Al Capone Al Capone is one of the most famous gangsters in the world. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1989, he was the fourth child out of nine children born to his parents who emigrated from Naples, Italy. Capone's trouble started in the sixth grade when he was expelled from school for retaliating and hitting his teacher back after she had hit him. Capone then joined the James Street Gang, a tough gang of young teenagers, run by Johnny Torrio. Torrio himself would soon become a founding member of the Chicago Mob. The James Street gang was a part of the much larger (and less youthful) Five Points Gang where Capone later graduated to. Al Capone was hired by Torrio as a bouncer at a seedy dive bar and brothel in Brooklyn. During this time Al insulted a patron and was attacked by the patron's brother, Frank Galluccio, and Capone's left check got slashed. This led to his nickname Scarface. Often, Al Capone would tell reports that his scar was a reminder of his service in France in the "Last Battalion", during world war I, but Capone never fought in France. In 1919, after being in trouble with the law in New York, Capone moved to Chicago. John Torrio, who was working the brothel in the windy city, needed his help. At the time Torrio was having problems with his uncle, Big Jim Colissimo, who didn't want to get involved with the booze rackets that prohibition would bring. Capone and Torrio sent to New York for a team of hit men and removed Colissimo from the equation. Together, Capone and Torrio started to take charge of Chicago. Gangs that didn't toe the line went to war with them. The fight with The O'Banion Gang from Chicago's north side was the most famous of these wars. The O'Banion Gang put John Torrio in the hospital in 1925. Finally a month later when Torrio got out, he gave it all to Capone, and took 30 million dollars with him back to Brooklyn, where he retired. At the age of 26, Al Capone became the leaded of one of the worlds largest crime families. The Capone mob numbered over 1000, most of them cold blooded killers. He was a murderer, pimp, extortionist, and bootlegger, but the public loved him. Capone was seen in the company of movie stars, big business people, and political figures. What the public wanted, booze, prostitution and gambling, is what he restricted the outfits activities to. If the people are given what they want, they are not going to stop you. When seen at public events, Al Capone was cheered while president Herbert Hoover was booed. Capone surroun...
