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Alphonse Gabriel Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone is America's best known is America's best known gangster and the single gangster and the single greatest symbol of the greatest symbol of the
collapse of law and collapse of law and order in the United order in the United
States during the 1920s States during the 1920s Prohibition eraProhibition era
He was He was born in born in JanuarJanuary 17, y 17, 1899 1899
in in BrooklBrookl
yn, yn, New New YorkYork
He grew up in a rough
neighborhood and was a member of
two "kid gangs," the
Brooklyn Rippers and
the Forty Thieves Juniors.
Capone quit school in the sixth grade at age fourteen.
He grew up in a rough
neighborhood and was a member of
two "kid gangs," the
Brooklyn Rippers and
the Forty Thieves Juniors.
Capone quit school in the sixth grade at age fourteen.
Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working for conduct charge while he was working for
Yale. He also murdered two menYale. He also murdered two men
He arrived in Chicago in 1919.He arrived in Chicago in 1919. There he There he was elevated to handling the was elevated to handling the
Four Deuces bar and given responsibility Four Deuces bar and given responsibility for much of the alcohol and prostitution for much of the alcohol and prostitution
in the city of Chicagoin the city of Chicago
Capone's most Capone's most notorious killing was notorious killing was the St. Valentine's the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, February 14, 1929,
two of Capone's men two of Capone's men killed seven men in a killed seven men in a garage of a buildinggarage of a building
Capone was the first to open soup Capone was the first to open soup kitchens after the 1929 stock market kitchens after the 1929 stock market crash and he ordered merchants to crash and he ordered merchants to
give clothes and food to the needy at give clothes and food to the needy at his expensehis expense
CaponeCapone was tried in a was tried in a federal court in federal court in 1931. He was found 1931. He was found guilty of tax guilty of tax evasion. The judge evasion. The judge sentenced him to sentenced him to eleven years in a eleven years in a federal prison and federal prison and one year in the one year in the county jail. He also county jail. He also had to pay fines and had to pay fines and court costs totalling court costs totalling 80,000 dollars.80,000 dollars.
In May 1932, Capone was sent In May 1932, Capone was sent to Atlanta, a tough federal to Atlanta, a tough federal
prison.prison. He was then transferred to He was then transferred to
Alcatraz, where tight security Alcatraz, where tight security ensured that Capone had no ensured that Capone had no
contact with the outside worldcontact with the outside world
In May 1932, Capone was sent In May 1932, Capone was sent to Atlanta, a tough federal to Atlanta, a tough federal
prison.prison. He was then transferred to He was then transferred to
Alcatraz, where tight security Alcatraz, where tight security ensured that Capone had no ensured that Capone had no
contact with the outside worldcontact with the outside world
He died on January 25, 1947
from cardiac arrest.
Capone was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago's far
South Side
