The Return of Jimmy Clark

In May of 1929, a new inmate arrived at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Eastern State was no ordinary prison – it was the oldest in America, created by the Quakers who believed that if a lawbreaker had time to contemplate his crimes, he might become penitent for his misdeeds.  

And the new inmate was no ordinary prisoner. He was the most famous gangster in America. His name was Al Capone, and his arrival at Eastern State was widely reported in the press. But what wasn’t so widely reported was that he had brought someone else with him to the penitentiary.   

But it was someone that no one else seemed able to see.  In the darkest hours of the night, other inmates reported hearing Capone screaming in his cell, begging someone he called "Jimmy" to go away and leave him alone. No one had any idea what he was talking about.  

Capone was alone in his cell.  Or was he?

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