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Al Scarface Capone Slide 2 Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasnt Prohibition? Slide 3 Born in Brooklyn, son of Italian Immigrants Lived in a tenement, dad was a barber Faced prejudice being Italian School, got in a fight in 6 th grade with his teacher Started to run with gangs Scarface or Snorky Early Life Slide 4 Johnny Torrio So you want to be a gangster? Al was a messenger for him Taught corporate structure and peace-loving Slide 5 Frankie Yale business built on brutality Muscle and aggression Took over NY Slide 6 Personal Life had a kid Albert Francis Sonny Capone Marriage to Mae Coughlin 21 and he was 19 Tried a career as a bookkeeper in Baltimore resumed his relationship with Johnny Torrio 1921 Slide 7 Chicago Perfect place for the Mob Managed 4 speakeasies Focused on Cicero Age 24 Took out Dion OBanion Bugs Moran and the Northside Gang Bugs Moran Slide 8 Capone in charge Murder attempt on Torrio Torrio retires, Capone takes over Headquarters to Metropole Hotel Take out Frankie Yale- July 1, 1928 Now to get rid of Bugs Moran Feb. 14, 1929 St. Valentines Day Massacre- reading Slide 9 Capones Wealth Hotel- $1,500 a day Fortune est. $50- 60 million 11- carat diamond pinky ring Bulletproof car $30,000 Estate in Florida $500,000 Never carried less than $50,000 in cash Slide 10 Downfall a Capone Eliot Ness tax evasion, 11 years in prison Died Jan. 25, 1947 of cardiac arrest, syphilis Slide 11 Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasnt Prohibition?