Public Enemy No. 1
Jordyn Pressley
3rd Block
Alphonse Capone is probably a name that rings a bell for most of you. He was a brutal gang leader who lived in the 1900’s Chicago scene. Yet despite all of his heinous crimes, he still managed to slip under the radar of the police force for a long time. The people of “The Windy City” actually liked him and looked up to him, trusting him to help them in the times of prohibition and especially the Great Depression. Capone was a wolf in sheep's clothing who knew how to cover his tracks. Capone’s role in crime and gangs influenced American justice for years to come and left his mark in a way that will never be forgotten. Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as “Al” was born on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn New York. Many people who knew him as a child or even knew his
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His affiliation with multiple sexual partners lead to him contracting syphilis. His disease didn’t stop him though, and it’s said he didn’t even seek help for his STD. With just about nothing holding him back, Capone rose up and ran the Underworld industries with a tight sift. “It’s estimated that [The Capone Industry] took in on average 120 million a year from liquor, prostitution and gambling.” (Al Capone Scarface A History Channel Documentary. 13.24.). It wasn’t unlikely for a bar owner to be forced into buying from Capone from the use of violence. Capone became obsessed with fame and money. He would shoot down anyone who disagreed with his ways without even looking back. His lack of hesitation caused the deaths of around seven hundred Chicago citizens, and the most brutal massacre that Chicago had ever seen. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was an event where Capone sent some of his men to mow down one of his bigger enemies, Bugs Moran. They didn’t get him, however, they did successfully destroy seven of Moran’s men, drawing nationwide