Eastern State Penitentiary

By Conor Stellman

Ala Capone

• Most famous gangster in the united states• Served in the prison for 8 months• Arrested for carrying a deadly weapon

Alacapone continued

•Chicago’s most famous mob boss spent eight months at Eastern State in 1929-1930. •Arrested for carrying a concealed, deadly weapon, this was Capone’s first prison sentence. •His time in Eastern State was spent in relative luxury. His cell on the Park Avenue Block had fine furniture, oriental rugs, and a cabinet radio.

Willie Sutton

• Escape artist • Escaped the said to be escape proof prisons

like ESP

Willie Sutton continued

• He continued to escape from prisons after escaping eastern state only to be recaptured 3 minutes later

• Over the course of his criminal career Sutton is credited with over 50 bank robberies, 3 successful escapes from prison, and over 30 years served behind bars.

• He died in 1980.

Victor "Babe" Andreoli

Victor "Babe" Andreoli continued

• Convicted of killing a Pennsylvania State Trooper in 1937 Andreoli arrived at Eastern State Penitentiary to serve a life sentence for 1st degree murder.

• He escaped in 1943, apparently by hiding in a delivery truck that was leaving the prison.

• Several weeks later the police caught up to Andreoli in a Chester, PA diner where he was shot dead.

Morris "The Rabbi" Bolber

• Member of an arson ring • died at Eastern State in 1954

“The Rabbi” continued

• After his incarceration, Bolber joined the Jewish congregation in the new Eastern State Penitentiary synagogue.

• One of the Penitentiary's most dedicated volunteers, Joseph Paull, also took an interest in him.

• Mr. Paull's concern deeply moved Bolber: less than two weeks before his death at Eastern State in 1954, Bolber wrote of the volunteer,

• "...As for me, I remember his numerous, never to be forgotten, acts of kindness shown me. [...] Therefore will I pray for him, a prayer he surely deserves for all the good he has done for me."

Where is it?

• Fairmount street • Philadelphia

video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-GEin7uX4

bibliography

• Eastern state Penitentiary.com• Google images

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