One of Capone‘s man offered to pay Ness $2,000 to stop ruining Capone‘s businesses and promised an additional $2,000 each week following if he continued to cooperate.

Outraged, Ness ordered the man out and immediately called the press into his office.

That day in 1930, Ness announced that neither he nor any of his men could be bought by Capone, and their mission was unstoppable.

The next day, a Chicago Tribune reporter referred to the special squad as The Untouchables.

Capone was never brought to trial on any Prohibition charges. Treasury agents had already presented evidence on June 5th, 1931, to indict Capone for income tax evasion.

Within two weeks, Capone was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in a federal penitentiary.

Upon his arrival at Atlanta, the 110 kg Capone was officially diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhoea.

He was also suffering from withdrawal symptoms from cocaine addiction.

At Alcatraz, Capone‘s decline became increasingly evident as neurosyphilis progressively eroded his mental faculties.

He spent the last year of his sentence in the prison hospital, confused and disoriented.

In 1946, his physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist performed examinations and concluded that Capone had the mentality of a 12-year-old child.

Capone spent the last years of his life at his mansion in Palm Island, Florida.

On January 21st, 1947 Capone had a stroke, regained Consciousness, started to improve, but contracted pneumonia.

On January 25th, Capone died in his home, surrounded by his family.