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IN 1919, AL CAPONE LIVED IN CHICAGO ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH HIS WIFE AND SON IN A SMALL HOUSE. HE WAS FORCED TO MOVE DUE TO MURDERING TWO MEN IN NEW YORK SO YALE ( THE HEAD MOBSTER AT THE HARVARD INN) TOLD HIM TO GET OUT SO THAT HE COULDN'T GET CHARGED FOR ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH THE JURY HAD NO EVIDENCE THAT HE ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE MURDER; NO BODY CAME FORWARD JUSTIFYING THAT THEY HEARD OR SAW ANYTHING SO HE WAS ABLE TO WALK.
AL CAPONE STARTED GETTING MENTORED FROM YALE'S OLD FRIEND JOHN TORRIO. AL CAPONE IMPRESSED TORRIO AND WITHIN WEEKS AL CAPONE STARTED TO WORK IN TORRIO'S BOOTLEGGING BUSINESS. AL CAPONE BECAME TORRIO'S TOP TWO MEN AND AFTER TORRIO WAS SHOT BY ANOTHER GANG; AL CAPONE BECAME THE LEADER IN PLACE OF TORRIO. AS THE 'THE BIG FELLOW' AL CAPONE PROVED THAT HE WAS BETTER THEN TORRIO, HE EXPANDED SPEAKEASIES, GAMBLING HOUSES, RACE TRACKS, BREWERIES, AND NIGHT CLUBS IN 1925 AND 1930.AL CAPONE WAS BECOMING ONE OF THE BEST, SOON TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. HIS REPORTED INCOME WAS 100,000,000 A YEAR DUE TO ALL OF THE INCREASING INDUSTRIES. PEOPLE STARTED TO BECOME STARTED OF HIM AND HOW POWERFUL HE WAS BECOMING.
CHICAGO'S MAYOR WILLIAM HALES THOMPSON JR. THOUGHT AL CAPONES IMAGE AND THE VIOLENCE THAT HE CREATES THAT AL CAPONE SHOULD LEAVE THE CHICAGO AREA. SO AL CAPONE FLED TO FLORIDA BUYING A HUGE ESTATE THERE, YET STILL HE HAD EYES IN CHICAGO.
AL CAPONE HAD MEN AS POWERFUL AS POLICEMEN IN HIS MOBSTER AS PARTNERS ON HIS SIDE. IF ANYONE BECAME TOO POWERFUL AL CAPONE WOULD HAVE HIS MEN TAKE CARE OF THEM BUY RENTING AN APARTMENT ACROSS FROM THE VICTIMS HOUSE. HIS MEN WOULD SHOOT THEM DOWN ONCE THEY EXISTED THE BUILDING, THAT WAY NO ONE NEW WHO HAD DONE IT AND AL CAPONE WAS NEVER SUSPECTED SINCE HE LIVED IN FLORIDA AND COULD NOT OF DONE THE CRIME.
AL CAPONE STARTED GETTING MENTORED FROM YALE'S OLD FRIEND JOHN TORRIO. AL CAPONE IMPRESSED TORRIO AND WITHIN WEEKS AL CAPONE STARTED TO WORK IN TORRIO'S BOOTLEGGING BUSINESS. AL CAPONE BECAME TORRIO'S TOP TWO MEN AND AFTER TORRIO WAS SHOT BY ANOTHER GANG; AL CAPONE BECAME THE LEADER IN PLACE OF TORRIO. AS THE 'THE BIG FELLOW' AL CAPONE PROVED THAT HE WAS BETTER THEN TORRIO, HE EXPANDED SPEAKEASIES, GAMBLING HOUSES, RACE TRACKS, BREWERIES, AND NIGHT CLUBS IN 1925 AND 1930.AL CAPONE WAS BECOMING ONE OF THE BEST, SOON TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. HIS REPORTED INCOME WAS 100,000,000 A YEAR DUE TO ALL OF THE INCREASING INDUSTRIES. PEOPLE STARTED TO BECOME STARTED OF HIM AND HOW POWERFUL HE WAS BECOMING.
CHICAGO'S MAYOR WILLIAM HALES THOMPSON JR. THOUGHT AL CAPONES IMAGE AND THE VIOLENCE THAT HE CREATES THAT AL CAPONE SHOULD LEAVE THE CHICAGO AREA. SO AL CAPONE FLED TO FLORIDA BUYING A HUGE ESTATE THERE, YET STILL HE HAD EYES IN CHICAGO.
AL CAPONE HAD MEN AS POWERFUL AS POLICEMEN IN HIS MOBSTER AS PARTNERS ON HIS SIDE. IF ANYONE BECAME TOO POWERFUL AL CAPONE WOULD HAVE HIS MEN TAKE CARE OF THEM BUY RENTING AN APARTMENT ACROSS FROM THE VICTIMS HOUSE. HIS MEN WOULD SHOOT THEM DOWN ONCE THEY EXISTED THE BUILDING, THAT WAY NO ONE NEW WHO HAD DONE IT AND AL CAPONE WAS NEVER SUSPECTED SINCE HE LIVED IN FLORIDA AND COULD NOT OF DONE THE CRIME.
valentine's day massacre
ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS OPERATIONS WAS THE VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE ON FEBRUARY 14, 1929. THE HEAD QUARTERS OF GEORGE MORAN'S BOOTLEGGING LIQUOR GARAGE HELD SIX MEN. AL CAPONE SENT FOUR MEN IN THERE AND TWO WERE DRESSED AS POLICE SO THE SIX MEN DROPPED THERE GUNS AND SURRENDERED ALL WEAPONS THINKING IT WAS A POLICE RAID. AL CAPONES FOUR MEN FIRED MACHINE GUNS AND SHOT GUNS KILLING EVERYONE IN THE GARAGE. UNFORTUNATELY GEORGE MORLAN WAS NOT IN THE GARAGE WHO WAS THAT MAIN TARGET.
EVEN THOUGH HE HAS KILLED MANY PEOPLE WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND ORDERED OTHERS TO KILL FOR HIM AS WELL HE STARTED UP SOUP KITCHENS AFTER THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED IN 1929. AL CAPONE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TEMPER BUT EQUALLY KNOWN FOR HIS LOYALITY AND HONOR.
EVEN THOUGH HE HAS KILLED MANY PEOPLE WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND ORDERED OTHERS TO KILL FOR HIM AS WELL HE STARTED UP SOUP KITCHENS AFTER THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED IN 1929. AL CAPONE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TEMPER BUT EQUALLY KNOWN FOR HIS LOYALITY AND HONOR.