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Richard James " Two-Gun " Hart (born James Vincenzo Capone; Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso kaˈpoːne]; March 28, 1892 – October 1, 1952) was an Italian-American sharpshooter and prohibition agent, who was noted for his cowboy style [ 1 ] and for being the elder brother of gangsters Al, Frank, and Ralph Capone.
May 5, 2014 · May 5, 2014. #2. Definitely an interesting figure Brian, He was known for wearing cowboy outfits similar to the cowboy actors popular at the time, with two guns hanging from his waist. It was the Tribal leaders in the south dakota reservation he worked that gave him the nickname 'two-guns'. The newspapers jumped on that and so he became widely ...
Prohibition officer Richard James 'Two Gun' Hart (main) was a famous lawman Western lawman who hunted bootleggers across the US - but he was secretly the brother of gangster Al Capone (inset)
Mar 1, 2023 · He chose the name “Richard Hart” in honor of his idol William Hart, a silent movie cowboy of the era. He was even given William Hart’s nickname “Two-Gun” after he took part in successful ...
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Feb 10, 2019 · Feb 10, 2019. The Strange Tale of Al Capone’s big brother. Al Capone’s oldest brother Vincenzo was born in Campania in 1892, well before his father would summon his family to America. Fearing ...
Sep 17, 2016 · Renown for several successful raids against bootleggers, Scarface’s oldest brother earned the nickname “Two-gun” Hart. Al Capone, the Prohibition-era leader of organized crime in Chicago. Unfortunately, his younger brother was already so notable as a gangster and so notorious that it was shortly discovered of Hart’s kinship with Al Capone.
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The general public learned of Richard Two-Gun Hart’s true identity in 1951 when Ralph Capone was brought up on tax evasion charges. Hart was brought in to testify during the trial, and he was outed as James Vincenzo Capone. Two-Gun Hart died the following year, in 1952, at the age of 60. He is buried in his adopted hometown of Homer, Nebraska.
