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After an attempted assassination of Capone's friend and mentor Torrio, the frail man left his legacy of nightclubs, whorehouses, gambling dens, breweries and speakeasies to Capone. I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me. The Capones ultimately had nine children — with Frank Capone most closely following in his brother's blood-soaked footsteps. From an early age, Al Capone had no patience for school, and was expelled from the institution after hitting a teacher when he was 14.

On February 28, 1931, Capone was found guilty in federal court on the contempt of court charge and was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail. His appeal on that charge was subsequently dismissed. Szalai, László (November 17, 2016). "Mysterious Adriatic Villa: It holds the greatest secrets, Al Capone was hiding his mother there". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on September 14, 2019 . Retrieved April 4, 2020. Kinsley, Philip (October 19, 1931). "U.S. jury convicts Capone". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p.1. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017 . Retrieved October 28, 2017. With Prohibition in full swing and Torrio retiring in 1925, Capone became head of the Chicago crime syndicate and had full reign of its gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging operations. The more bodies he left in his wake, the larger his reputation grew. Soon everyone in Chicago knew his name.a b "Notorious Crime Files: Al Capone". The Biography Channel. Biography.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011 . Retrieved November 12, 2010.

a b c d Schoenberg, Robert L. (1992). Mr. Capone. New York: William Morrow and Company. pp.18–19. ISBN 0688128386. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015 . Retrieved November 19, 2015. Step into the glamorous and exciting culture of the Mob. Buy one of our high-quality gangster fedora hats and experience what it is like to dress like a mafioso.

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Bardsley, Marilyn. "Scarface". Al Capone. Crime Library. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013 . Retrieved March 29, 2008. Al Capone wore the Straw Optimo Panama hat during the summer months. The Panama hat is light-colored, light in weight, and breathable. A wide-brimmed shape also characterizes this famous summer hat. Slay doctor in massacre". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 15, 1929. p.1. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017 . Retrieved October 28, 2017. Al Capone was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Gabriele Capone (1865–1920) and Teresa Capone ( née Raiola; 1867–1952). [4] His father was a barber and his mother was a seamstress, both born in Angri, a small comune outside of Naples in the Province of Salerno. [5] [6] Capone's family had immigrated to the United States in 1893 by ship, first going through Fiume (modern-day Rijeka, Croatia), a port city in what was then Austria-Hungary. [3] [7] The family settled at 95 Navy Street, in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn. When Al was aged 11, he and his family moved to 38 Garfield Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [3] Capone was sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary in May 1932, aged 33. Upon his arrival at Atlanta, Capone was officially diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhoea. He was also experiencing withdrawal symptoms from cocaine addiction, the use of which had perforated his nasal septum. Capone was competent at his prison job of stitching soles on shoes for eight hours a day, but his letters were barely coherent. He was seen as a weak personality, and so out of his depth dealing with bullying at the hands of fellow inmates that his cellmate, seasoned convict Red Rudensky, feared that Capone would have a breakdown. Rudensky was formerly a small-time criminal associated with the Capone gang and found himself becoming a protector for Capone. The conspicuous protection by Rudensky and other prisoners, drew accusations from less friendly inmates and fueled suspicion that Capone was receiving special treatment. No solid evidence ever emerged, but it formed part of the rationale for moving Capone to the recently opened Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary off the coast of San Francisco, in August 1934. [112] On June 23, 1936, Capone was stabbed and superficially wounded by fellow Alcatraz inmate James C. Lucas. [113]

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