On Oct. 17, 1931, Al Capone was sentenced ... the Alcatraz hospital on March 1, 1926. Capone was suffering from a mental illness brought on by tertiary syphilis. After he was released early ...

Gangster Al Capone's favorite pasta dish was his mother's original recipe, and this simple yet delicious meal was also rumored to be his last.

File Photo by Library of Congress ... In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis. In 1959, the first scheduled transcontinental passenger jet flight ...