Mafia/Gangsters

In the 1920s gangsters always wore expensive suits and always had flashy names.One gangster in the 1920s that is my favorite is Al Capone. He was born in 1899 in Brooklyn to two Italian immigrants. He lived a very bad life he was a thug when he was born. He beat his sixth grade teacher and them left school. In 1918 young Capone killed a man over an argument instead of facing the charges he called Johny Torrio. Johny Torrio led a street gang in Chicago. He worked in a bar as a bartender. Torrio had Capone kill Big Jim" Colosim in May 11, 1920. HE was ahead of the crime ring at that time.

Once Capone killed Big Jim. Torrio became the crime boss but after a assassination attempt he step down from power and Al Capone now became crime boss. When his mob with at its highest Capone had city aldermen, mayors, legislators, governors, congressmen, and over half the Chicago police force on his payroll. In 1929 he made his name clear to everyone when he ordered a hit on Bugs Moran which was another Chicago boss.

This day was know as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Capone men killed seven people but Bugs wasn't apart of them. But people started to look different about crime rings now. The IRS was now trying to gather information on him. Eddie O'Hare was a hired agent but he was working for Capone he ran his horses and dog races. O'Hare found info on his taxes and the IRS took him down like that. He served 7 years and when he got out he was in horrible shape and was sent to a hospital and then he died January 25, 1947. But before he died he killed O'Hare.