion himself would be in attendance, and that the encounter would end with the elimination on O'Banion.
Capone went so far as to station lookouts outside of the building. When the members of the O'Banion gang arrived, one of the victims, Albert Weinshank, apparently was misidentified as O'Banion. Both men shared the same physical built, and Weinshank physically resembled the intended victim. This misidentification resulted in the lookout giving the signal that started the carnage.

Answer: Federal Law Enforcement Officers

These four men, along with Martin J. Lehart, Thomas Friel, Joseph Leeson, William Gardner, Micharl King, Jim Seeley, and Albert H. Wolff, comprised the elite unit of Bureau of Prohibition agents, lead by Eliot Ness, who became known as "The Untouchables".

Their moniker came as a result of the reputation of the agents as being fearless and totally incorruptible. Their primary mission was to stop the illegal activities of crime syndicate boss, Al Capone. The unit gather information about Capone's activities through wire taps, and conducted raids on Capone's beer and liquor empire including speakeasies, stills, and breweries. Ness reported the seizing of over one million dollars in breweries At the conclusion of the Al Capone case, the Untouchables were disbanded

Answer: George "Machine Gun" Kelly

In late September of 1933, Federal Agents were tipped off that George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and his wife, Katherine, who were wanted for crimes including kidnapping, were hiding out in a residence in Memphis, Tennessee.
In the early morning hours of September 26, 1933, Federal Agents, along with Memphis Police executed a raid on the residence. FBI Agents, along with Memphis police sergeant William Raney and Officer Thomas Waterson, surprised Kelly and his wife. Caught without his trademark weapon, Kelly supposedly cried out, "Don't shoot G-Men!, don't shoot G-Men, as he surrendered to FBI agents.
The term G-Men became synonymous with FBI agents, and soon became a part of American lexicon.
G-Men was an abbreviation for "government man".

Answer: 7 1/2 years

Al Capone, possible the most notorious crime figures of the 20th Century entered the United States Penitentiary (USP) Atlanta in May of 1932. He was later transferred to Alcatraz Prison, also known as "The Rock" in San Francisco Bay, and ended his confinement on November 16, 1939, after serving his final 10 months of confinement at the Federal Correction Institution at Terminal Island, near Los Angeles, California.
Capone, the leader of the Chicago Crime Syndicate in the 1920's and the 1930's was believed to have been involved in all aspects of organized crime, but was finally convicted by the Federal government only on charges of tax evasion.
To his credit, while ruling over his crime syndicate, Capone was able to gain the support of many of the local Chicago residents. During depressed times in 1929, Capone was the first to open free soup kitchens at the beginning of "The Great Depression", and arranged to purchase clothing for many of Chicago's needy.

Answer: George "Machine Gun Kelly

George Kelly Barnes, aka George R. Kelly, aka George "Machine Gun" Kelly was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping, was sentenced on October 12, 1933, to a life term in Federal prison. After serving 21 years of his sentence, Kelly died in prison on July 18, 1954.

Answer: orange and white

While it was widely reported in the press that Ana Companas wore a red dress on the night John Dillinger was killed, the dress was actually orange and white. Companas, also known as Ana Sage, was acquainted with John Dillinger and his girlfriend Polly Hamilton.

When faced with deportation charges for operating a brothel, she arranged a deal with FBI agent Melvin Purvis to set up an ambush for John Dillinger in exchange for having the charges against her dropped. On the evening of July 22, 1934, Sage accompanied Dillinger and his girlfriend to a movie playing at the Biograph Theater in Chicago. By previous arrangement, Sage agreed to wear the orange and white dress as a form of identification to Purvis and the dozen agents as they waited for the group to leave the theater. Due to the night lights, the orange and white dress appeared to be red in color, resulting in the media referring to Sage in the press as "The Lady in Red" who betrayed Dillinger. Even though she kept her part of the deal and delivered Dillinger as promised, she was still deported to her home country of Romania in 1936, where she remained until her death in 1947.

Answer: Melvin Purvis

On February 29, 1960, at his home in Florence, South Carolina, Purvis died of a shot fired from his own gun, a gun that was presented to him by his fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The incident was originally ruled as a suicide by FBI investigators, but it was later determined that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to remove a tracer bullet that was jammed in the pistol. Purvis served with the FBI from 1927-1935. Purvis was responsible for the capture of more "public enemies" than any other agent in FBI history.

In 1934, Purvis was named as one of the most admired men in the United States.

Answer: Alvin Karpis

During Senate hearings in 1936, Tennessee Senator Kenneth D. McKellar lambasted FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in the press for the performance of his agency and the fact that Hoover had personally never arrested anyone. Hoover vowed in the press that he would personally take public enemy #1, Alvin Karpis into custody.
Two month later on May 1, 1936. agents of the FBI located Karpis in New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon hearing the news, Hoover flew to New Orleans to take personal charge of the arrest. According to FBI legend, a dozen agents swarmed over the car that Karpis was sitting in as Hoover informed Karpis that he was under arrest. In other accounts of the famed arrest, specifically in the memoirs of Karpis, Hoover appeared only after other agents had taken him into custody. Once secured, the agents called Hoover to inform him that it was safe to approach. In the official FBI account of the event, Hoover approached the car and reached in and grabbed Karpis before he was able to reach his weapon, which was on the back seat of the vehicle.
In an ironic (almost comical) twist, after the arrest was made, Hoover gave the order for his men to "put the handcuffs on him". Unbelievably, not one of the dozen or so agents present had brought handcuffs. Karpis was then tied up with a neckties volunteered by one of the agents.

Answer: False

Capone died on January 25, 1947, at his family mansion in Palm Island, Florida.
Capone's physical and mental condition rapidly declined after he was released from prison. Capone suffered the onset of dementia, suffered a stroke on January 21, 1947, a heart attack on January 22nd, and contracted pneumonia on January 24, 1947. His numerous medical problems were possibly a result of complications associated with his third stage neurosylphillis.