Al Capone's Life And Accomplishments

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Al Capone started off as a teenage thug, but became an intricate businessman who had immense control throughout Chicago. He was seen as a celebrity due to his constant appearance in the media. Capone was born in Brooklyn in 1899 to an Italian family. At age fourteen, he started his involvement in gangs when he was kicked out of school for hitting a teacher. As a result, he started hanging out with boys in gangs and got a reputation as a cruel enforcer. Capone moved to Chicago to avoid a murder investigation in New York and there he joined Torrio’s gang. Once Capone was boss, he had only one enemy, the North Side Gang, who tried to kill him in 1926. Therefore, Capone retaliated in 1929 with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Seven members of …show more content…

He was born in 1882 to a highly regarded Jewish family in New York City. At an early age, he loved numbers which led him to be intrigued by gambling. He was so intrigued by gambling that at sixteen he dropped out of school and started focusing all his time on gambling. He eventually made an adequate amount of money which resulted in him becoming a loan shark and in the 1900s crime became his sole business. He was nicknamed “the Brain” and “the Big Bankroll” due to him being the brains of an operation while others did his illicit work and for always having a huge role of cash with him. Rothstein was the first to open up a casino in Manhattan and ran a successful bootlegging enterprise. He also was involved in fixing horse races where he profited enormously. To help run and teach the youth about the gambling business, Rothstein became a mentor to multiple boys especially to Meyer Lansky. Eventually, he moved from the bootlegging and gambling business to the narcotic operation and also became highly influential in labor unions. However, in 1928 Rothstein lost money for the first time due to his deteriorating health. On November 2, 1928, he was shot in a hotel due to his refusal to pay off his debt. Rothstein is remembered for is involvement in the fixed 1919 World Series, the “Black Sox Scandal”. Multiple Chicago White Sox players agreed to a plan created by gamblers. The White

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