Alphonse Scarface Capone
Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899. He grew up in rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY where he would attend school only up to the sixth grade, when dropped out. Capone got his nickname "Scarface" from a knife attack by the brother of a woman whom Capone had insulted. The attack left him with three scars across his face and a new nickname. Capone joined his first gang when he became part of the James Street Gang, headed by the well-known Johnny Torrio. In 1920, upon the request of Torrio, Capone went to work for Johnny's Uncle, Big Jim Colosimo. Colosimo was the head of the largest prostitution and gambling ring in Chicago. After the murder of Colosimo, Torrio took over his uncle's empire, but he was forced to retire after an attempt on his life. So Capone took over and by the time he was 26, he was managing more than a thousand employees, each one of whom he demanded full commitment and loyalty. In 1929, Al Capone's most famous escapade occurred and was to become known as the St. Valentines Day massacre. The event took place at the bootlegging headquarters of George "Bugs" Moran,
When in came to bootlegging during the time of prohibition, Capone knew how to get to people, and how to make a huge profit out of it. Another thing Capone was In 1934 Capone was transferred to Alcatraz, and in 1939 he was paroled. Suffering from syphilis that had begun to drive him insane, Capone knew he could no longer run his Chicago empire, so he retired to his Miami Beach mansion. The exact place where on January 25, 1947 Alphonse "Scarface" Capone died. "I make my money by supplying a public demand. If I break the law, my customers, who number hundreds of the best people in Chicago, are just as guilty as I am. The only difference between us is that I sell and they buy. Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman. When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lake Shore Drive, its hospitality." Capone's bootlegging business widely expanded the availability of alcohol. Capone's words often made him look smart and the government look like fools. More than anything though, Capone built up one of the largest empires of his time, and by doing so, he contributed to the eventual repeal
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