All language subtitles for 205 Judgment Day

Previously on "The Making
of The Mob: Chicago..."

After taking his position as the king

of the Chicago underworld

Al Capone begins to spiral
out of control.

So, when his Irish rivals
try to take down his top hitman...

This is the last time anyone
tries to go up against us.

Capone orders the biggest

gangland hit in American history.

But the massacre triggers
a government crackdown

on the mob boss...

and a new threat arises when
a young prohibition agent named

Eliot Ness takes aim at Capone.

Prohibition Bureau!

As the pressure increases...

Ness raided another one of our breweries

...the ruthless mobster decides
to do the unthinkable.

We'll just have to kill him.

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Prohibition Agent Eliot Ness

narrowly escapes a hit
ordered by Al Capone.

For Ness, the fight
has now become personal

and he decides to show Capone
that not only is he alive

but he's going to do everything
he can to bring down

the kingpin's empire.

Over the years, I've seen some
cat-and-mouse games between

law enforcement and organized crime.

Sometimes it becomes personal.

They're going to think all day
and night about how to get you.

Is this his biggest brewery?

- Yeah.
- This could be our big day.

Good work.

Let's hit him hard...

and I want to get a man from the press.

We need to tell this
story to the people of Chicago.

Yeah.

Determined to prove to Capone

that he's not intimidated,

Eliot Ness and his team of
untouchables execute a series

of high profile raids.

Prohibition Bureau!

Over the course of months...

they destroy more than
200 thousand gallons of beer

worth the modern day equivalent
of 134 million dollars...

and the newspapers cover it all.

Who is Eliot Ness?

Is he an idealist? Press hound?

Is he a guy who's just out
to fight the good fight?

The answer is he's a combination
of all these things.

He does want to make a name for himself.

And he does want to crack down
on what he thinks is an

incredible problem in Chicago.

To culminate his crusade...

Ness has one more move.

Yeah?

I think you should take this.

Take a look out your window.

I think you'll like the view.

That son of a bitch.

Son of a bitch.

In a brazen display of defiance

against Chicago's notorious gangster...

Ness gathers the bootlegging trucks

he's seized from Capone...

...and parks them right
outside the Lexington Hotel.

Al thought there's no way in
the world that Eliot Ness

was gonna put Al Capone behind bars,

but Ness came in and he started

to defy the system and
I think Al gets nervous.

They call Al Capone a bootlegger, huh?

Yeah, it's bootlegging on the
back of the trucks but when

a host at the back of the
club hands it to you

on a silver platter it's hospitality.

All I've ever done was
supply a public demand.

They say I violate
the Prohibition Law...

who doesn't, huh?

Tell me that much.

Is it true Eliot Ness
has you on the run?

Eliot Ness has me on
the run? That's ridiculous.

How does your wife feel
about you right now?

My wife is feeling fine,
but I'm sick and tired

of the lies and the
attacks on my family.

If these are all lies why
is Uncle Sam after you?

Who's saying that? Who's saying that?

You tell me who's saying that
and I'll fix them, huh?

Are you sure you're...

Ok guys, we're done here.

We're done. It's over.

Get out of the way.

- Sons of bitches.
- Come on.

Yeah, get a picture of that.
- We're through.

That's enough, get out of here.
Get a picture of that.

Get out of here.

I think Al Capone's biggest
mistake was... arrogance.

He wanted to give
interviews to reporters.

He really wanted to be seen as a star.

He loved the attention.

So the ego got him.

And that just put a target on his back.

But what Capone doesn't realize...

is that Eliot Ness and the
Prohibition Bureau aren't

the only ones trying to take him down.

For the past four years...

another government agency
with more manpower

and resources than Ness.

Has been going after
the infamous kingpin...

the Internal Revenue Service.

The Federal Government's attack
on Al Capone is two pronged.

On the one hand there's a special
squad of prohibition

agents led by Eliot Ness.

Their task is to attack the
Capone gang's source of income

from bootlegging.

Secondly, there's an IRS
investigation into him

for income tax evasion.

He never filed a tax return
much less paid taxes.

Leading the IRS investigation
is an accountant

known for his meticulous
attention to detail.

His name is Frank Wilson.

Wilson was relentless, he didn't
mind spending endless hours

just looking through papers,

tryin' to build a financial case.

Not sexy. But it was very effective

in putting people away.

