Big time Italian-American mob boss Alphonse “Scarface” Capone was the infamous owner and co-founder of the notorious Chicago mob, the Chicago Outfit. Capone was the head honcho of the illegal production and transportation of alcohol during the prohibition days and grew in power very quickly due to his complete control over the city of Chicago. Throughout Capone’s 7 year reign of the Chicago Outfit he appeared in front of the Supreme Court of Chicago four times and went to prison three separate times.
Capone was also known for committing over 33 murders and having total control over the police station, media and both Republican and Democrat parties in the city of Chicago. Capone acquired the title ‘Boss’ in the Chicago Outfit in the summer of 1925 the attempted assassination on his predecessor, Johnny Torrio. Capone then extended the gang’s expertise from prostitution and gambling to illegal distilling, brewing and distribution of beer and liquor.
Alcohol prohibition came into play in the U.S. in the early 1920s and had a direct co-relation with the rise in gang violence and other alcohol associated crimes. Capone and Torrio used this prohibition to sling shot the Chicago Outfit to the head of the city of Chicago. He used to profit from …show more content…
Penitentiary in Atlanta in the May of 1932, aged 33 years old leaving behind his wife, Mae and son Albert. Later on in his sentence he was sent to the freshly opened infamous prison known as Alcatraz. Alcatraz was built to be a military fortification as well as a federal prison. It was known as the most fortified prison in the country for the 29 years. It sat 1.5 miles off the shore of San Francisco and was surrounded with cliffs. Capone developed a serious case of dementia after suffering from neurosyphilis from which he developed through his long years in prison. In 1939 Capone was released after serving over 90 months in prison because he was no longer a threat to society due to his neurological