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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone
1899 -1947
Early Life in New York
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Cabriele Capone was a barber
6 brothers and 2 sisters
Immigrated to USA in 1893
Dropped out of school at age 14
Small-time gangs
Frankie Yale as a mentor
1921 moved to Cicero, Chicago
Capone's wealth and power grows in Cicero
Took power at Cicero town covernment
Become notorious during the Prohibition Era
Gambling, prostitution, liquor
The Chicagos Outfit earned abuot US $100 million per year
Trough organized corruption could operate freely in Chicago
Capone had become a celebrity
Gang wars
North Side gang
Capone's murder attemption (1926)
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)
Conviction and prison
Eliot Ness
Capone arranged to have himself jailed for nine months
In 1932 Capone was convicted on tax crimes
Alcatraz
Al Capone had no more p...