AL Capone Thesis

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Alphonse Capone And His Rise To Power

During the Capone era many mobsters were in power. As Al Capone grew, he began to associate with many different bosses and was in the neighborhood with many mob run gangs. After being involved and associated with these gangs, Capone then joined one, which just so happen to be run by Johnny Torrio, mobster to become leader of the underworld. There were many influences that helped Capone grow and gain until his rise to power as Chicago's most notorious mobster.

One of the most common fictions is that like many gangsters of Capone's era, he was born in Italy. "This is untrue, he wasn't born in Italy but was born in New York"(Bardsley 1). "Alphonse Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899, of an immigrant family (Al 2). Gabriele Capone, Al Capone's father, was one of 43,000 Italians who arrived in the United States in 1894. He was a barber by trade and was one of the few who could read and write his native language. He was from the villa of Castellmare di Stalia, sixteen miles south of Naples (Bardsley 3). Capone's mom, Teresina Capone, came to America with her two-year-old son Vincenzo and infant son Raffaele (historical 1). In

May of 1906, Gabriele became an American citiz

What type of boy he was, his Interests, and issues.

In January 1947 Capone had a massive brain hemorrhage in Florida and died. His body was removed from his estate in Florida and transferred back to the Chicago, where he had lived most of his life and achieved the title of "The most Notorious Mobster". "Immediately upon arrival to Chicago by train, the corpse of the dead crime czar was met by guards who escorted it to Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Even in death, Capone commanded gunmen to protect him against unseen enemies, in this case ghouls" (world Crime 617). The families held a private ceremony at the cemetery, but were wary of grave robbers taking the corpse, so they reburied Alphonse Capone in a seaside lot in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

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A man by the name of "Big Jim" Colosimo was the new under world leader. Johnny Torrio became jealous of Colosimo and wanted his power. Torrio called upon Capone and "Big Jim" Colosimo was killed on the night of May 11, 1920 (World Crime 606). The reason for his death was mostly because the Prohibition Act passed in 1920. The acts forbid alcohol to be distributed to all the saloons in Chicago. Torrio told Colosimo to start an underground that could supply all the Saloons with beer and Liquor. Colosimo refused and soon Capone was to be his executioner.

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