Posted on 09/19/2009 2:41:12 PM PDT by shooter223
The buyer of a pretty property in northern Wisconsin will get a former hideout of Chicago mobster Al Capone along with a bar and restaurant complete with portholes to shoot from
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
it has been on the market for a few months. saw it during the early summer.
Technically “gun ports,” not “portholes.” But every mansion ought to have a couple of machine gun nests. I know mine will. BTT.
I believe this to be one of the best areas in the world to live. Its majestic in its quiet magnificents, I’m looking to retire but thise might be out of my price. I can fully understand a guy like Capone wanting to stay here
His old house in Fontana, CA is still occupied. Different type of family though.
Kinda like all twelve zillion people who claim to have been in the Greek Theater for the recorded performance of Neil Diamond's Hot August Night.
Al was based in Chicago, right? Well, there’s this big lake called Michigan that made it easier to avoid the coppers. He had hideouts all over the place. We’ve one locally, but it’s not advertised in our local tourist (fudgey) brochures.
Found this on another site:
“Many people have told me that Al Capone never owned land in his own name, for protection purposes. But that is not true. In my research I have found two instances where it states with out doubt that he did own land. One was property in Escanaba Michigan , and another, an estate in Florida, on Palm Island in Biscayne Bay, near Miami , which he purchased in 1928. But that doesn’t mean there were not more, or he had them in other names. In fact there are claims of many places he either hid out at or owned, like - Leland, Glen Arbor, Northport Point and North Fox Island, Berrien Springs, and the list goes on, because in his day, Michigan was still a very remote area and good for hiding. “
For clarification, Escanaba is in da UP, on Lake Michigan, as are (Lower Peninsula) Leeland, Glen Arbor, North Fox Island and Northport Point (now THAT’s a place to hide out in!!)
Paging Jerry Rivers...
Another Whorealdo special! “We’re almost through the 4 foot thick wall now”.
Only time it isn't covered with six feet of snow? ;-)
Is anyone living there now?
Who owns it now?
His relatives?
Or is it empty?
You know, I’d rather have Al Capone as President than Obama if I had to choose. Capone was NOT a COmmunist that HATED his country. Al Capone flaws are DWARFED when compared to the EVIL and VILNESS that Obama routinely displays from every perspective.
We heard about that place last year visiting my fathers
people in Rib Lake and Medford. Wish we had gone to visit.
Did see the House on the Rock tho..amazing place
Zero may need it
I would welcome Al at this point over zero and his commies. At least he was an American!
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