Al Capone was a gangster that spearheaded the organized crime movement in Chicago, Illinois during the 1920s Prohibition period. Al Capone was born Alphonse Capone on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York.http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-capone.html His parents were Italian immigrants Gabriel and Theresa Capone, who were married in Castellammare, Italy.http://www.alcaponebio.com/al_capone_outline.htm

On December 4, 1918, he had a child with Mae Coughlin named Albert Francis Capone (nicknamed Sonny), who was born with congenital syphilis, transmitted through his father.http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/scarface_4.htmlhttp://jacksonville.com/interact/blog/2008-12-20/today_in_florida_history_dec_30th Al Capone married Mary "Mae" Coughlin on December 30, 1918.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135330/bio After running a crime syndicate in Chicago and serving time at Alcatraz Prison, Al Capone died on January 25, 1947, from complications of tertiary syphilis.http://www.biography.com/notorious/crimefiles.do?catId=259452&action=view&profileId=262834&selectedIndex=1§ionName=Trial http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm He is interred at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=170&page=gr

Al Capone left school after the sixth grade.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/94065/Al-Capone He was mentored by the neighborhood gangster, Johnny Torrio, from whom he accepted bit jobs for money. He eventually joined the Five Points Gang.http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/apprentice_3.htmlhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135330/bio Capone was introduced to Frankie Yale, a gangster with violent tendencies; Yale gave him a job at his neighborhood bar, Harvard Inn.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/651367/Frankie-Yalehttp://www.biography.com/notorious/crimefiles.do?catId=259452&action=view&profileId=262834&selectedIndex=1§ionName=Biography Capone earned his nickname “Scarface” when an enraged patron at the bar pulled a knife and slashed his face during a brawl.http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/al-capone/biography.html

Al Capone fled to Chicago at Johnny Torrio's behest, after committing an assault which killed a man.http://www.crimemagazine.com/scarface-paradise Johnny Torrio had moved there years before Capone, and they became reacquainted; by most accounts, Capone served as his right-hand man.http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Capone-Al.html On midnight on January 16, 1920, Prohibition began and alcohol became officially illegal; Capone began bootlegging liquor and building his organization.http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Capone-Al.htmlhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126613316 In 1920, he was involved in the murder of Chicago crime boss "Big Jim" Colosimo.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4596889.htmlhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135330/bio http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/crime-law-justice/crimes/criminals/al-capone-PEHST002243.topic Tensions mounted between Capone’s empire and the Chicago Police Department; one night in 1924 the Chicago Police Department cornered Frank Capone, Al Capone’s brother, and fatally shot him.http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/capone/over_6.html In 1925 Capone became the head of the organization as Johnny Torrio moved to Italy with his wife.http://www.crimemagazine.com/johnny-fox-torrio-father-modern-american-gangsterdom

Al Capone was the main suspect in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. http://www.biography.com/notorious/crimefiles.do?catId=259452&action=view&profileId=262834&selectedIndex=2§ionName=Crimes On February 14, 1929, several members of "Bugs" Moran’s gang were lined up against a wall by gangsters posing as policemen and then executed in a line; seven people were murdered in all. http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1191.html The police were never able to conclusively prove Capone’s involvement, although Moran always believed Capone organized it, even stating "only Capone kills like that." http://www.crimemagazine.com/scarface-paradisehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135330/bio

Al Capone was formally indicted in 1931 for tax evasion.http://www.irs.gov/foia/article/0,,id=179352,00.htmlhttp://www.biography.com/notorious/crimefiles.do?catId=259452&action=view&profileId=262834&selectedIndex=1§ionName=Trial On October 17, 1931, Capone was remanded to eleven years in a federal penitentiary.http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm Originally he served his time at a federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia; in 1934 he was transferred to Alcatraz Prison.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami/peopleevents/pande01.html By November 16, 1939, he was a free man and retired to his family’s estate on Palm Island.http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone/al-capone http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-capone/the-trial.html;jsessionid=7E617FDDE79B72EA2C5FD65305CEB200 He died on January 25, 1947, from syphilis.http://www.biography.com/articles/Al-Capone-9237536

• 1899: Born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17
• 1918: Only son, Albert "Sonny" Francis Capone born on December 4
• 1918: Marries Mary "Mae" Coughlin on December 30
• 1920: Prohibition begins at midnight on January 16
• 1920: Involved in the murder of Chicago crime boss "Big Jim" Colosimo
• 1924: Brother Frank Capone is murdered by Chicago Police Department
• 1925: Johnny Torrio hands over his empire to Capone
• 1929: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre occurs on February 14
• 1931: Sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for tax evasion on October 17
• 1934: Relocated to Alcatraz Prison
• 1939: Released on parole on November 16
• 1947: Died from complications of syphilis on January 25