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Al Capone's Accomplishments

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"You can go a long way with a smile, but you can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun." (The Quotations Page) A boy, raised in a large, hardworking Italian family that was raised around gang violence, decides to hang around with the wrong group of people. As a result, he goes from being a young boy to becoming one of the most notorious gangsters in American history. From money laundering to the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre, his name has become a household legend to this day. Al Capone, an Italian-American gangster, was a very important person in the world of crime in America. He changed the way the mafia was respected, especially in Chicago, and was practically untouchable by the police. Because of this, he was able to accomplish a large …show more content…

One of these incidents led to him receiving his infamous nickname, Scarface. This incident happened while working at the Harvard Inn. Someone by the name of Frank Galluccio cut Capone on his left cheek, leaving a scar. The reason Frank slashed Capone was because Capone insulted Frank's sister. But it was the brutal murder of a low-level gang member of the rival White Hand Gang that led to his upbringing. The White Hand Gang wanted to retaliate against Capone and his family. Because of this, Francesco Leolo sent Capone and his family to the great, prosperous city of Chicago. Another reason Francesco Leolo sent Capone to Chicago was so that he could follow in the footsteps of his mentor, Johnny Torrio. Johnny Torrio went from Chicago to New York. Johnny went to Chicago to help run a ginormous brothel business owned by the crime boss, Big Jim Colosimo. Either Torrio or Capone later assassinated him. This allowed Torrio to become the new crime boss of Chicago. Around the year 1924, Torrio got into trouble in prison and, after being dismissed, retired back to Italy, leaving Capone as the crime boss of Chicago, leaving him with plenty of new opportunities for wealth and success that eventually led him to impact many all around …show more content…

Capone was respected by everyone, from friend to foe, and didn’t let other people get in his way of achieving greatness. Capone is one of the main reasons the prohibition era was filled with too much organized crime. Sadly, after Capone got arrested, he wasn’t known as the Czar of crime in Chicago. "Although Capone was still young at the time, his being sentenced to prison marked the end of his reign as head of the Chicago mob." (Gale). Capone has many businesses in prostitution. But Capone was an honest man and wasn’t known as a pimp. Capone also owned many casinos where he could launder his money and so much more. Finally, Capone's bootlegging and speakeasies provided him with all of the wealth, power, and success that the windy city could

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Capone was safe some trouble because he had a relationship with the mayor of Chicago, and the police meaning that he had connections. Other gangs had ruined Chicago’s image while dealing with Capone, therefore making the city want to redirect, and gain back their good image. The authorities were now set on taking Al Capone down, but when they knew he was never going to get caught it became difficult. They came in another direction, and got him for tax evasion, and this was the start of finally getting rid of him. The judge used evidence from Al Capone’s receipts of trying to pay the government back what he owed, so he plead “Not guilty” reducing his sentencing.

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Capone was known to ruthless as he rose the ranks. When Capone started he was just a bouncer. While he was a bouncer he made a comment to a woman and her brother pulled a knife and cut him. After a while he was sent to Chicago because he wounded a rival gang member. This all led to what Al Capone is known for today.

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05-08-17 History 102 Micah Mullin History Project Life of Al Capone Al Capone is the most famous gangster of American hisory. He is known for his powerful criminal network during the prohibition. He was married to Mae Josephine Coughlin and had a son named Albert Francis (Sonny) Capone. Capone first became involved with smaller gangs that including the Bowery Boys and Junior Forty Thieves.

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Al Capone came to Chicago in 1919 at 20 years old and became one of the city’s most successful gangsters in 3 years while attacking and defying prohibition (Karamanski). Al Capone, being one of the top gangsters, committed many crimes which involved disregarding the prohibition and many other gang related crimes. But Capone’s success and legacy left a hold on Chicago. Before Capone, Chicago was always worried about its reputation but after, Capone and other criminals turned Chicago against its reputation and pushed Hollywood to enforce a gangster image on the city (Karamanski). Chicago didn’t wanted to be seen as a crime and gangster ridden city, but the acts of many criminals, including Al Capone, established Hollywood’s gangster image of Chicago, which the city would never be able to get rid of.

