Al Capone
I picked Al Capone because we share the same last name and everywhere I go I'm asked if there is any relation to him. I belive that Capone paved the way and opened the door for present day orgnizied crime. Al Capone is the best-known gangster of all time and by far the most powerful gangster of his era. His mob dominated the Chicago area from 1925 to 1931, until he was finally busted for income tax evasion. This was the only crime that could be proven against him. He went to jail at Alcatraz for eight years until he became very ill with syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease) and died from the disease in 1947. Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17, 1899. Capone grew up in a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, and attended school through the sixth grade. He received his nickname Scarface as a result of a knife attack from the brother of a girl he had insulted which left three scares on his face. Capone joined the James Street gang that was headed by a guy named Johnny Torrio. In 1920, Torrio asked Capone to go to Chicago and work with his uncle who controlled the city's largest prostitution and gambling ring at the time. Later that year the Prohibition act came into affect and Capone beca
Capone openly admitted how he had obtained his wealth. When appearing in public, he traveled in a seven-ton limousine and had 18 bodyguards including the guy who gave him the scares on his face. " He spent the rest of his life in Palm Island mansion with his wife and immediate family, in a secluded atmosphere. At the last minute, the judge on the case was changed from Judge Edwards to Judge Wilkerson, who came to the courtroom with a new set of jurors. In 1934 he was transferred to Alcatraz prison in San Francisco. He died due to a stroke and pneumonia on January 25, 1947 because he was suffering from syphilis. In 1946, his physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist both concluded that Al Capone had the mental ability of a 12-year-old child. "On the first day of the income tax evasion trial that began on October 7, 1930 Capone and his lawyers were confident because they had previewed the list of jurors and knew the names and addresses of each of them. Known as Public Enemy Number 1, Al Capone had become the symbol for the Prohibition era. Gangsters like Capone were able to use their money to bribe police investigators or intimidate potential witnesses. If I break the law, my customers who number hundreds of the best people in Chicago, are as guilty as I am. Judge Wilkerson sentenced Capone to serve 11 years in prison and to pay $80,000 in fines and court costs in addition to the $210,000 in over due taxes. After nearly nine hours of court, the jurors found Capone guilty of three felonies and two misdemeanors, relating to his failure to pay and file his income taxes between the years 1925 and 1929. Capone was sentenced to Atlanta's federal prison for 11 years.
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