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Even after he stopped pursuing his education, Capone began to work to support his family and “always brought his entire paycheck home to his mother”. However, Al was steered towards a life of crime when he started spending time in Manhattan with his older brother, Ralph, who often did odd jobs for gangs. After some time, Al began to work for Johnny Torrio, a renowned mob boss in New York. From there, his penchant for a life of crime only grew. Capone became something of a protegee to Torrio. Eventually, Torrio realized his organization could become more profitable in Chicago, so he turned over his territory to Frankie Yale, for whom Al began to work. Soon, Capone had made enemies within a rival gang, so Yale suggested he move to Chicago to work for Torrio until New York was safer. Capone recognized the move as a step up, and so he continued his work in Chicago for the rest of his career. After an attempt on Torrio’s life, he retired, and put Capone in charge of his entire organization when he was just twenty-six years old. When Capone took over, the United States was mid-prohibition, so the large majority of his focus was on bootlegging. Before the end of the decade, Capone “controlled all 10,000 speakeasies in Chicago and was said to be ruling the entire bootlegging business from Canada to Florida”. Needless to say, Al Capone had become a powerful and influential figure in Chicago.

The ultimate symbol of a gangster rule, is a guy by the name of Al Capone, who dominated the Chicago underworld by committing many crimes: such as illegal gambling, extortion, prostitution, and alcohol distribution during prohibition. Capone's life of gang activity started at a very young age. He created a multi-million dollar empire of crime in Chicago. He has been referred to as one of the most ruthless men of all time (Stockdale 45). He was a smart businessman, good family man, and a generous person, that lived a life full of murders and other crimes.

Fun fact 7 schools now allow their staff and teachers hit their students and 15 don’t penalize their staff and teachers for hitting the students. Being a 14 year old who got expelled from school, Capone worked many odd jobs like a candy store clerk, a bowling alley pinboy, a laborer for an ammunition plant, and a cutter at a book bindery, Capone got involved he with two “kid gangs” called South Brooklyn Rippers and Forty Thieves junior known for vandalism and secondary crimes. Before the age of 21, he was in many violent crimes, at a Harvard inn, a hoodlum named Frank Galluccio slashed Capone’s cheek with a knife or razor after Capone made a crude comment about Galluccio’s sister, starting his future nickname, Scarface. Capone later shot the winner of the neighborhood craps

In 1923, Capone and Torrio had to move their operations to the suburb of Chicago, Cicero. They were forced to move their operations because of the election of William E. Denver, who was determined to end the corruption in Chicago. This was not the end of Torrio and Capone’s political problems. Although, unlike in Chicago, Capone and Torrio did not let the mayoral election in Cicero push them out of the suburb. They ensured their candidates would be elected on March 31,1924, by causing some voters to be shot and killed (history.com, Al Capone).

It took time and persistence for Al Capone to become a leader, and to be considered the notorious criminal he was, and due with the guidance of Johnny Torrio, a mob leader in Chicago, Al Capone became the man he was set to be when came to Chicago. In the award-winning book “American Decades” it states “... in 1919 after the 18th amendment went into effect, bootlegging operations opened up and drew in immense wealth. In 1925, Torrio retired, and Capone became the crime czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down of rivals, and rival gangs.” (Bondi).

“Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman. When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it’s hospitality.” This was Al Capone, the most notorious gangster of the 1920’s, comparing himself to the upper class.

Chicago has always been known for its not so good reputation, but have you ever wondered where that reputation started. How guns, drugs, and prostitution came to be so closely associated with Chicago. Even the state Chicago resides in, Illinois, has been regarded as one of the most corrupt states in the country. All the things we have associate with Chicago were brought out be the famous gangster, Al Capone. Al Capone, whose life as a criminal began at a young age, made Chicago known for violence and crime.

