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On January, 17, 1899 in Brooklyn 

New York, Alphonse Gabriel 

Capone was born to Gabriel Capone 

and Teresina Raiola, immigrants 

from Italy.  

Al Capone had 9 brothers and 

sisters, James, Raffaele, 

Salvatore, John, Albert, 

Mathew, Rose, and Mafalda.  

They all lived in this apartment 

at 38 Garfield place in 

Brooklyn.

He was an average student, but very 

disobedient and showed a lack of 

respect for authority, he was expelled 

from his catholic school for hitting a 

teacher in the face and dropped out at 

14. As a teen he worked in stores 

around Brooklyn where he 

met gangster Johnny Torrio, 

whom he viewed as a 

mentor.

He became involved with small gangs 

like the Junior Forty Thieves, and the 

Bowery Boys. But then became a 

member or more dangerous gangs 

including the Brooklyn Rippers, and the 

infamous Five Points Gang in 

Manhattan. He became employed by 

gangster   Frankie Yale who worked as a 

bartender at a Night Club in Coney 

island called the Harvard Inn.

After Capone insulted a woman while 

working at a nightclub, the womans 

brother, Frank Gallucio, attacked 

Capone with a knife, the scar left behind 

gave him a name he hated, Scarface. 

He later hired 

Gallucio as his

body gaurd.

At the age of just 19 with the consent of 

his parents Al Capone married Mae 

Josephine Coughlin on December 30th 

1918. Earlier that month on December 

4th they had thier first son Albert 

"Sonny" Francis Capone. Sonny was 

born with congenital 

syphilis witch left him

partially deaf.

Johnny Torrio was imported by bootlegger 

James "Big Jim" Colosimo to go to Chicago 

as an enforcer. Johnny invited Al who was 

then 20 years old to come to Chicago with 

him. He then became a bouncer at a 

brothel were he contracted syphilis, but 

never sought treatment. After Big Jim's 

murder (capone being a suspect) Torrio 

took over his bootlegging empire with 

Capone at his side. 

Thier crime group at the time was the biggest 

in the city. Concerned with gang wars Torrio 

tried to negotiate with rival gangs over 

territory. The Irish North Side Gang, run by 

Dean O'Banion, felt threatened by the Genna 

brothers, who were allied to Torrio-Capone, 

when they intruded O'Banion's territory. 

O'Banion became angry that Torrio didn't act 

upon the Genna brothers. Torrio then had 

O'banion killed in his flower shop by the 

Ghenna brothers. Hymie Weiss took control of 

the North Side Gang and prioritized revenge on 

O'Banions killers.

In January 1925, Capone was ambushed, but 

unhurt. 12 days later Torrio was shot 

multiple times, after he recovered he 

resigned and left Capone, now 26, the boss 

of his organization that took in illegal 

breweries and transported alcohol as far as 

Canada. With political and law enforcement 

protection he used more violence to increase 

revenue. When somebody refused to make a 

purchase we would blow their buissness up 

or have them murdered.

Capone was called snorky, by his 

closest friends, witch meant a 

sharp dresser. He bought custom 

suits, expensive cigars, gourmet 

food, alcohol, and prostitutes. He 

was known for his expensive 

flamboyant jewelry. He was 

becoming an infamous celebrity. 

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