CHICAGO GANGSTER ASSIGNMENT
ALPHONSE GABRIEL CAPONE • Born on January 17, 1899 • Has two nicknames: • Al (to shorten his name) • Scarface • insulted a woman while working the door at a Brooklyn night club - was attacked by her brother Frank Gallucio.
EARLY LIFE • Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York. • Parents were Gabriele and Teresina Capone. • They were immigrants from Italy • He was one of 9 children • Started with small-time gangs that included the Junior Forty Thieves and the Bowery Boys. • Capone joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the powerful Five Points Gang based in Lower Manhattan. • Yale insisted that Capone apologize to Gallucio, and later Capone hired the cutter as a bodyguard!!! • When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of his face. He said the injuries were war wounds
ADULT LIFE • On December 30, 1918, Capone married Mae Josephine Coughlin, an Irish Catholic • Earlier that month, Mae had given birth to their first son. As Capone was under the age of 21, his parents had to consent to the marriage in writing. • After following a mentor from New York, he became a part of The Chicago Outfit • Brother Salvatore Capone was involved in The Chicago Outfit as well
THE CRIMES • A crackdown on racketeering in Chicago meant that Al Capone's first mobster job was to move operations to Cicero. With the assistance of his brothers Frank (Salvatore) and Ralph, Capone infiltrated the government and police departments.
CAPONE KIDNAPPED OPPONENTS' ELECTION WORKERS AND THREATENED VOTERS WITH VIOLENCE. HE EVENTUALLY WON OFFICE IN CICERO BUT NOT BEFORE HIS BROTHER FRANK HAD BEEN KILLED IN A SHOOT OUT WITH CHICAGO'S POLICE FORCE.
• Capone could never been officially connected to any violent crime in all the years within the mob • In 1931 Capone was indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act (Prohibition). His attorneys made a plea deal, but the presiding judge warned he might not follow the sentencing recommendation from the prosecution. Capone withdrew his plea of guilty.
Capone left for Miami with his wife and children and bought Palm Island estate, a property that he immediately started to renovate expensively. On January 21, 1947, Capone had a stroke. He regained consciousness and started to improve but contracted pneumonia on January 24. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrest the next day.
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