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    Al Capone Hornung, Rick. Al Capone. Random House Value Publishing, Incorporated: New York, New York, 1998. What made you want to read about this person? What made me want to read about him was how Al Capone was never caught and I wanted to know what a life of crime was like. Al Capone was an infamous criminal who was never caught for being in a gang or killing people, but for tax evasion. Why were they famous? What were their accomplishments? Al Capone was famous for leading the Chicago mafia

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    for illegal alcohol. During this time is when Alphonse Gabriel Capone was reaching his early 20’s and he was working as a petty thug and bookkeeper for his lifelong friend, and crime boss, Johnny Torrio. “In 1917, Torrio introduced Capone to the gangster Frankie Yale, who employed Capone as bartender and bouncer at the Harvard Inn in Coney Island.” History.com Staff. "Al Capone." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 01 May 2018. He would soon be reunited with Johnny, who would introduce

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    O'Banion who was an Irish mobster and competitor to Capone a major gang war broke out in 1926. In just one district alone of Chicago, 130 gangsters were murdered. In them 130 killings it involved the St. Valentines Massacre which was an event where 6 high ranking members of Bugs Moran gang which is affiliated with Dion O’Banion were murdered in a garage by gangsters dressed in full police uniform. Few murderers were arrested and convicted of crime which led to Capone’s success in Chicago’s

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    “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. Capone was one of the biggest causes of the spike in organized crime in the 20’s following the ratification of the 18th amendment. Capone was also one of the main causes of the collapse in the government due to his strong political ties

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    The Infamous Gangster: Al Capone The most infamously known mobster and gangster, Alphonse Capone better known as Al Capone or Scarface, was born in poverty and worked his way up to get power. His mother, Teresina, immigrated from Italy to New York where Al Capone grew up poor. He ended up quitting school and worked in a bowling alley. Al Capone grew up in a bad neighborhood and ended up being a gangster at the age of eight-teen. He then made some choices based on what his gang leader told him.

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    families. The mafia 's bosses give each family its own unique style whether they be a media persona like Al Capone, A brutal killer like Charles Luciano, or completely insane like George Moran. Alphonse Capone is perhaps one of the most notorious gangsters of all time being remembered in infamy as a very successful businessman and a stone cold killer. Before Capone would become a mob boss he lived in a run down part of New York city. Capone went to a Catholic school, where he showed academic promise

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    simple enough task, so I did not worry too much. The man’s neighborhood was deserted. No one in sight and no one in ear shot. This was familiar; it reminded me of my own neighborhood. I knew the kind of amount of fear felt to clear the roads when gangsters were coming. The thought of the fear in those people’s minds; so much fear, they decided to hide away in their homes and practically lock their business doors; sent chills up and down my entire being, especially because I have known that fear all

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    “Years ago i was wanted in chicago. I was in the San Andreas gang. i was in hiding until i remembered i made a opponent. A opponent with the finest chap in the world. It was to meet at Big Joe Brady's restaurant twenty years later same date and time.” I said talking to tyrone. “Ok get on with the good stuff.” said Tyrone in the jail cell next to me. “ok.” I said It was about ten o'clock at night and only a couple people were on the dark and wet slimy street. Then out of nowhere a well trained

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    responded to the outcry by raiding Capone’s headquarters. The documents they found would eventually lead to the downfall of Capone. Capone realized the public’s unrest was a serious problem, so he called for a “Peace Conference” with all of the gangsters in Chicago. This conference did not solve any problems, because violence arose again two months later. (history.com, Al

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