Despite his efforts

Wilson has been unable to find

concrete evidence of Capone's income.

The effort to get Capone

was riddled with all sorts of quirks.

Because of course everything
was off the books

in the Prohibition era.

But Wilson has a secret weapon...

...an undercover agent
working within Capone's organization.

Blackjack, right there.

By 1931

Al Capone rules over
a massive illegal empire

and is estimated to be worth the
modern day equivalent of nearly

300 million dollars.

But what he doesn't realize

is that one of the men
working under him...

is actually an undercover IRS agent.

For the past two years...

Mike Malone has worked to gain
the trust of Capone's gang...

learning how the organization
works from the inside.

Joe, make sure to work closely
with Ricca on that.

Ok, Al. We'll step up security

Good.

I overheard some talk
of them losing some...

Intelligence gathering
is the stock and trade

of a FBI agent, developing
relationships with people

and getting information
to paint the picture and then

figure out the
mousetrap you have to set in place

to hold it accountable.

Things are going pretty well tonight.

Poker's up.

There's more money flowing here
than I've ever seen before.

That's what I like to hear.

- I told you...
- What was that?

You ever have any more problems
with those Irish guys you...

- How you doin'?
- Hey. How's it going?

- Good. Hey, Paulie.
- Yeah.

Look at this guy. Doing good?

Yeah.

Good to see you.

You guys have a good day, huh?

Thank you so much.

See you, boss.

With his every move being
tracked without his knowledge

Capone remains focused
on the one problem

he knows he needs to solve...

stopping Eliot Ness' raids.

And he thinks he finally
has a way to do it.

We're moving in on another
brewery tomorrow morning.

Let's get a member
of the press along too.

Eliot Ness would famously summon

newspaper photographers
and reporters to be there

when he crashed through
the doors of these places.

He liked the attention,
he liked the drama.

We want to send a message.

Think they'll be interested in what
they see behind those doors.

The address is 3901.

We move fast on this one.

But this time, Capone has
a plan to deal with him...

...by paying off the local
telephone companies...

...in exchange for wiretaps
on the phone lines of Ness

and his agents.

This is great.

We need to send a message.

I don't care what it takes.

Here we go.

After his brewery raid is a bust

Eliot Ness is left humiliated.

You did good.

Good job, Nitti.

And once again Al Capone
has evaded the law.

But while he neutralizes one threat...

the mobster is unaware
that another is closing in.

IRS Special Agent Frank Wilson
has been conducting his own

investigation into Capone's finances.

But despite months of analyzing evidence

Wilson hasn't found anything
that directly links Capone to

his illegal rackets...

...so he targets the
gangster's inner circle

and finds a personal bank
account owned by Capone's

head of finances, Frank Nitti

showing hundreds of thousands
of dollars in untaxed income.

Frank Nitti was essentially,
uh, the manager

that worked under Al Capone.

He was the bookkeeper, so to speak.

If you're gonna supply booze
to the whole city of Chicago,

obviously you need a front
office to run that.

Frank Nitti, you're under arrest.

For what?

Get up.

Is this really necessary?

After a short trial,
Nitti is sent to jail.

Frank Nitti was one of the
smarter guys in the operation.

Also, somebody Capone
could really count on.

When he went to prison, it really
hurt his organization.

So who is this guy?

Frank Wilson.

Good.

Now get rid of him.

Al, listen, this guy is with the IRS.

This isn't somebody you
can take out like that.

He's a problem.

Take him out.

That's it.

You're going to
regret this... mark my words.

Capone's men begin
to come up with a plan

to take out Wilson...

but what they don't realize
is that Mike Malone

has heard everything.

After finding out the name of
the IRS agent targeting him...

Al Capone orders a hit on Frank Wilson.

Hello?

Frank, listen to me very carefully.

Mike?

Get out of bed and meet me at the place

around the corner in 20.

I'll explain everything
when you get there.

Can't this wait till the morning?

They're coming for you, Frank.

Get the hell out of there.

Right now.

Thank you.

If you want to back off I get it.

I want to nail this son of a bitch.

I agree.

I'm working on it.

Do they think they know who you are?

If they knew I wouldn't be here.

Despite the danger...

IRS agents Wilson and Malone
refuse to give up.

Malone, I mean, this was
the most ballsy guy

of all the law enforcement guys.

He was able to get inside,
get information,

and do these amazing things.

