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The Roaring Twenties: Al Capone
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The Beginning
Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York and was brought up by neighborhood kid gangs called "The Brooklyn Rippers" and "The Forty Thieves Juniors"
Teen Years
Although he was a smart kid, Capone quit school in the sixth grade at the age of fourteen.
Introduced to organized crime
Why the 1920s is different
As he got older, Al Capone became part of the notorious Five Points gang in Manhattan and worked in gangster Frankie Yale's Brooklyn dive, the Harvard Inn, as a bouncer and bartender.
The 1920s was different from any other decade is because the crime rate was very high from the lack of justice back in the 20s. This means gangsters, like Al Capone, were more successful in the 20s then any-other decade.
Becoming famous
While working at the Inn, Capone received his infamous scars and the nickname "Scarface" when he insulted a patron and was attacked by her brother
Moving Out
Yale sent him to Chicago to wait until things cooled off. Capone went to Chicago in 1919 and moved into a house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue.
Starting a new business
Trouble with the law
Capone went to work for Yale's old mentor, John Torrio. He saw Capone's potential, his physical strength and intelligence, and encouraged his protégé. Soon Capone was helping Torrio manage his bootlegging business.
Running Business
Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working. He also murdered two men while in New York, early testimony to his willingness to kill.
By mid-1922 Capone was Torrio's number two man and eventually became a full partner in the saloons, gambling houses, and brothels.
Getting kicked out
Making Profit
Although he had been doing business with Capone, the corrupt Chicago mayor William "Big Bill" Hale Thompson, Jr. decided that Capone was bad for his political image. Then Thompson hired a new police chief to run Capone out of Chicago.
When Capone took over Torrio's business, Capone controlled speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, horse and race tracks, nightclubs, distilleries and breweries at a reported income of $100,000,000 a year.