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Tag: bootlegging

Johnson City Chronicle article on Al Capone
September 14, 2018 Appalachian crime / Bootlegging/bootleggers / Tennessee

Al Capone comes to Appalachia

Did Chicago mobster Al Capone ever set foot in Johnson City? During the 20s the town was nicknamed Little Chicago. Crime ties to the north?

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