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1 Al “Scarface” Capone

2 Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasn’t Prohibition?

3 Early Life Born in Brooklyn, son of Italian Immigrants
Lived in a tenement, dad was a barber Faced prejudice being Italian School, got in a fight in 6th grade with his teacher Started to run with gangs Scarface or Snorky

4 Johnny Torrio So you want to be a gangster?
 Al was a messenger for him Taught corporate structure and peace-loving

5 Frankie Yale business built on brutality  Muscle and aggression
 Took over NY

6 Personal Life had a kid Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone
 Marriage to Mae Coughlin 21 and he was 19 Tried a career as a bookkeeper in Baltimore resumed his relationship with Johnny Torrio 1921

7 Bugs Moran and the Northside Gang
Chicago Perfect place for the Mob Managed 4 speakeasies Focused on Cicero Age 24 Took out Dion O’Banion Bugs Moran and the Northside Gang Bugs Moran

8 Capone in charge Murder attempt on Torrio
Torrio retires, Capone takes over Headquarters to Metropole Hotel Take out Frankie Yale- July 1, 1928 Now to get rid of Bugs Moran Feb. 14, 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre- reading

9 Capone’s Wealth Hotel- $1,500 a day Fortune est. $50- 60 million
11- carat diamond pinky ring Bulletproof car $30,000 Estate in Florida $500,000 Never carried less than $50,000 in cash

10 Downfall a Capone Eliot Ness  tax evasion, 11 years in prison
Died Jan. 25, 1947 of cardiac arrest, syphilis

11 Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasn’t Prohibition?


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