He was eventually convicted in 1931 on charges of tax evasion, and sentenced in 1932 to twelve years imprisonment, of which he served six and a half. On his release from prison in 1939 he found it difficult to rebuild his crime empire, and he began to suffer from declining physical and mental health exacerbated by syphilis. He died on 25 January 1947. | He was eventually convicted in 1931 on charges of tax evasion, and sentenced in 1932 to twelve years imprisonment, of which he served six and a half. On his release from prison in 1939 he found it difficult to rebuild his crime empire, and he began to suffer from declining physical and mental health exacerbated by syphilis. He died on 25 January 1947. |