Al Capone was born the fourth child to Gabriele Capone and Teresina (called Teresa) Capone on January 17, 1899. A seemingly normal family who was striving in the 'New World' after Gabriele and Teresa arrived in the United States in 1894 with 43,000 Italian immigrants. Al's father was a barber by trade and Teresa raised her family and also took in sewing piecework for extra income. Laurence Bergreen wrote in his biography called Capone: The Man and the Era" in regards to Capone's upbringing that "...nothing about the Capone family was inherently disturbed, violent or dishonest." He further stated that the family, as a whole, "were law-abiding, unremarkable Italian-American family with conventional patters of behavior and frustration; th

Although Capone was called for the grand jury in Chicago, he felt he had a more pressing issue that had to come first. Three Sicilian colleagues were causing 'trouble' for Al Capone and he was not pleased. He planned carefully a lavish feast for the three Sicilian men to gather with him, making them to believe he was now seeing eye to eye with them. He accommodated them through dinner and drinks and then picked up a bat slowly as he smashed in the first guest of honors head. According to an internet site regarding Capone, it stated "slowly and methodically, he struck again and again, breaking bones in the man's shoulders, arms and chest. He moved to the next man and, when he had reduced him to mangled flesh and bone, to the third. One of the bodyguards then fetched his revolver from the checkroom and shot each man in the back of the head."

unopposed with the exception of Robert St. John, a journalist for the Cicero Tribune in Cicero. Every issue seemed to contain information in hopes to expose the Capones criminal deeds. The editorials were effective enough to threaten Capone-backed corrupt politicians in the 1924 primary election. On election day, people working for and with Capone, kidnapped opponents election workers and even threatened voters with violence for not seeing things their way. As news spread, the Chicago police gathered over sixty policemen and gave them all shotguns. The policemen rode in plain clothes in unmarked cars to Cicero under the pretense that they were protecting workers at an electrical plant there. Frank Capone, who was negotiating a lease, was walking down the street when the group of policemen approached him, one of the policemen noticed who he was an open fired at Frank, covering his body with bullets. The police claimed it was self-defense since Frank pulled out his own revolver when he saw the group coming towards him. Al was absolutely enraged at this act and made it worse by kidnapping political officials and stealing ballot boxes so things may go in his favor. An official was even murdered and when it was all over with, Al Capone had absolutely won victory over the territory he was wishing to claim but for a price that would haunt him for the rest of his years to come.

After many murders, assassinations, crime sprees and shootouts that will never be forgotten and after dodging the law enforcement agencies who were destined to get Al Capone, even with his disguise of being an 'upright' man who was trying to service his public, he finally met his final downfalls around 1928. Capone made his 'headquarters' in the once highly respected Lexington Hotel. He lived like a royal leader in his six-room suite with a special kitchen for his catered meals. Secret doors were installed so that Capone could escape without harm if the need arose, he knew down deep inside that the end would have to come soon....he could not run forever.

intrigued by it all, he knew he wanted a part of it. When Al came into town, he was drawn to the 'kingpin' of a major part of the criminal world; his name was Jim ("Big Jim") Colosimo. Colosimo and his wife, Victoria were highly successful in their brothel business, it was not unusual for the earnings for a single month to be well of $50,000.00. Many high profile people were involved in their world that made it all seem to be the exact world that Al seemed to long for. Political corruption was running strong, lawyers, judges, policemen, congressmen and even a reported assistant state attorney were all involved with Colosimo's world. To see these people seemingly so successful and being able to make a fantastic financial living was exactly what Al wanted.

There was no more running for Al Capone, he was finally prosecuted for his

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