On Oct. 17, 1931, Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion. Despite his national notoriety as a gangster, Capone had avoided long stints in prison until this time. Take a look … ...

Al Capone was born in Brooklyn and made his way to Chicago as a young man. ... Clip: 11/1/2024 | 4m 11s | Al Capone and Johnny Torrio capitalize on Prohibition. (4m 11s) Catching Capone.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 17, 1899, to Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresa, Alphonse Capone would go on to become one of the most notorious gangsters of all time. Here’s what you ...

Al Capone and Johnny Torrio capitalize on Prohibition. (tense music) (bottles shattering) - [Narrator] Prohibition took effect on January 16th, 1920, banning the manufacture, sale, or ...

Not long after that happy day in Cicero, Johnny Torrio fled Chicago in fear for his life and Capone became king of the rackets. It was a bloody reign, best remembered for the seven slayings on Feb ...

Alphonse “Al” Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899, the son of Italian immigrants. After being kicked out of school in the sixth grade, he joined one of the borough’s tough teen gangs.

Al Capone is a famous American boogeyman and a symbol of that mercifully brief and long-ago nightmare Prohibition. ... Capone joins his imaginary friend Johnny on a boat to go fishing.

Al was the top man in the Capone family and next in line to succeed Torrio. With the tremendous pressure applied by the gangsters, Cicero easily fell under Al’s control.

Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Chicago for Rio Burke, a Prohibition-era nightclub singer whose reminiscences of Al Capone established her as a genuine icon of the ...