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  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Al-CaponeAl Capone | Biography, Life, Death, Alcatraz, Syphilis, & Facts

    May 6, 2024 · Al Capone was a gangster who served aspiring New York mobsters Frankie Yale and Johnny Torrio. Capone was sent to Chicago and helped Torrio rid the city of their underworld competition. After Torrio retired, Capone became Chicago’s de facto crime czar, running gambling , prostitution , and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by ...

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  3. www.historytools.org › stories › the-life-and-crimesThe Life and Crimes of Al Capone: America‘s Original Public ...

    5 days ago · Al "Scarface" Capone is perhaps the most iconic gangster in American history. During the Prohibition era, he rose from humble beginnings to become the de facto ruler of Chicago‘s underworld, presiding over a vast criminal empire involved in illegal gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, and extortion. At the height of his power in the late ...

  4. guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu › cAmerican History: The Great Depression: Gangsters and G-Men

    May 17, 2024 · Al Capone, also called Scarface, was a major gangster during the Prohibition era in Chicago. He was eventually prosecuted and convicted for tax evasion in 1931. He was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and served 8 before he was released. He died from a stroke in 1947.

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    3 days ago · His childhood experiences shaped him into the notorious gangster he would become as he navigated the streets, honing the skills that would later define his criminal empire. PhotoQuest/Getty...

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  8. theirishmob.com › al-capone-and-the-irish-mobAl Capone and The Irish Mob - The Irish Mob

    May 15, 2024 · Police began their investigation naturally by focusing on Al Capone, The Four Deuces was the headquarters of Al Capone’s mob operations. It was a furniture store on the first floor, under the name of “Al Brown”, but actually had a saloon on the first floor, gambling on the second and third floors, and a brothel on the top floor, and Duffy ...

  9. guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu › cOrganized Crime, Mafia and Gangsters: Gangsters Outside NYC

    May 17, 2024 · Bugs Moran. George Clarence Moran. Bugs Moran was a Chicago gangster most famous as the rival of Al Capone for control of Chicago and for his gang's being killed in the 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre. Moran is considered to be the father of the drive-by shooting technique. He died of lung cancer in Leavenworth prison in 1957. Mickey Cohen.

  10. lovefromcompanies.com › blogs › love-from-usaAl Capone: The Infamous Mobster's and his Sprawling Empire

    May 23, 2024 · Through a combination of ruthlessness, charisma, and strategic alliances, Capone quickly rose through the ranks to become the de facto kingpin of Chicago's underworld. When gang leader Johnny Torrio was injured in an assassination attempt, he decided to retire as the crime boss and passed leadership to Capone in 1925.

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