10A - Al Capone by James

Gangster #1 Evidence

castlej — 2014-10-10 09:22:37 UTC

Good guy Evidence

castlej — 2014-10-10 09:22:54 UTC

Al started a program in which he provided a daily milk portions to Chicago school children, in order to fight rickets (a disease that softens bones)

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He opened many soup kitchens for the poor and homeless during the Great Depression.

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Capone was known for sending flowers to rival gang member’s funerals; one funeral he spent over $5000 on flowers.

He started making illegal alcohol when it was prohibited

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Up to that point he had built an empire of criminal activities and was believed to have gained his power through murdering rivals. Because

He was very clever to remain so far in the background of illegal activities, the authorities could never find concrete evidence to charge him with these crimes.

2014-10-10 09:28:41 UTC

he opend up soup kitchens and homeless shelters with his own money in Chicago during the great depression as well employed close to if not more then 10,000 people and paid them well 9 out of 10 people working for Capone only broke the law of handling liquor during the prohibition under his orders he was a bad human being but did good for all of his evil

2014-10-10 09:28:59 UTC

Al Capone, one of the most infamous gangsters in the 20th century was in fact ‘a nice guy’ who is simply misunderstood, his niece now claims.

“Hollywood knew that there would be worldwide publicity of that trail so they came out with three motion pictures. One was called Little Caesar. One was called Al Capone and Public Enemy Number one was the third one and so they created this image that really was not real”,

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Jamal

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He got arrested for killing two men while he was in New York and this was his first arrest.

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Elizabeth

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He was a clerk at a candy store

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Lucy

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His first arrest was for disorderly conduct.

He also killed two men while he was in New York

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Lucy

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Al Capone tried to keep his temper but when his friend got assaulted,

He tracked the assailant down and shot him dead in a bar

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HE WAS IN CHARGE OF MANY SPEAKEASIES THAT HELD POSSESSION AND SOLD ILLEGAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

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