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LONG BEACH | The upscale lakefront community of Long Beach is full of stories about Al Capone and other Chicago gangsters living there.

WAUSAU — The one-time gangster’s house is built of stone with 18-inch thick walls and protected with guard towers, just in case G-men or goons with machine guns inside violin cases come calling.