Al Capone is America's best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.

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The most notorious gangster in the history of the nation, Alphonse Capone, better known to most as Al Capone or Scarface, ran Chicago with blood and guns.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899, of an immigrant family, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member.

Al Capone still remains one of the most notable residents of "the Rock." In a memoir written by Warden James Johnston, he reminisced about the intensity of public interest around Capone...

St. Valentine's Day Massacre with Pictures - 1929 - Al Capone True Crime Story on Mystery Net ... Although he claimed to be in Florida at the time of the murders, Al Capone was, without hesitation,

Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone; (1899-1947) ; Chicago Crime Leader ... The fourth of nine children of immigrant parents from Naples, Al Capone was born in 1899 in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

Devoted to Al Capone's famous Valentine's Day message to Bugs Moran. ... Gone are the landmarks like the Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept the fifth floor suite and used the place as his headquarters.

Alphonse Capone; Born 1/17/1899, Brooklyn; Died 1/25/1947, Florida; Al Capone is one of the most recognized names in American history.

--Attributed to Al Capone ... there were 28 names on it, and Al Capone's was the first. ... Al Capone, 1930; (National Archives, Still Picture Branch, 306-NT-163.820C )