Thursday, 29 September 2011

Al Capone

Born: January 17, 1899(1899-01-17)
Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: January 25, 1947(1947-01-25) (aged 48)
Palm Island (Florida), U.S.

Al Capone was an American gangster who led a Crime Family. The Chicago Outfit, which quickly became known as the Capone’s, was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.

On December 30, 1918, Capone married Mae Josephine Coughlin, who was Irish Catholic and who, earlier that month, had given birth to their first son, Albert Francis ("Sonny") Capone. As Capone was under the age of 21, his parents had to agree in writing by signing a consent form.

Capone was publicly criticized for his involvement in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, when seven rival gang members were executed. Capone was convicted on tax evasion, and sentenced to federal prison. His sentence was at the new Alcatraz federal prison. While he was at jail he suffered mental illness, which he as a youth. On January 25, 1947, he died from cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke.


1 comment:

  1. Some good information here Zakir, but you have not included any of the website names or URLs.

    Remember this is a task to show your research skills, not about how much you can find out about Al Capone.

    Hard work though, so well done!

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