But it, I mean, God...

had he been discovered there would have

been body parts in all 50 states.

So do you have anything for me?

Anything?

I don't know if this helps,
but I overheard some talk

of them losing something in a raid.

I'm not sure what it is,

but I just thought I should mention it.

Thank you.

Wilson learns that the evidence he needs

to take down the mob boss

could all ready be in his possession.

So, he begins combing through
thousands of boxes collected

over the four year investigation.

When you're dealin' with
organized crime, you might work

24, 48 straight hours because
you find the importance of what

you're doing so monumental that
you're not even gonna take

the time to visit
your family or go to sleep.

Soon, Wilson gets the
break he's been looking for.

There was an ah-ha moment
for Frank Wilson.

Um, it turns out that
one of Capone's casinos

was raided a few years earlier.

And they had seized a ledger.

Frank Wilson finds this ledger
and goes through it and flips

and sees a page that actually
has Al's name on it.

With Capone's name on the ledger

Wilson can at last connect the mob boss

to his illegal operations.

It's not long before Al Capone

is finally indicted for tax evasion.

But he's not going down easy.

On June 5th 1931...

Al Capone is indicted for tax evasion.

I'm here to turn myself in.

What's in the case?

My bail.

Now who do I need to give this to

so I can get the hell out of here?

After paying the modern day equivalent

of a quarter million dollars for bail...

Al Capone walks free.

Once Capone is indicted for
income tax evasion, it's not

clear that he's immediately
especially worried

'cause it's a chess game.

There's a public game being played

on a chess board by the IRS.

And then there's Al Capone
behind the scenes influencing

chess pieces and move them around.

And only a week later

Eliot Ness, determined
to not let the IRS

steal his spotlight

hits Capone again

with five thousand bootlegging charges.

I don't think Capone
thought he was going to go down.

I think he underestimated
what they could do about it.

They wanted Al gone.

As news of the charges
begin to make headlines

Capone's public image is faltering.

But the mob boss remains unphased...

causing concern within his organization.

Headlines are going nuts.

Look at that.

I'm not worried about it.

Al, you should be worried.

Let 'em say what they want.

If this jury reads about this...

No jury is gonna convict me.

Oh, you think so?

The people love me.

No. They don't love you, Al.

So, we'll have to buy 'em.

May I help you?

We'd like to talk to you about
performing your civic duty.

Mind if we come in?

Using their connections at city hall

Capone's gang acquires the names
and addresses of every member of

Capone's jury for the upcoming
tax evasion trial...

...and the outfit begins a campaign

of bribery and intimidation.

Average citizens were susceptible

to all kinds of bribery.

At the end of the
day almost everyone does

what's best for them and their family.

Come on, would you stop it already?

We'll be in and out of
here before you know it.

That's right.

On the morning of the trial

Capone is confident he has
all the jurors on his side.

And with his empire on the line

he can't afford to be wrong.

All rise.

Please be seated.

Bailiff,

Judge Edwards has a trial
commencing today.

Take my jurors to his courtroom,

and bring me his.

After a jury switch at the last minute

by Judge James Wilkerson

Al Capone's trial
for tax evasion begins.

He bribed the entire jury.

The first jury that faced him.

But the feds were a step ahead of him.

They then brought in a different jury

whom he didn't know about.

Mr. Prosecutor?

As each witness takes the stand...

He bought everything a dozen at a time.

$500 suits...

...the prosecution's
strategy becomes clear.

Mr. Capone always took
the most expensive suites

for his parties.

And expensive champagne.

And he always paid in cash.

Mostly $100 bills, sometimes $500 bills.

They show that he spent
a huge amount of money.

The assumption, then,

was that he had a huge income.

And they figured people, just
ordinary people, would resent

that because they were paying
their income taxes

at a sacrifice and here was Capone

who was obviously so wealthy
and he wasn't paying anything.

As the trial unfolds...

...each new revelation about
Capone's decadent lifestyle

attracts national headlines.

It's on the front page
of all the papers.

The gangster had risen to
a level of celebrity that was

as big as any movie star
or sports figure.

Uh, there's really never been
anything like it since.

The prosecution finally reveals

its key piece of evidence

tying Capone directly
to thousands of dollars

in hidden income.

The ledger discovered by Frank Wilson.

Can you tell me who
received those profits?