Al, his wife, and son all moved down to Chicago in 1919. Where Al meets Johnny Torrio. They both worked for Big Jim. When the prohibition started Torrio saw dollar signs, but Big Jim already had enough money he didn’t want another outlet. So the only thing standing in Torrio's way was Big Jim. Torrio had Al "take care" of Big Jim. Al hired Frankie Yale to kill Big Jim. Torrio was the leader of Chicago and Al was his right hand man. 5 Al began to gain a reputation and a new name. He was very stylish, he wore an eleven karat ring on his pinky. He also, wore Italian silk underwear. This style earned him his new nickname "Snorky" which meant sharp dresser. People didn’t see the evil in Al. He hired men to kill for him, Al himself killed four men in his lifetime.6 Al always made sure the public saw him as a hero. One time at a bar Al spilled his drink on a dancer's dress. He apologized and gave her more than enough money to buy a new one. Also in 1920 after his dad died Al he brought his whole family to Chicago. He brought his brothers into his business and supported his sisters and mom fully. Outside of the house and away from the public eye, he was a whole other person. He was lusty and unfaithful. Al drank all the time, slept with many women, and stayed away from home for long periods of time. When Al wasn’t drinking, gambling, and whoring around, he was studying his

As a teenager, Capone was recruited by Johnny Torrio, one of the most successful gangsters on the East Coast, for whom Capone did small favors and errands.

My prediction is that Al Capone will either die in jail or die on the streets, I made this prediction because a lot of Al Capone’s enemies had their gang leader assassinated by Al Capone’s hitmen. It depends because in Al Capone’s time if I was friends with Al Capone I would probably be shot or assassinated. But in my time I would be fine to be friends with him. Yes I would live where Al Capone lived because I would love to see Chicago in 1917, it would be interesting to see all the antiques, dresswear, how people talk, the food and ect. Even though Al Capone was a gangster he was a great leader in his gang because no matter how strict he was with his gang members he always had 100s of members in his gang. The author is telling the story, the

Laura Beshears. The Journal of American Culture. Malden: Sep 2010. Vol. 33, Iss. 3; pg. 197, 10 pgs

He need a man to run his illegal business and he has selected Al Capone from Five Point Gang to be his lieutenant. Al became a father and a husband therefore had a great urge to provide for his family. He was married Mae Coughlin of an Irish descend. During the 1920’s there was a ban on liquor due to prohibition laws. Torrio has suddenly realised there was big money to be made through selling bootlegged liquor.

Al Capone form Wikipedia was born in January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York.20 years ago Capone moved to Chicago because a friend Johnny Torino invited him to move there. He lived in the south side of Chicago. Capone’s name was soon in the newspaper because he use to sell illegal liquor to Iowa State. Wen Capone was small he would not go to school some times because instead he would go do bad stuff. If he saw that someone took something from another person he would bet them up and take the object back to its owner. In 1928 Capone was addicted to beer so what he did was he paid $40, 0000 dollars on just beer. Capone had the most powerful gang in Chicago state for more than 3 years he also had the most expensive automobile in Chicago.

The criminal industry’s growth and fame was specifically due to its infamous members who’ve contributed. Mobsters like Al Capone, who is the most famous character to come out of the prohibition era, set destructive mafia activity under the public spotlight. His cult figure along with many others such as Dion O'Banion, Charles Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Frank Nitti reveled in notoriety and danger. There overpowering ambition to dominate caused the fallout of several publicized criminal events known in history. One of which, is the signature bloodiest mob crime of the decade, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929. Men dressed up as policeman lined up seven men against the wall of a warehouse in Chicago and shot them, leaving six

Alphonse Capone was born January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He was Gabriel and Teresa Capone’s, fourth of nine children; his parents were Italian immigrants. At the age of 14 Capone was expelled from school for assaulting a female teacher. Capone then started working for Johnny Torrio as a bouncer at one of his brothels; this is when Capone really began to get exposed to the mobster life. He was exposed to the mobster life because Johnny Torrio was one of Brooklyn’s most notorious mobsters. (Gottesman & Brown)