His journey to becoming “Public Enemy Number One” began with a seemingly minor offense. He faced contempt of court charges, followed by his first-ever imprisonment for carrying a concealed weapon outside Philadelphia. However, when considering the extensive scope of his bootlegging, criminal activities, and a decade of corruption, this punishment appeared trivial.

Capone spent a relatively comfortable year at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary, enjoying luxuries like a radio playing waltzes, serving only seven months of his 12-month sentence. The controversy surrounding his imprisonment led to speculation that he willingly went to jail, possibly as a way to lay low and evade rival gangs. This prison stint marked the beginning of his infamy as “Public Enemy Number One,” a title bestowed upon him by the FBI.