Al Capone Powerpoint
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Born on January 17, 1899
Has two nicknames:
Al (to shorten his name)
Scarface
insulted a woman while working the door at a Brooklyn
night club - was attacked by her brother Frank Gallucio.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the Brooklyn
borough of New York.
Parents were Gabriele and Teresina Capone.
They were immigrants from Italy
He was one of 9 children
Started with small-time gangs that included the Junior
Forty Thieves and the Bowery Boys.
Capone joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the powerful
Five Points Gang based in Lower Manhattan.
Yale insisted that Capone apologize to Gallucio, and later
Capone hired the cutter as a bodyguard!!!
When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of
his face. He said the injuries were war wounds
On December 30, 1918, Capone married Mae Josephine
Coughlin, an Irish Catholic
Earlier that month, Mae had given birth to their first
son. As Capone was under the age of 21, his parents
had to consent to the marriage in writing.
After following a mentor from New York, he became a
part of The Chicago Outfit
Brother Salvatore Capone was involved in The Chicago
Outfit as well
The mentor that he followed from New York was
Capone’s closest ally – Johnny Torrio
Main rival gang was the North Side Gang lead by
Dean O'Banion
It is believed Capone ordered the 1929 Saint
Valentine's Day Massacre in the Lincoln Park
neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. Details of the
killing of the seven victims in a garage at 2122 North
Clark Street.No one was ever brought to trial for the
crime.
Capone could never been officially connected to any violent crime in all
the years within the mob
In 1931 Capone was indicted for income tax evasion and various
violations of the Volstead Act (Prohibition). His attorneys made a plea
deal, but the presiding judge warned he might not follow the
sentencing recommendation from the prosecution. Capone withdrew
his plea of guilty.
After being released from jail in 1946, his physician
and a Baltimore psychiatrist performed examinations
and concluded that Capone then had the mental
capability of a 12-year-old child because he has
contracted neurosyphilis.
On January 21, 1947, Capone had a stroke. He regained
consciousness and started to improve but contracted
pneumonia on January 24. He suffered a fatal cardiac
arrest the next day. He died in his home in Miami
Beach, Florida, surrounded by his family
Houghton, Darryl. “The Notorious Capone.” Chicago’s
Gangs. Ed Melissa Fleming. New York: Penguin Books,
2003. Pages 24 – 45.
Pisher, Mark. “Alphonse ‘Scarface Al’ Capone
(1899-1947) Chicago Crime Leader .” Seize the
Night. Nd. ONLINE October 16th 2011
http://carpenoctem.tv/mafia/acapone.html
Wilson, Earl. Capone and Chicago’s Mob History. New
York: Penguin Books, 2003.