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Al Capone: A Brief Biography

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Al Capone was born on January 17th 1899 in Brooklyn New York. His parents Gabriele and Teresina Capone where Italian Immigrants who earned humble livings. His Father a Barber and his Mother a Seamstress. As a child Al Capone was a very promising student but often had trouble with keeping the rules at a very prestigious Catholic Institution. Eventually leading to him being expelled for hitting his female teacher in 6th Grade. After being expelled in 6th grade he decided to drop out of school. During this time Capone started to also joined a street gang called the South Brooklyn Rippers and then later on the Five Point Juniors. During this time, he was able to make association with Johnny Torrio who would later become his boss and his mentor. …show more content…

His parents had immigrated to New York from Italy. His Father was a very educated man and earned his living as a Barber. While his mother helped support the family as a Seamstress. (Haven’t finished it don’t really know where to take …show more content…

Torrio was running a gambling operation near the Capone’s home. Torrio had hired Capone to run small errands for him here and there. By doing this they built a bond and trust between each other that would then be used to help benefit them in their days in Chicago. In 1909 however Torrio left New York to Chicago. After he left to Chicago, Al started to pursue legiminate employment in New York. He worked as a paper cutter. During this time Al participated in very little gang activity. He was known to do a little here and there but resulted in very little violence and was said to only get scratched up a couple of times. However, “In 1917, Torrio introduced Capone to the gangster Frankie Yale, who employed Capone as bartender and bouncer at the Harvard Inn in Coney Island. It was there that Capone earned his nickname “Scarface.” One night, he made an indecent remark to a woman at the bar. Her brother punched Capone, then slashed him across the face, leaving three indelible scars that inspired his enduring nickname.” (History.com Staff 2009) Soon after this Al would have a life changing event happen in his life. His Girlfriend Mae Coughlin would birth there first son Albert Francis Capone. This then led them to get

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Capone was known to have a short temper and to be violent. Capone showed this violence such as when he was in the sixth grade; Capone was hit by teacher and he reacted by striking his teacher back, after that Capone never went back to school. Capone first joined a gang when he was 11 years old, he joined an adult gang four years later which was called "Five Points Gang" where he met the leader

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When he was nineteen Capone married Mae coughlin just weeks after their first child Albert Francis (“Al Capone - Facts…” 1). Capone moved his family to baltimore and tried getting a real job again where he was a bookkeeper for a building company (“Al Capone - Facts…” 1). His father passed away of a heart attack in 1920, that drove him to go back to his old times (“Al Capone - Facts…” 1). Torrio gave him a call one day and invited him to Chicago, Capone pounced at the opportunity (“Al Capone - Facts…” 1). Back in Chicago Torrio was watching over his booming business which involved gambling prostitution (“Al Capone - Facts…” 1).

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Al Capone was a very feared and notorious mobster. Born into the world on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Al Capone’s past wasn’t very bright, as a matter of fact, Al Capone’s school was horrible. He didn’t have much education, he dropped out at age 14 due to whacking a teacher. While expelled, Al Capone met the infamous Johnny Torrio, who influenced Al Capone to join his gang.

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Numerous New York hoodlums in the mid twentieth century originated from ruined foundations, however this was not the situation for the unbelievable Al Capone. A long way from being a poor settler from Italy who swung to wrongdoing to bring home the bacon, Capone was from a respectable, proficient family. His dad, Gabriele, was one of a huge number of Italians who landed in New York in 1894. He was 30 years of age, taught and from Naples, where he had earned a living as a hairdresser. His better half Teresa was pregnant and right now raising two children: 2-year-old child Vincenzo and newborn child Raffaele.

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Al Capone was a very powerful leader and an all around mastermind. Capone was raised around gangs in the city when he moved there from Naples and joined one in his teens called Johnny Torrio’s James Street Boys ran by Johnny Torrio. Later, he moved on to the Five Points Gang, which he graduated from. He got into a gang fight and someone cut his face with a razor hence the nickname “Scarface” (Grossman). When Torrio entered a brothel business he sent for Capone to be a bouncer at the saloon.

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After being kicked out he eventually found Johnny Torrio who would change Al Capone’s life forever. He helped Jonny run drugs to woman to anything illegal. During one of his escapades Capone met another gangster who was from the opposite side of town who cut Capone’s left cheek and left a long scar. Which eventually he got his name Scarface. Torrio Eventually moved to Chicago to run a whorehouse in 1909.

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“One day, Capone’s teacher hit him for insolence and he struck back” (History). At that moment, Capone quit school and his family moved to a new house. While at the new neighborhood, he meet his mentor, Jack Torrio. Jack was running a gambling business near the Capone’s

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His parents moved there thinking it would create a better life and give young Capone more opportunities compared to where they previously lived; little did they know, this would be the place where their child would meet all the wrong people. It was said that once he moved outside of Brooklyn “Capone would meet both his future wife, Mary Mae Coughlin, and his mob mentor, numbers racketeer Johnny Torrio” (History). The only positive person Capone met once he moved was his future wife. His wife, Mae Capone, didn’t bring any negative aspects into Capone’s life like everybody else did, however, she never made much of an effort to stop him from hanging with, Johnny Torrio, one of the greatest mobsters at the time. His involvement with Torrio influenced him to become a mobster in his own right, and a good one at

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