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During the roaring twenties the notorious mobster Al Capone or “Scarface” dominated the chaotic city of Chicago, he surpassed all his rivals and he was acknowledged as the most fearsome and powerful mobster that has terrorized the city. During his prime Al Capone have gather more than 1,000 members in his gang, accumulated more than $100millions as his personal income and he was able to claimed that he “owned” Chicago. Al Capone was one of the most well-known and villainous crime lords that ever existed, but how did Al Capone become such an infamous figure? Al Capone’s family settled in New York during the late nineteen centuries, The Capones were poor immigrants originated from Italy, they moved into a poor Brooklyn tenement where Al …show more content…

The family was a regular law-following Italian Americans, there were few indications that Al would have become public enemy number one, but as soon they moved into more of a ethnically mixed community Al was then expose to more cultural influence which lead him down to the road of a crime lord, by the time that he was eleven Al Capone already have surrounded himself with other dangerous hoodlums, he was a member of a junior gang that taught its members the art of vandalism and street boxing (The Life and times of Al Capone by Tom Stockdale pg9). Al Capone later become closer with crime organization like the Five Point Gang and brought attention from the fearsome member Frank Yale (The Life and times of Al Capone by Tom Stockdale pg9). Beside the environment around Al it was his schooling that set him on his path to becoming a crime figure. Al …show more content…

With trusted followers and supreme power Al Capone claimed the city of Chicago, anyone who opposed him were destroy and crushed, for example Al Capone elaborated plan out a trap for his two rivals- John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, Capone invited them into a banquet and when its climax of the evening, Capone eliminated both of them by bashing their brains out (. Al Capone also have posed a good public image of himself, which made him into more of a infamous figure, Capone always dressed smart and fancy, he set out a image of a wealth businessman and pillar of the community. As for his crimes, Capone was always ahead of everything, he left no evidences that can be use for him to be charge with. ("Al Capone." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television), (Sifakis, Carl. "Capone, Al." Encyclopedia of American Crime, Second Edition

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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 Imagine you are standing on trial for tax evasion and prohibition charges and plead guilty then get sentenced to 11 years in prison. Al Capone did this, then got out on good behavior in six and a half years, then returned to his home in Miami. With this paper, I'm trying to prove that Al Capone was the most influential and powerful gangster in Chicago ever. I think Al Capone was the most influential and powerful gangster because he ran gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanded his territory by gunning down rival gangs.

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The 1920’s was rife with organized crime. Al Capone was the leader of a notorious crime family, that led much of the organized crime in the 1920’s. Al Capone’s early life and family shaped him into the gangster he once was. Moreover, as Al Capone

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During the 1920’s gang related crime was a serious issue. The leader of all this violence and corruption was a man named Al “Scarface” Capone (“Al Capone”). This organized crime, dehumanization, and corruption, became the ultimate image of Chicago for people throughout the world. He was largely immersed in things like gambling, prostitution, and the illegal sale of liquor. He was not convicted for any of his crimes, even the St. Valentine's Day massacre of 1929, until he was imprisoned for tax evasion (Horan).

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The plan was to get a bootlegger to lure Bugs Moran and his gang to a back alley where Capone 's men would dress like police officers and take the gangs guns then open fire and kill everyone. Just one small hiccup. Bugs Moran saw the Cop car before anyone else and ran away before capone 's men could kill him. Capone being smart planned his vacation and left when this was happening but the police and the media knew it was his planning. This made Capone famous.

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Al Capone was known as the nation’s most famous mobster. Al Capone murdered numerous people in his career. Capone’s increase in criminal activity began in Chicago and his actions eventually spread out through the United States. Al Capone was born on January 17th, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York City.

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He rose to notoriety as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era. He had a personal fortune estimated at 100 million dollars as the head of the infamous crime syndicate. He was sent to prison in 1934 for tax evasion. He was a significant figure in the world of organized crime. Al Capone was one of the most famous mob bosses, if not “the” most famous.

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Entrance into Leadership     Capone entered into the gang life at an early age under Torrio, but he did not immediately rise to power. As people do in the workforce, he struggled and clawed his way to the top after putting in countless hours doing the work for Torrio that he would later have others do for himself.     At 19, he married his baby’s mother, Mae Coughlin, and moved to Baltimore with a vow to make a good life for he and his family. After his father unexpectedly died, however, he relocated to Chicago in 1920 and became reunited with his former boss, Johnny Torrio (“Al Capone,” History.com). Torrio had become fairly successful within the gambling and prostitution businesses, but after the 18th was passed, outlawing the sale and consumption of alcohol, Torrio saw a more promising opportunity, however, Torrio abandoned his organization when he was almost killed in an assassination attempt in 1925 (“Al Capone,” History.com).

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It was hard to find investigators to work the case, because a lot of police officers would take bribes from Al Capone and his gang to stay quit, many were afraid for their lives and the safety of their families. Thanks to Elliot Ness, The Untouchables, Bureau of Revenue, investigator Frank Wilson, and a federal judge James Wilkerson, was the reason for the conviction of Al Capone. To convict Capone they needed an inside job the only one who took it was Eddie O’Hare giving information to the government for two years and later was gun down by two men (Linder). Another agent pretended to be a gangster from Philadelphia to get inside information from Capone’s men named Michael Malone (www.myalcaponemuseum.com).The United States government decided to go with the tax charges because they felt that tax evasion would stick better than prohibition violations

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Much of Al Capone’s success came from taking advantage of the prohibition movement (Baughman 2). Capone had once told reporter Damon Runyon,”I make money by supplying a public demand. If I break the law,my customers . . . some of the best people in Chicago, are as guilty as me”(“Alphonse Capone”

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Al Capone’s routine engagement in criminal behaviors led to a tendency of irresponsibility, unlawfulness, and

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