Al Capone

The Rise of Gangsters & Al Capone                  Prohibition was a acceptable thought, exclusively no one knew it would be impossible to enforce. The 18th amendment, passed in 1919, lead to the growth of organized crime. The Gangsters intended to arrive full advantage of the money making opportunities that prohibition offered. The more or less innovative were Johnny Torrio, Lucky Luciano, and Alphonse Capone. The three began as a Street gang in Brooklyn. Torrio was the leader. Eventually Luciano went his own way. Torrio go to simoleons in 1909 to help run a teras Brothel business, and in 1920 Capone joined him. Capone became Torrios right hand man. The dickens made a fortune on the illegal brewing, distilling and statistical distribution of beer and liquor. In 1925 Capone became the boss man when Torrio was wounded in an assassination attempt. Torrio retired and went back to New York.

        Al Capone was born in 1899 by immigrants. He dropped out of school when he was eleven. Thats when he met Torrio and the gang, but anyway Capone ruled organized crime in gelt from 1925 through 1931. Capone developed a fierce reputation as a ruthless competitor for rights to the alcohol distribution in Chicago. Rival Gangs were eliminated and the Suburb of Cicero was Capones kingdom.

        The Saint Valentines Day Massacre on February 14, 1929 is regarded as the most violent episode in the Chicago gang era. Seven Members of Bugs Morans mob were shot with machine guns against a garage wall. Rival gang members posing as police shot them. Most of the evidence pointed to Capones mob, even though he was in Florida at the time. The true identity of the killers will in all probability never be revealed.

        The Bureaus investigation of Capone came about from his reluctance to pop out before a Grand Jury on...

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