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Under Torino's guidance, Capone rose through the ranks and became known as a ruthless enforcer for the gang. He was involved in many crimes ranging from bootlegging to prostitution. In 1920, the prohibition was set in place and a new business venture was opened for Al Capone. He began bootlegging and quickly became known as one of the most powerful bootleggers in Chicago.

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Mobsters were a group of men with real character, and real morals. Al Capone just happened to be the most respected, and notorious mobster of all time. Some people chose to walk on the opposite side of the street when they seen him, on the other hand he would help old women cross the street. Although Capone's family had no ties to the mob, the neighborhood they lived in was mob central. Childhood struggles and young life influences led to his criminal behavior as an adult, which started out as a success but slowly demolished.

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He advised Capone to lay low and not bring public attention to the business now that he was the owner of it. Completely ignoring his advice Capone moved the operations to a suite in the Metropole Hotel in downtown Chicago. He lived an extremely rich life with all of the newspapers estimating he was bringing in 100 million a year. The people loved him because he was very public and was seen as a “Robin Hood” figure because of his liquor business. Throughout time his popularity shrunk as his name was being linked with more and more violence.

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Al Capone was no exception. Since Capone’s childhood consisted of living in two gangs, he later joined another gang called “James Street Boys,” whose leader was Johnny Torrio (known mobster in this period), who later would become Al Capone’s mentor in the underworld. Torrio was also an associate of another gang called the Five Points Gang, which later promoted Capone at the age of sixteen to a full-time member and started working with aspiring mobster Frankie Yale in his Brothel-Saloon as a bartender, where he would learn and develop the knowledge of a gangster and the strategies. Before turning 21, Capone was already involved in trouble. For example, while working as a bartender, Al Capone made a misjudged compliment to a woman at the bar.

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Al Capone Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899. He didn’t grow up in a poor or troubled household, the majority of most of his days growing up he lived the childhood of a regular kid. He never seemed destined to be a worldwide infamous mobster, but as he started to become a young adult his actions showed otherwise. Throughout Al Capone’s life, he was known for committing and getting away with many dangerous crimes. His name will ring bells for several generations to come due to the notoriety of his infamous crimes (History).

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Al Capone was a master of his craft. A well known creator of mischief, he was a major name during the time of the Great Depression. He was known for bootlegging alcohol and stirring up crime. Al Capone would leave a legend to live on for years.

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Al Capone met a guy named johnny torrio who showed him the ways of being a respectable gangster. “In 1925 Torrio retired, and Capone became crime czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down of rivals and rival gangs. ”(biography.com). Capones first big job was to get in the election in Cicero and move everything over to

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Al Capone was one of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s and 1940s. The violence that Al Capone was capable of and the fear he invoked in the general public, drastically changed the history of Chicago. This endless list of crimes that Al Capone committed left a deep cut in the history of the United States. Alphonse Capone was an Italian-American.

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“Renowned as America's first Public Enemy No. 1, Capone came to Chicago in 1919 at the age of twenty and within three years became one of the city's most successful gangsters” (Karamanski). In other words, Al Capone had become in a short time frame become the most dangerous man in Chicago during the 1920s and everyone’s attention was turned towards him. His gang had become the most powerful gang to have ever existed in the city and to do that Al Capone had been able to find ways to stay undetected by the police force and even the FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation). Everytime that they came close to catching him he always had an alibi and proof to back up what it was he claimed he was doing or where ever it was that he had claimed to

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Al Capone was one of the scandalous gangsters of the 1900’s. He made millions of dollars from various illegal businesses. From bootlegging to gambling, he was making money. He didn’t care who he hurt. He also didn’t care what he had to do to get to the top.

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However, the ‘police’ opened fire with machine guns and shot-guns.” (Woog 32). Capone remained a significant player in the Chicago underworld despite spending the majority of his career on the run from the law; he was finally imprisoned for tax evasion in 1931. Another notorious mob boss was Sam Giancana. He was one of the most infamous mafia leaders in American history, rumored to have links all the way up to the White House.

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