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The King of Chicago
Al Capone
Avril
2020
Who was he ?
• Alphonse Capone alias Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in
Brooklyn, New York and died on January 25, 1947 in Palm Island,
Miami.
• Capone was the most famous gangster of the 20’, he was the
co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit who used to
smuggle alcohol and other illegal activities during the
« Prohibition » era.
Prohibition: It was a nationwide constitutional law from 1920 to
1930, in the United States, that banned production, import,
transportation and sale of alcoholic berevages.
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His personality:
An elegant gangster
Capone wanted to look like a respectable
buisnessman. He used to be well dressed with :
• a white borsalino (hat)
• a suit
• an overcoat
• leather shoes
As he was rich , Capone liked expensive and
beautiful clothes.
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The criminal’s life
The beginning of his life
• Al Capone was born, from Italian immigrants, on January 17, 1899 in
Brooklyn in a Catholic family. At 12, he left school , began to do casual
works and joined notorious street gangs who trained him to crime
techniques. We gave him the legendary nickname of « Scarface » because
he had a scar on his cheek.
• On December 30, 1918, he got married to Mae Coughlin and then they
had a son Albert Francis Capone.
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The criminal’s life
Chicago
In the 1920’s, Capone joined Johnny Torio in Chicago,
Illinois. After some crimes and murders, he became his
right-hand man.
• In 1925, Capone became the crime czar of Chicago when Torio
retired to Italy after an assassination who had gone wrong. During
years, he used to make money with illegal activities. Al Capone
also used to expand his teritories by gun down his rivals and rival
gangs. His most notorious bloodletting was the St. Valentine’s day
Massacre on Febuary 14, 1929.
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The criminal’s life
The end
• On october 1931, Capone was arrested by Eliot Ness and
sentenced to 11 years in prison and $50,000 in fines and
court costs for tax frauds.
• Al Capone died on January 25, 1947 of a stroke and a pneumonia in his estate in Palm
Island, Miami.
• He was 48 years old.
6The St.Valentine’s day Massacre
Mass murder of group of unarmed bootlegging gang men
• Men working for Al Capone dressed up as policemen and entered a garage at 2122 North
Clark Street run by members of the Georges « Bugs » Moran gang, lined their opponents up
against a wall and shot them
7His illegal activities
In the prohibition, Capone made money easily with his buisness.
He used to run :
• The alcohol smuggling
• The drug trafficking
• The running of gamblings
• The prostitution
8Al Capone in popular culture
The movie which are inspired by Capone’s life.
Scarface
• Scarface is a 1932 American pre-code gangster film directed by
Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes.
9Al Capone in popular culture
The movie which are inspired by Capone’s life.
Al Capone :
• Al Capone is a 1959 biographical crime movie directed by Richard
Wilson, written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and
realised by Allied Artists.
10Al Capone in popular culture
Capone in the litterature.
Tintin in America
• Al Capone appears in some pages of the cartoon « Tintin in
America » by Herge.
• It’s the third volume of « The adventures of Tintin ».
11Thank you! Marie Goupil 4A 20’s and 30’s gangsters
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