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Al Capone's Birth
In 1899, Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, NY to Italian immigrants. He had 6 brothers and 2 sisters. One sister died as an infant. Al Capone's parents were illiterate in English and came from very poor families. His father was a barber and his mother stayed home with the kids.
(Little Al and his mother in the picture)
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Capone's Troubling Teens
Al Capone had a very troubling childhood. He looked up to mobsters and joined a street gang at a very young age. He was expelled from school at the age of 14.
( Al Capone in his teenage years)
" I dont even know what street Canada is on." ~Al Capone
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Al Capone's First Crime as a Mobster
His first real crime started when prohibition started. He decided to bootleg illegal alcohol even when he was a teenager.
" I have built my organization on fear." Al Capone
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Al Capone gets in a Knife Fight
Al Capone got his scar from a bar fight. He insulted a lady working at a club so her brother attacked Capone. He slashed him 3 times on the left side. This is how he earned his name "Scarface".
"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." Al Capone
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Al Capone's Son
Albert Capone was Big Al's son. He was born to Al Capone and Mae 3 weeks before they got married. He was a very good father to his son.
"Now I know why tigers eat their young." Al Capone
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Al Capone Gets Married
At the age of 19 Young Al Capone married Mae Coughlin.
(Mae in the picture) Mae was Irish Catholic ,middle class, and had just given birth to their son earlier in the month. Capone briefly gave up crime and became a bookkeeper but it didn't last.
"Vote early and vote often." Al Capone
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Al Capone's Partners in Crime
Al Capone had many members that joined his gang during prohibition. His biggest influences were Johnny Torrio, Lucky Luciano, and Franky Yale.
(Al Capone with his partners)
"Prohibition has made nothing but trouble." ~Al Capone
"When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality." ~Al Capone
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Al Capone's Tight Knit Family
Al Capone was one of many kids in the Capone family. He had 6 brothers and 1 sister. His dad, Gabriele, was a hard working immigrant. He was a barber by trade, and he worked very hard to open up his own barber shop. The Capone family was very conservative and hard working. (Al Capone's family)
"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." Al Capone
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Capone Becomes the Boss
When Al Capone's boss was injured in an assasination attempt he promotes Capone to be the "Boss". Al Capone became one of the youngest crime bosses in history.
"This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it. " Al Capone
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Capone Starts to Make Public Appearances
Al Capone starts to make more public appearances right after he was arrested for tax evasion. He thought of himself as a celebrity.
"If the United States government thinks it can clean up Chicago by sending me to jail, well, it's all right with me. I guess maybe I owe the government this stretch in jail, anyway." ~Al Capone
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre
On this day 7 members of another Chicago gang were gunned down by Capone's men. It was one of the bloodiest days in mob history. Capone became even more famous and rose to power because the rival gang was in shambles. “Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.”
― Al Capone
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Arrested for Concealing a Deadly Weapon
Al Capone and his bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed deadly weapons. They were each sentenced to one year of jail. Capone served his time and was able to get out because of good behavior in 9 months.
"I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War." Al Capone
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Convicted of Tax Evasion
At first Al Capone plead guilty, thinking he was going to receive a light sentence. He later changed his plea and agreed to go to trial. He was found guilty and was given an 11 year prison sentence. Capone was ordered to pay $215,000 in back taxes and fined $50,000.
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First Prisoner at Alcatraz
Capone is one of the first prisoners at the new Alcatraz prison. He knew how to work the system when he was in jail in Atlanta for tax evasion. He could get basically anything he wanted even though he was in jail. In 1934 Attorney General Homer Cummings decided to send Capone to Alcatraz, where he couldn't manipulate anyone.
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Capone Dies of complications from Syphilis
The most infamous mob boss dies at 48 years of age. He spent the last years of his life in quiet seclusion at his estate in Miami, Florida. On January 19th, Capone had a stroke. He then developed pneumonia. He died of cardiac arrest on January 25th.
"I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man." ~Al Capone
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