Slide 2 Alphonse Gabriel Capone Al Scarface Capone Born January
17 th 1899 in Brooklyn, NY to Gabriele and Teresina Capone of Italy
Married to Mae Josephine (Coughlin) Son Albert Francis Sonny Capone
Died January 25 th 1947 in Florida Slide 3 The Start of an All-Star
Career Dropped out of school at age 14 Was a member of the Junior
40 Thieves Bowery Boys Brooklyn Rippers Five Points Gang Frankie
Yale, a bartender with gang connections, got Capone a job as a
bouncer at the Harvard Inn. This is where he got scars on face from
breaking up a fight. Slide 4 Chicago Fellow Five Points Member and
Capones mentor, Johnny Torrio moved to Chicago and got Capone a Job
as a bodyguard for Boss James "Big Jim" Colosimo. Torrio took over
Chicago after Colosimo was murdered. Frankie Yale and Al Capone
were suspects for the slaying Big Jim and two others. Slide 5 A
King is Born Forming of the Torrio-Capone Gang In direct
competition with the North Side Gang of Dean OBanion OBanion
betrays Torrio and both end up arrested Oct. 10, 1924 Torrios Men
murder OBanion which starts a gang war 1925 North Side Gang
retaliates and Torrio is wounded Torrio flees to Italy and leaves
his business to Capone Gang known as the Chicago Outfit or Chicago
Mob Slide 6 Professional Rsum Gangster Bootlegger Criminal Master
Mind Racketeer Illegal Gambling Boss of the Chicago Mob Valentines
Day Massacre Slide 7 The Fall of King Alphonse 1931 Capone is
indicted for Income Tax Evasion and various infractions of
prohibition. Bribed members of the jury, but at the last minute the
jury members were swapped with another court room. Found Guilty of
Tax Evasion. Other Charges are dropped because the investigators do
not have enough evidence to convict. Slide 8 Sentence 11 years
Heavy Fines Liens placed on his properties Started Sentence May
1932 Atlanta US Pen. Lincoln Heights Jail Alcatraz Aug. 11, 1934
Terminal Island Prison Slide 9 End of a Legacy Power diminished
when prohibition ended in December of 1933. Paroled November 16,
1939. Physical & mental health begin to fail in prison due to
neurosyphilis. Jan 21 st suffers a stroke and recovers. Jan 24 th
get pneumonia Dies January 25 th 1947 at the Age of 48yrs. Slide 10
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