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The Bean Counter Who Put Al Capone in the Slammer

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When it came to catching Public Enemy Number 1,, T-man Eliot Ness got the spotlight but accountant Frank Wilson was the dogged numbers sleuth who put Capone away.

Gil Troy

Published Aug. 26 2017 12:00AM EDT

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Gil Troy

Gil Troy

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