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    was one between the Al Capone and George “Bugs” Moran, who was an Irish gangster while Al Capone was…

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    Yale. What once was a strong companion, was now the main motivator of disruptions to Al’s whisky business. Yale then met his death with a “Tommy gun” one Sunday afternoon. Al Capone’s biggest and longest threat was Bug Moran and his North Siders gang. The rival was so bad that Moran…

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    mechanism to fail. Later Bernie Moran exposes, before a party of several people, that the tape to which Harry referred in confession led to the subsequent murder of an entire family. Moran, dying to know how Harry managed to get the recording, brings up the fateful job. Harry tries to…

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    ALCAPONE A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era. Who Was Al Capone? Alphonse Capone, also known as "Scarface" (January 17, 1899 to January 25, 1947) was one of the most famous American gangsters who rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1934 for a tax evasion conviction, he had amassed a personal…

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    “Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” -Al Capone. Al Capone was a well known gangster of the Roaring Twenties. “Scarface” Capone was a criminal who could be found in the backstreets of Chicago. Most people believe that Capone was one of the most dangerous men in America. However, Al had a sense of sympathy and was admired by many people. Al became a gang member when he was eleven…

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    All it takes is a single mistake to ruin someone’s life. To the public, I used to be viewed as a celebrity. Recently however, I’ve been accused of being behind one of the most infamous crimes to ever happen. I’ve even been deemed Public Enemy No.1. But to get the whole story, I have to go back to where everything started. I was a teenager and had just dropped out of school, I had already started my career in what is known as, “Organized Crime,” at this time. I was involved with a few local…

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    fired. (History.com staff st.). Capone started the massacre when he tried to eliminate a rival gang leader Bugs Moran, Capone’s number one enemy. Bugs Moran had an attempted assassination, he made it out alive but most of his men were killed. The public and the media immediately blamed Capone for the massacre, he was named public enemy number one (History.com staff St.) George “Bugs” Moran was on his way to the garage in Chicago at the time of the St. Valentine's Day massacre; he missed getting…

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    “You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot further with a smile and a gun.”-Al Capone. The 1920’s was a time of crime and rebellion introduced to America through the work of Al Capone and his mafia, the prohibition movement, and the creation of Speakeasies. Al Capone was born on January 17 1899 in New York to his parents who moved to New York from Italy. He grew up in the slums near the Navy Yard, surrounded by bars and sailors who sought vice. “The family was a regular, law abiding…

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    new crime bosses popped out of everywhere; Dutch Schultz (The Bronx, New York), Charles “Lucky” Luciano (Philadelphia), George “Bugs” Moran (Cairo, Illinois). These are some of the most infamous gangsters that controlled the streets during the “Roaring 20’s”. However, the cruelest, most neurotic, ravenous one of them all was Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as Al “Scarface” Capone…

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    killing people. On February 14, 1929, four men that were dressed up as police officers forced seven of George Moran’s men into a garage, lined them up, and shot them. Al Capone and George Moran were sworn enemies. The two men fought over smuggling and trafficking operations in Chicago, Illinois. Capone and Moran have survived many attempted murder attacks. For example, Capone and his men were having lunch one day and Moran’s men drove six vehicles past the hotel and shot over one thousand…

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