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- He got out early in 1939 for good behavior, after spending his final year in prison in a hospital, suffering from syphilis.
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His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33. Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He joined the Five Points Gang as a teenager and became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels.
- Alphonse Gabriel Capone, January 17, 1899, New York City, U.S.
- 11 years imprisonment (1931)
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- Capone was in a street gang as a child. Born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, Alphonse Capone was the fourth of nine children. His parents, Gabriele, a barber, and Teresa Capone, were immigrants from Angri, Italy.
- He hated his famous nickname. In 1917, Capone’s face was slashed during a fight at the Harvard Inn, after he insulted a female patron and her brother retaliated, leaving him with three indelible scars.
- Capone’s crime gang raked in as much as $100 million annually. After arriving in Chicago, Capone worked for Torrio, who was part of a criminal network headed by a man named Big Jim Colosimo.
- He was never charged in connection with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. On the morning of February 14, 1929, seven men affiliated with the George “Bugs” Moran gang were shot to death while lined up against a wall inside a garage in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Mar 18, 2024 · In October Capone was tried, found guilty on three of the 23 counts, and sentenced to 11 years in prison and $50,000 in fines and court costs. He entered Atlanta penitentiary in May 1932 but was transferred to the new Alcatraz prison in August 1934.
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Capone was convicted, and on October 24, 1931, was sentenced to 11 years in prison. When he finally got out of Alcatraz, Capone was too sick to carry on his life of crime. He died in 1947. In the end, it took a team of federal, state, and local authorities to end Capone’s reign as underworld boss.
Jan 17, 2017 · On October 24, 1931, Capone was sentenced to a total of 11 years—10 years in federal prison (for income-tax evasion), and one year for contempt of court (he failed to show up to a grand jury investigation). The contempt of court charge was to be served in Chicago.