All the funds in this ledger were
dispersed to Mr. Al Capone.

The key is that Frank Wilson
is able to track down the

bookkeeper who filled out that ledger

and to lean on that bookkeeper
to make him talk

and to get him to agree to
testify against Al Capone,

which was not something people
really wanted to do back then.

After only 17 days of testimony...

the prosecution rests their case.

Has the jury come to a decision?

Yes, Your Honor.

On counts 1, 5, 9,

13, and 19

of the second indictment...

...the Court finds the defendant guilty.

Sentencing will take place...

The man who got his start
as a meticulous bookkeeper...

is now headed to jail.

It's ridiculous.

What do you want to do tomorrow?

What do you mean what
do I want to do tomorrow?

Come on.

- Hey.
- Sure.

- Lighten up, huh?
- Okay.

He's not too worried.

First of all, it's only
income tax evasion

what's he gonna get a year or two?

Come on.

His brother had been indicted
on income tax evasion

and had gotten... a sentence
of less than two years.

So, worst case scenario, he has
to pay back some taxes and he

does a year or two in jail, right?

- Lighten up.
- Ah, it's all right.

- Come on.
- I'm okay.

Will the defendant please rise?

It is the judgment of this court

that on the first felony indictment,

the defendant is
sentenced to five years in prison

and a $10,000 fine.

On the second felony count,

the defendant is sentenced
to five years in prison

and a $10,000 fine.

On the first misdemeanor count,
the defendant is sentenced to

one year in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The result, is that
the aggregate sentence

of the defendant is 11 years in prison

and fines aggregating $50,000.

Capone is given the maximum
time on all charges,

the harshest tax evasion
sentence in American history.

Don't touch me.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

After years of tireless work
IRS agents Frank Wilson

and Mike Malone

have finally taken down

America's most notorious gangster.

The 11-year sentence that
Al Capone received was a lot

for income tax evasion.

But it played as a proxy
for all the other crimes

that he had been involved with.

All the murders, uh, bootlegging,

prostitution and everything else.

It was basically a way of
putting him away for good.

The case against Capone
for prohibition violations,

considered much weaker, is never pursued

and Eliot Ness realizes that
he won't be the one to take down

the Chicago mob boss.

Eliot Ness was as much a victim

of the Prohibition era as Capone was.

He was a hapless alcoholic.

He drank himself to an early
grave after running

unsuccessfully for the
mayor of Cleveland.

But despite his flaws

Ness remains a legend to this day

for his fearless determination
to catch Capone.

While Capone's lawyers
work on his appeal

the kingpin continues running
his empire from the inside,

even paying off the prison warden

so he can enjoy the comforts of home.

Salute.

But all of that is about to change.

When Judge Wilkerson gets word
that Capone is receiving

preferential treatment he not
only plans on striping Capone

of all his comforts in jail,

he's also going to cut him off
from his empire entirely.

After Al Capone gets caught
bribing the prison warden

and his final appeal is rejected

the government orders
the Chicago kingpin to be

transferred to a
federal prison in Atlanta.

I think Capone definitely
thought that he'd be

sentenced to prison somewhere near home

so he would have access to his family.

But I don't think he realized
just how badly the government

wanted to hurt him.

After years of justifying
his criminal ways

as a means to provide for his family

Capone is faced with the harsh reality

of 11 years of hard time.

I'm gonna need you
to be strong all right?

I'm putting you in charge of
looking after your mother.

I'll be home soon.

Take care of yourself.

He came from Brooklyn

and he worked his way up in Chicago.

He came up from the bottom.

He worked and fought and murdered

to get to the position
that he finally acquired.

Now he's going to pay for that.

As he awaits his transfer

Capone is visited by his top lieutenants

Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo.

Hey.

Hey.

How are things going?

They're going okay.

I don't know what's going on.

These lawyers are screwing me over.

I could be spending a long time in here.

Al, we'll figure it out.

It's just a minor setback.

Minor setback?

Minor setback?

Can't you see where I am?!

They got me locked up like
a caged animal in here.

I'm Al Capone.

I run this city.

Frank's getting out soon.

I need the three of you to step
up and run things till get out.

Do you understand?

Of course.

I've worked too damn hard
to let things fall apart.

With all his power stripped away

Capone looks to his top lieutenants

to take the reins of the
criminal empire he built.

And if his men can't handle the job

Al Capone could lose everything.

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