Al Capone
: the Myth, the Legend
was a heartless man, who did not care about the well-being of others; because of this, he killed many people. He led a life of show-boating and other such means of a rich and immoral man. His thoughts were only of what would help him to succeed, not of what would help others.
's mother was named Teresina Capone. Despite having many growing boys, she was still able to take in sewing piecework. Teresina was a mother of four, and also, she was a housewife. She made sure that the Capones were taken care of. Because of this, it is hard to understand why became such a hated criminal.
Gabriele Capone was 's father. Since he had the ability to read and write, ...
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man named Johnny Torrio. He ran errands, and got paid for it, so he had pocket change. Torrio was a new type of gangster. He was one of the first of this new breed and helped with the development of a newly found criminal enterprise.
There were other Capone children, not just Al. James Capone was the oldest child. The two other kids in the family at this time, other than Al, were Ralph and Frank. James, Ralph, and Frank were not as well-known as Al. This was because Al was the only one working for Torrio.
Johnny Torrio moved to Chicago, when 1909 came around. Since he moved, Capone started getting into other things. One of these things was gangs. There were many gangs. These
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gangs were made up of what race they were, and where they were from. Even though he was in street gangs, and was good friends with Johnny Torrio, there was no sign as to how bad this man was going to be. There was only one real disruption in the Capone family. This was when James left the family ...
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diamonds and other flashy jewelry all the time. He was a true man of Chicago society, this was because he was handsome, generous, and larger than life. As Colosimo's business grew, he brought in Torrio to help in operating and growing this empire. Torrio was able to expand the
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business unnoticeably. He was not interested in fooling around, he was a serious business man. Colosimo divorced his present wife, and married a singer, who had stolen his heart. Yale had heard about this, and muscled in on Colosimo's enormous empire. Colosimo was assasinated in his own nightclub by Yale.
The police eventually figured out that Yale had killed Colosimo. There ...
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