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Al Capone
Alfonso Capone was born in Naples and raised in Brooklyn New York. He was born in 1899 and died in 1947. Capone was pulled into the world of gangsters with the passing of the 18th amendment making the drinking,selling or buying of alcohol illegal. Despots over ownership of liquor shipments an property of night clubs where the main source of gang rivals. Capone's life of crime started with bootlegging and being part of the notorious 5 Points gang. In Manhattan he worked in Frankie Yale Brooklyn dive and the Hartford Inn as a bartender. But this was only the beginning for Capone.
Capone got the notorious name of Scareface when bar tending one night. Capone insulted a young woman at a table he was waiting on at the inn. She was with a young man who happened to be her brother. The man immediately stood up and took out a knife. He cut 3 scars into Capone's cheek. Capone would carry the name and the scars the rest of his life. Capon then moved to chicago after 2 murders he committed in New York shortly after the bar fight. in chicago he planned to lay low as things cooled off in New York In chicago Capone befriended Johnny Torrio and soon after meeting they became partners. Together they controlled some of the hottest spots in chicago including gambling clubs and saloons. But Torrio's life and rule of chicago came to an end after he was shot by a rival gang. It was Capone's chance to stand up and become boss. Capone was "The Big Fellow" as his outfit called him. It was estimated that Capone made $100,000,000 a year on income from his controllment of speakeasies, brothels, race and horse tracks, gambling houses breweries and night clubs. Capone Controlled Chicago's underworld.
Capone
was very sneaky and got away with the illegal crimes he committed.
he did this like most gangsters did in the 1920's by bribing the authorities
and public officials. Capone got away with many murders in his time that
he ordered to be taken care of or even handled himself. He was a notorious
gangster in chicago. He was even named chicago's " public enemy number
one". he was even headed chicago's 28 worst criminal list. Capone is most
known for his St. Valentines Day Massacre. On february 14, 1929. Capone
sent his men to kill 7 gang members over a gang rivalry. Its said that
his main target among the men was George Moran but they where all taken
care of by Capone's men who pumped 150 bullets into his victims. Capone
wisely had an alibi when summoned to court that he was in his Florida home
during the massacre. The end of Capone's rein came in 1929 when Capone
was convicted of income tax charges which sentenced Capone to 11 years
in jail. he got off early in 1931. Capone retired after he was released
to his florida home and ended his crime days in chicago. Capone later died
in 1947.
By
Jessica D
Capone picture sites:
http://members.tripod.com/gangstersinc/Capone.html & http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/index_1.html?sect=15
Information websites:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/capone/caponemain.htm
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/more_12.html?sect=15