AL CAPONE Scarface. BIOGRAPHY Alphonse Capone Born Jan. 17, 1899, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. Died Jan....
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Transcript of AL CAPONE Scarface. BIOGRAPHY Alphonse Capone Born Jan. 17, 1899, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. Died Jan....
AL CAPONE Scarface
BIOGRAPHY
Alphonse Capone
Born Jan. 17, 1899, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.
Died Jan. 25, 1947, Palm Island, Fla.
he amassed a personal fortune estimated at $100 million
dollars
leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era.
the fourth of nine children, quit school in Brooklyn after the
sixth grade, and joined a gang
BIO CONTINUED
Responsible For Countless Murders
In 1925 Torrio retired, and Capone became crime
czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and
bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by
the gunning down of rival gangs
The most notorious of the bloodlettings was the
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, in which members of
Bugs Moran's gang were machine-gunned in a north-
side garage on Feb. 14, 1929.
HOW HE WENT TO JAIL
In June 1931 Capone was indicted for federal
income-tax evasion and in October was tried,
found guilty, and sentenced to 11 years in prison
and $80,000 in fines and court costs. He entered
Atlanta penitentiary in May 1932 but was
transferred to the new Alcatraz prison in August
1934.
DEATH
In November 1939, suffering from the
general deterioration of paresis (a late
stage of syphilis), he was released and
entered a Baltimore hospital. Later he
retired to his Florida estate, where he
died in 1947, a powerless recluse.
HERO OR VILLAIN
Murderer
Law breaker
Smartish (out of all the things he
did he went to jail for tax evasion)
AL CAPONE WOULD BE DESCRIBED AS A VILLAIN IN
HISTORY
He was involved in the Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre, which resulted in the death of seven
of Capone's rival gang members.
it is believed that Capone personally
murdered dozens of people and ordered the
killing of hundreds of others.
VILLAIN CONTINUED
There is a story about 3 of his men planned
on betraying him so he invited them over for
dinner. Then after they were tied to their chairs
will Capone beat them with a bat. After he was
done they were shot in the head
IMPACT CAPONE HAD ON HISTORY
AL Capone effected history by supplying people
during prohibition with alcohol , in doing this he
convinced people of the time that a ban on alcohol
wasn’t necessary.
Also the FBI became a honest efficient law
enforcement agency because No one was able to
bribe them like they could the police.
FUN FACTS
Capone’s specially-outfitted, bullet-proof Cadillac was seized by the
U.S. Treasury Department in 1932 and later used by the government
as Franklin Roosevelt’s limousine.
Capone got his “Scarface” nickname after a bar brawl in Coney
Island that left him with three large slashes on the left side of his face.
After suffering a mental and physical decline as a result of
neurosyphilis, a Baltimore psychiatrist and Capone’s personal
physician performed tests that showed his mental capability had
diminished to that of a 12-year-old.