Al Capone’s grand-niece tells Vanity Fair about the “hundreds of millions of dollars” of the gangster’s fortune she says are missing
Monday of her great-uncle after his release from prison, alleging that doctors at Alcatraz treated Al with injections of mercury—the chemical that caused the Hatter inUncle Al Capone—The Untold Story From Inside His Family,“The worst part of [Al’s incarceration] was what it did to his memory,” Ralph told me.
“That was catastrophic. It changed his life, my life, your life…. it changed all of our lives. Your uncle Al had an incredible amount of money, money he couldn’t put into a bank account or openly invest. He didn’t trust the stock market; he called it a ‘game.’ And he didn’t trust anyone enough, even me, to help take care of the money. So the main thing he did was get safe deposit boxes in various banks around this country and in Cuba, using assumed names.”theorizing that her great-uncle stashed his fortune in safety-deposit boxes for a few years, expecting that he would receive the same three-year sentence Ralph had received. But Al was sentenced to 11 years. And because the mob boss had not trusted anyone else with details of his plan, and his memory disintegrated in prison, the money was as good as gone. Deirdre theorized that when payments stopped for the deposit boxes, and banks could not get ahold of their fictional owner, the banks “opened up these boxes to try to see who owns it.” In the case of the safety-deposit boxes in Cuba, Deirdre said, “If you find a bunch of American cash, no one’s going to turn that in.”Deirdre also has a hunch that her great-uncle might have had some of his fortune exchanged into uncut diamonds. But she has no leads on their whereabouts—and has made her peace with that. Her great-uncle’s fortune “has never unearthed itself. I’m 80 years old right now,” laughed Deirdre. “My husband’s 85. I don’t care.” Deirdre said she wants to channel her efforts, instead, on clearing the family name for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She has already written a book, and hopes to collaborate on a film that would show a different side of her great-uncle. While she considers Tom Hardy “a wonderful, gifted actor,” Deirdre said she was never consulted forBased on the film’s trailer, Deirdre said, Hardy seems to be playing her great-uncle as “a monster.” “He taught me how to swim. He taught me how to ride a bike. He taught me how to cook spaghetti,” said Deirdre. “My mantra is: Was Al Capone a mobster? Yes he was. Was Al Capone a monster? No he wasn’t.”
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