Al Capone's Biogrpahy
Al Capone's Biogrpahy
Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to Gabriel and Teresa Capone. His parents immigrated to the United States in 1893 from Naples, Italy. Capone came from a family of eleven and was the fourth oldest of nine children. He grew up in a rough neighborhood of Brooklyn and was a member of two “Kid Gangs” the Brooklyn Rippers or ”Bin Booms” and the Forty Thieves. Capone had a good head when it came to street smarts, but school was totally existent. He was illiterate. He was kicked out of school in the sixth grade at age fourteen. He was kicked out of school for beating a female teacher and knocking her to the ground. After school he took jobs as a pinsetter at a bowling alley, working behind a counter at a candy store, and as a cutter in a bookbinder. Capone was an excellent pool player winning every eight ball tournament held in Brooklyn. While on the streets he became an expert knife fighter.
With his notorious reputation Capone was quickly picked up by the “Five Pointers” the most powerful gang in New York City. The “Five Pointers” was headed by Johnny Torrio, and was made up of over 1,500 thugs who. These thugs specialized in burglary, extortion , robbery, assault, and murder. While with the “Five Pointers” he worked in gangsters Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn restaurant the Harvard Inn as a bartender and a bouncer. While at the Harvard Inn he received many facial scars, including one four inches long across his right cheek resulting with the infamous nickname “Scarface”. As a “strong arm” for Torrio he learned all the deadly tricks that help him rise to his power and fame. Capone soon became Torrio’s goto man sending Capone first to do all his “dirt work”. Capone was sent to beat up loan shark victims behind on their payments, then working as a pimp beating up girls who were holding out on their nightly makings. Capone soon became recognized by his gang as a vicious fighter with fists, knifes, and gun’s. He became an excellent marksman with revolver’s and automatic weapons. This was due to many mouths of practice shooting empty bottles in the basement of the...