Alfonso Capone by Nayef
Alfonso Capone by Nayef
In Brooklyn – New York, in 1899, Alphonse Capone was born. Johnny Torrio, a bootlegger in Chicago, recruited him when he was at the age of 22. Torrio was one of the many people who had established his business after the passing of the National Prohibition Act in 1920. Capones job was to persuade proprietors to buy Torrios illegal alcohol.
Within three years Capone had taken over Johnny Torrios business and controlled 161 illegal drinking establishments. In an attempt to expand his business, Capone developed the policy of killing his competitors. After the killing of “Don OBanion” in 1926, gang-warfare broke out in Chicago. There were 130 gangsters murdered in just one district of the city in just on year. This included the famous St Valentines Day Massacre when six leading members of the “Bugs Moran” gang were executed in a garage by gangsters dressed in police uniforms.
Few of the murderers were arrested and convicted of their crimes. Gangsters like Capone were able to use their money to bribe and payoff police investigators or intimidate potential witnesses. The police were also in chains by the refusal of any gangster to testify against another gangster.
It is said that by the year 1929, Capones income from the other aspects of his business was $60,000,000 from illegal alcohol, $25,000,000 from gambling establishments, $10,000,000 (vice) and $10,000,000 from other rackets. It is thought and said that Capone