Al Capone's Speakeasies

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Al Capone was an american gangster and was famous in the 1920s. He was in a gang and he controlled speakeasies when it was illegal because of prohibition. In 1925 Capone became leader of the gang he was a part of with Torrio. Capone and his gang were very powerful. They took advantage of it and Capone would control speakeasies. Speakeasies were illegal because of prohibition. Al Capone had also murdered people before and he was very skillful at it. He was so skilled he organized the St. Valentine's Day Massacre while he was in Florida. Even though he even sometimes killed people with his bare hands he also was very generous. He was one of the first to open a soup kitchen. Al Capone was known because of Prohibition in the 1920s. He is important

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