Al Capone a.k.a Scarface
Who would not know the name Al Capone – the man who ran Chicago with blood and guns? Alphonse Capone was one of the most notorious gangsters in the history of America. Al Capone is known better as Scarface who is too rough in dealing with people.
In 1899, Alphonse Capone was born in Brooklyn. His parents are both Italian immigrants. When Capone was just a kid, he has already shown roughness and had difficulty dealing with authorities. In school on his sixth grade, he beat a female teacher. He left school after the incident and went on to work with low paying jobs.
Known to being rough with people, he killed a man in a heated argument in December 1918. He did not face the charges and instead moved to Chicago in an invitation of his friend John Torrio. At that time, Torrio is the leader of a Chicago gangster and later on made Capone his right hand man.
Torrio owns Chicago clubs and Capone as his right hand man used to beat up drunkards. Capone had his first killing contract from Torrio in 1920. He was ordered to kill Chicago underground boss Big Jim Colosimo. After the killing, Torrio had become the Chicago underground boss.
In 1925, an assassination attempt seriously wounded Torrio and then Capone succeeded Torrio’s place as Chicago underground boss. In 1929, an event known as the Valentine’s Day massacre was ordered by Capone. He ordered to kill Bugs Moran another leader of an underground faction. However, Bugs Moran was not in the group killed by Capone’s men.
Capone got sentenced of tax evasion and was imprisoned for 10 years. Later on his release his physical condition has deteriorated and died on January 25, 1947 of stroke and pneumonia prior to his killing of Eddie O’Hare.

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