Bryce Batche
Ms. Hogue
Composition 8
15 February 2017
Al Capone Many people think Capone got the nickname “Scarface” from a deadly battle or a heroic event. Surprisingly, he got it in a quarrel over a girl. Everybody knew who Al Capone was. He did many helpful and harmful things as a criminal. He went through many prisons after he was convicted. Al Capone was a very famous man that people remember because of who he was, what he did as a criminal, and what happened after he was convicted.
Al Capone was very famous. His birthday is on January 17, 1899. (Burdick Harmon, 1) As a child, Al was a kid, he got expelled from school for punching a teacher. (Burdick Harmon, 2) Al never went back to school afterward. When he was older, Capone got in a fight over a girl and ended up getting slashed with a knife in his face. (Lunde, 129) There are many facts about Capone. Al became the most famous bootlegger during 1925 to 1931. (Lunde, 129) Capone died of cardiac arrest on January 25, 1947. (Al, 1) In his lifespan, Al did many things as a criminal.
Al did helpful and damaging things as a criminal. Most of
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Al went to three different prisons. Surprisingly, he lived his life normally when he got sent to a federal prison. Then, Al got sent to the Atlanta Penitentiary to serve his sentence on May 4, 1932. (Bonesteel, 1) Al was assigned prisoner number 40886 in a place where there were 3,000 people crammed into a prison that only held 2,000. Capone was placed in an eight-man cell. (Bonesteel, 2) Soon, Alcatraz would be built. Capone put up a fight, but eventually, he was taken to Alcatraz. (Bonesteel, 4) At Alcatraz, Al was assigned prisoner number 85. Al spent his last month in the prison hospital due to syphilis. Miami is where Capone spent the rest of his life out of prison. (McQuigg, 5) Capone’s life ended on January 25, 1947, due to cardiac arrest. (Al,