By: Ranjeet Singh

Al Capone:A life

Of Thug

Early life of Al CaponeAl Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17, 1899.He had nine siblings.His father was a barber and his mother was a seamstressHe quit school at age of 14, because he hit a teacher in the face and also had some problems with the rules of the school

Early CareerAfter quitting from school Al worked at candy store and bowling alley. There he was influenced by a gangster named Johnny Torrio, who was like mentor to him.

Gang LifeLater Al Capone joined the notorious Five Points Gang in Manhattan and worked for gangster Frankie Yale's as bartender in Harvard Inn.

Al Capone got first arrested for disorderly conduct when he was working for Frankie Yale.Meanwhile he also killed two men in New York, but because of the gang reputation it was never proved that he tried to do those murders.

Life First Arrest

ScarfaceOnce Al Capone negligently insulted a woman and return got assaulted by her brother. In that assault he got three slash on his face. From that time he was also known as "Scarface".

ChicagoWhen Al Capone assaulted a rival gang member, Frankie send Al Capone to Chicago to solve the issue. There he joined John Torrio's bootlegging business. Later he became Torrio's right hand man and become a partner in his gambling business.

Turn In lifeTorrio got shot by a rival member, and Al became the boss in his place. He was called "Big Fellow". Al Capone got control over many factories and business between 1925 and 1930. He started to earn more than $ 100,000,000 a year. But with so much wealth he also made many enemies.

On February 14, 1929, four Capone men ambushed Moran's North Side gang members. They fired more than 150 bullets killing all seven members of the gang. This was Al Capone most notorious killing.

Valentine Notorious Killing

Although Al Capone killed many people, he ordered merchants to give clothes and food to the needy at his own expense and also opened a soup kitchen after the stock market crashed in 1929.

Al Capone Good Will

Later, Al Capone was charged for many illegal steps like gambling, tax invasion, etc. The judge sentenced him ten years of federal prison and one year of county in the jail. He was fined more than $50,000.

Justice

Al Capone was sent to Atlanta Federal prison and then he was transferred to Alcatraz prison. He was released on November 16, 1939, but still had to pay fines and court costs of $37,617.51.

Prison Life

After spending life in prison, Al Capone went to his home in Palm island and decided to live a quite life. He could no longer run the gang because of his sick body.

Later Life

Al Capone received apoplectic stroke on January 21, 1947. He started to improve gradually until pneumonia hit him on January 24, 1947. Next day he died from cardiac arrest.

Death

Al Capone grave was buried right beside his father's and brother's grave at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago's far South Side, but later all the three graves were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery on the far West Side

Burial