A revolver belonging to notorious Chicago gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone has sold for £67,250 at auction.

The six-shot, double action weapon was made in May 1929, just months after the iconic American mobster ordered the murder of seven of his rivals in the infamous St Valentine's Day Massacre.The nickel-plated Colt .38, which was sold at Christie's auction house in London by a private collector, came with a letter signed by Capone's sister-in-law confirming its authenticity. A piece of history:The nickel-plated, six-shoot weapon belonging to infamous mobster Capone, left, sold for £76,250Born in New York, Capone dominated the Chicago underworld during prohibition until his 1931 arrest for tax evasion.He was once king of the Chicago rackets and is...

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Gangsters are a hit with Chicago tourists

When Louise Leach planned her vacation, she had three priorities for her visit here: "architecture, pizza and gangsters."Leach, 63, a retiree from Manchester, England, took an architecture boat tour and by Day Three of her stay had eaten at two pizzerias. She came to the Biograph Theater, where John Dillinger was fatally shot in 1934, for a taste of the gangster life."Next we're going to the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, even though I know it's not there anymore," Leach says. "Someone told me the house where Al Capone once lived is still standing, so we'll go there as well. Do you know where I can find some former speakeasies?"For Leach and her three traveling companions, Chicago's gangster past is part of its allure. "It was quite a dangerous place then, wasn't it?" muses Sally...

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