Alfonso Capone was the symbol of the prohibition era lawlessness. Born to an immigrant family, Capone had a rough start. He started his career in a gang and it ended in Alcatraz off the coast of California. Throughout his life he committed murder, helped in a massacre, and went to jail a number of times.
Al Capone’s childhood led him directly into the gangs and criminal career, and set him on the path for the rest of his life. “Born to an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade” (“Al Capone”). His poor family caused him to live in an impoverished part of the city, especially because their family was running off of a barber's paycheck (Horan). Being in the presence of these types of people, he was bound to get into the gang life. Capone joined the Five Points Gang to be a gunman and moved to Chicago in 1919 to escape a murder charge (Baughman). After this commitment, he never turned back on his old life. “During one saloon brawl Capone was slashed on the cheek with a razor, earning him the lifelong nickname of ‘Scarface Al’” (Baughman). Now he had the look of a gangster although he actually really hated the nickname and had to live with it the rest of his life (Nix). Once Capone became …show more content…
He suffered from paresis which he got from syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, which he contracted at Alcatraz (“Al Capone”). Paresis is a partial paralysis caused by muscle weakness. After Alcatraz, Capone never publicly returned to chicago. ‘he had become mentally incapable of returning to gangland politics” and while having the mentality of a 12 year old, after being examined by a Baltimore psychiatrist and his physician (“Al Capone”). Capone finally died on January 25, 1947 “due to a stroke and pneumonia” (“Al Capone”). Capone faked the same disease that would later take his
Al Capone’s childhood led him directly into the gangs and criminal career, and set him on the path for the rest of his life. “Born to an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade” (“Al Capone”). His poor family caused him to live in an impoverished part of the city, especially because their family was running off of a barber's paycheck (Horan). Being in the presence of these types of people, he was bound to get into the gang life. Capone joined the Five Points Gang to be a gunman and moved to Chicago in 1919 to escape a murder charge (Baughman). After this commitment, he never turned back on his old life. “During one saloon brawl Capone was slashed on the cheek with a razor, earning him the lifelong nickname of ‘Scarface Al’” (Baughman). Now he had the look of a gangster although he actually really hated the nickname and had to live with it the rest of his life (Nix). Once Capone became …show more content…
He suffered from paresis which he got from syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, which he contracted at Alcatraz (“Al Capone”). Paresis is a partial paralysis caused by muscle weakness. After Alcatraz, Capone never publicly returned to chicago. ‘he had become mentally incapable of returning to gangland politics” and while having the mentality of a 12 year old, after being examined by a Baltimore psychiatrist and his physician (“Al Capone”). Capone finally died on January 25, 1947 “due to a stroke and pneumonia” (“Al Capone”). Capone faked the same disease that would later take his