The McSwiggin murder was the kind of story that editors once thought sold newspapers. The Tribune laid out the initial facts in a front-page story on April 28, 1926: “William H. McSwiggin, youthful ...

Warner Bros. is now developing an Al Capone biopic from veteran film and television writer Walon Green (TV's Law & Order, The Wild Bunch). Entitled Cicero, Green's script documents Capone's rise from ...

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Warner Bros. has decided to go to “Cicero,” snapping up a screenplay on Al Capone’s origins from longtime film and TV writer Walon Green (“The Wild Bunch”). John Lesher is set to produce with Adam ...

Onetime home port for Scarface Al Capone’s mob, Cicero, Ill. has become a U. S. household synonym for murder and vice. There fell Assistant State’s Attorney William McSwiggin under gangland bullets.

This town has a history. Yes, this is where infamous gangster Al Capone set up shop to escape the Chicago Police. Now the FBI is looking at the Cicero Police and the allegations are none too ...

Three letters written by infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone during the Prohibition era will be offered by Hindman Auctions next month. Letters from Capone during the period are hard to come by, ...

It's located in the 2400-block of Laramie in west suburban Cicero. A town spokesperson says the building has been vacant for at least 10 years.

He was born in Naples and brought up in Brooklyn. He was hot-tempered, dramatic, sentimental and tough; a hairy, meaty youth with cold eyes and a brawler’s arms. An ugly scar disfigured his left cheek ...

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