Well you’d think a writer would know to do her research … I only listened to anecdotes. But I had this comment on yesterday’s blog post:
“Wonderful post! I do work at the Tunnels and wanted to let you know that there actually IS evidence that Al Capone had once been in Moose Jaw and we have a book here at the Tunnels that talks about it! Deidre Capone, Al Capone’s grandniece, wrote a book and also came to Moose Jaw to speak and confirmed that Al had on more than one occasion mentioned going to Saskatchewan and specifically Moose Jaw! It’s not much, but evidence does exist!”
Hmm, did I have a conversation with this lovely person who wrote me, at the Common Cafe? Which, by the way, is another fantastic Moose Jaw hangout – great coffee and sandwiches.
As an aside, I was completely fascinated by Al Capone when I was a kid. Kind of like Peter Brady was fascinated with Billy the Kid in the “The Brady Bunch.”
So – my bad. I promise to take the tunnel tour next time I’m back – I wanted to this time, but the weather was so good, I did outdoor activities instead. Sean Michaels took the other tunnel tour, the one about Chinese migrants, and he said it was excellent.
