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by Adam Wilson

 Al Capone

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 Al Capone

BORN: January 17, 1899

BIRTH PLACE: Brooklyn, New 

 York 

DIED: January 25, 1947

FAMILY: 1 of 9 children born to

his Italian immigrant parents

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Capone dropped out of school atthe age of 12.

 As a teenager, he was a member of a gang that was controlled by the

mobster, Johnny Torrio.He followed Torrio to Chicago in

1919.

He quickly rose to prominence within the crime scene.

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 Torrio was wounded, and no longer

able to lead the gang.

Capone took over and, soon after,

the gang had control over Chicago’s

bootlegging and gambling.

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Capone’s most

infamous crime was

 when he ordered the St.

 Valentine’s Day 

Massacre, on Feb. 14,1929, where members

of a rival gang were

murdered by Capone’sgang, who pretended to

be police officers. 1928 bullet-proof Cadillac

 public enemy number one

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 Al Capone was

famously “caught”

in 1931.

He was successfully 

convicted for

income-tax evasion.

He was sentenced toserve 11 years in

prison.

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 After serving seven and a half 

years, Capone was released to a

hospital as a result of his poor

health.

In his final years, he lived as a

 virtual recluse in Florida with his

family.He died on January 25, 1947.

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Quote:

“You can get much further

 with a kind word and a gunthan you can with a kind

 word alone,”-Al Capone

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Quick Facts:Capon’s nickname, 'SCARFACE', was the result of a fight which left

him scarred on the left side of hisface.

Capone’s business card said he was

a used furniture dealer.

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Bibliography: WWW.THEBIOGRAPHYCHANNEL.COM