Editing Al Capone (section)

==Chicago aftermath==
The main effect of Capone's conviction was that he ceased to be boss immediately on his imprisonment, but those involved in the jailing of Capone portrayed it as a considerable undermining of the city's [[organized crime]] syndicate. Capone's [[underboss]], [[Frank Nitti]], took over as boss of the Outfit after he was released from prison in March 1932, having also been convicted of tax evasion charges.{{sfn|Eghigian|2005}} Far from being smashed, the Outfit continued without being troubled by the Chicago police, but at a lower level and without the open violence that had marked Capone's rule.

Organized crime in the city had a lower profile once [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] was repealed, already wary of attention after seeing Capone's notoriety bring him down, to the extent that there is a lack of consensus among writers about who was actually in control and who was a figurehead "front boss".<ref name="articles.chicagotribune.com" /><ref name="Collins & Schwartz" /> Prostitution, labor union racketeering, and gambling became moneymakers for organized crime in the city without incurring serious investigation. In the late 1950s, FBI agents discovered an organization led by Capone's former lieutenants reigning supreme over the Chicago underworld.<ref>''The Chicago Outfit'', John J. Binder, chapter four</ref> Some historians have speculated that Capone ordered the 1939 murder of [[Edward J. O'Hare]] a week before his release, for helping federal prosecutors convict Capone of tax evasion, though there are other theories for O'Hare's death.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Cancino | first = Alejandra | title = Edward J. O'Hare slaying: Chicago police to revisit 1939 shooting of ace pilot's father | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | location = Chicago | publisher = Tribune Co. | date = January 13, 2010 | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ohare-unsolved-murder-13-jan13,0,4803899.story | access-date = June 12, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100130194430/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ohare-unsolved-murder-13-jan13,0,4803899.story | archive-date = January 30, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>