AL CAPONE

By Nick DiMuzio and Kyle Giordano

ObjectivesThe objective of this power point is to show the life and

accomplishments of one of the most notorious gangsters in

American history … Al Capone

Early Life Al Capone was born on January

17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York and was baptized “Alphonsus Capone”

He grew up and it was obvious he would grow up as a gangster, joining two gangs and a kid

Al quit school at age 14

Young Work Capone worked as a clerk in a candy store,

a pin boy in a bowling alley, and a cutter in a book bindery between scams

Early Gangs He became part of the notorious Five

Points gang in Manhattan and worked for gangster Frankie Yale's in the Harvard Inn, as a bouncer and bartender

Scarface While working at the

Inn, Capone received his infamous facial scars and the resulting nickname "Scarface" when he insulted a woman and was attacked by her brother

First Arrest Capone's first arrest was

on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working for Frankie Yale

He also murdered two men while in New York but was never tried for the murders because of his gangster reputation

Chicago After Capone

hospitalized a rival gang member, Yale sent him to Chicago to wait until things cooled off and Al lived at a house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue

Work In Chicago Capone still continued his work in Chicago

but instead of working for Yale, he worked for Yale’s old mentor John Torrio managing his bootlegging business

Moving Up The Ranks By mid-1922 Capone

ranked as Torrio's number two man and eventually became a full partner in the saloons and gambling houses

Torrio was then shot by a rival gang member and Capone took his place and became the boss

The Big Fellow The members of the

gang started to like, trust and obey Capone, calling him “The Big Fellow”

Al quickly showed he was much better than Torrio at leading the gang by expanding the city's vice industry between 1925 and 1930

Control Capone controlled

speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, horse and race tracks, nightclubs, distilleries and breweries at a reported income of $100,000,000 a year

Death Threats Capone had to avoid

many people that were trying to bring him down and what made this easy was the extensive spy network he had in Chicago, making plots easily picked up

St. Valentine's Day Massacre This was Capone most

notorious killing On February 14, 1929, four

Capone men, dressed as police men, entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street, which was the main headquarters of George "Bugs" Moran's North Side gang

St. Valentine's Day Massacre The men in the garage

thought it was a police raid and dropped there guns

Using two shotguns and two machine guns, the Capone men fired more than 150 bullets into the victims, killing all seven

Good Will Although he murdered

many people, he ordered merchants to give clothes and food to the needy at his expense and he opened up soup kitchens after the Great Depression

Income Arrest Tries He did all his business

through front men so that he was anonymous when it came to income most of the times he was going to be tried

Justice At Last Capone was charged for many things

through out the years like tax evasion on things like gambling and violating prohibition laws

Punishment The jury sentenced him to a total of ten years in

federal prison and one year in the county jail The fines Capone had to pay was over $50,000

Federal Prison In May 1932, Capone was sent to Atlanta, the

toughest of the federal prisons Even in prison Capone took control, obtaining

special privileges from the authorities and when the rumor spread, he was sent to Alcatraz

Alcatraz He was unable to

control anyone or anything in Alcatraz and could not buy influence or friends

He was finally released on November 16, 1939, but still had to pay fines and court costs of $37,617.51

Later Life He returned to his

home in Palm Island where the rest of his life was relaxed and quiet

He could no longer run as boss with his sick body

Death On January 21, 1947, he had an apoplectic stoke He regained consciousness and began to improve

until pneumonia set in on January, 24 He died the next day from cardiac arrest

Burial Capone was first buried in

Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago's far South Side between the graves of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Frank

March of 1950 the remains of all three were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery on the far West Side

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