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 became interested in selling illegal whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Torrio's uncle did not agree with this idea but within the next month he was shot and killed. Capone and Torrio took over Torrio's uncles business and added the selling of illegal alcohol. After Torrio was gunned down and almost killed by a rival gang, he retired from the gang scene that left Capone to run the empire alone.
             At the age of 26, Capone was managing more than 1,000 employees with a Payroll of more than $300,000 a week. He demanded total loyalty from all of his Employees. During this time Capone became so rich that he gave out free food for Chicago's unemployed, which made him look like he had a heart of gold. By 192
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