2 pages, 8vo, with original addresses envelope, creased, a few short tears. 
 
DAYS AFTER AN ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE, CAPONE WRITES: "NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE SUPPRISED [sic] TO HEAR FROM ME. WELL PAL, THINGS HAVE BEEN SO DARN EXCITING"
 
On January 12, 1925, North Side Gang members Hymie Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci, attempted to kill Al Capone at a South Side, Chicago restaurant. They fired at Capone's car, missing Capone, but injuring his chauffeur.  The ambush left him shaken but unhurt.  Twelve days later, on January 24, Weiss, Moran, Drucci, and Frank Gusenberg ambushed Chicago Outfit leader Johnny Torrio, shooting him and his chauffeur, Robert Barton, several times, but as Moran was about to kill Torrio, his gun misfired. After Torrio recovered, he resigned, naming Al Capone the leader of The Chicago Outfit. He moved to Italy with his wife and mother, and on giving Capone control of the criminal empire, which grossed some $70 million per year, he told him: "It's all yours, Al. Me? I'm quitting. It's Europe for me."
 
Following the attempt on his life, Capone writes a quick note to Bill Sells (who he calls "Friend Sells") to let him know he’s alright: "No doubt you will be supprised [sic] to hear from me. Well Pal things have been so darn exciting that I haven't even had time to change clothes. Well Sells old boy how are you doing and how is the Mrs and your dear little Slugger are you going to make a champion out of him if you are I'll be his manager. And tell him I have got a big rocking horse so write me and let me know how the best way to ship it. Well Pal have no more to say only give my best of wishes to your dear wife and all of your brothers try and make a trip later. Your Pal & Friend Al Capone 7244 Prairie Ave. PS: Let me no [sic] if I can do anything for you. Al."

CAPONE LETTERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE: According to online records, only 4 Al Capone letters have sold at auction in at least the last 50 years, none of which was written during Prohibition or his years with the Chicago Outfit.  CONSEQUENTIAL LETTERS FROM CAPONE'S PRIME PERIOD ARE VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE.