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She was Irish Catholic and earlier that month had given birth to their son Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone (1918–2004). Albert lost most of his hearing in his left ear as a child. Capone was under the age of 21, and his parents had to consent in writing to the marriage. [14] By all accounts, the two had a happy marriage. [15]
The Chicago, Illinois Capone home. Al's racketeering business provided well for the family. Somewhere in the years between 1920 and 1921, he bought a home in Chicago that housed Mae and Sonny, as well as members of the Capone family. [9] Mae and Sonny did not make the move from Brooklyn to Chicago to join Al until 1923.
Albert Francis Capone (1918–2004), also known as Sonny, son of Al Capone Frank Capone (1895–1924), Chicago mobster, brother of Al Capone James Vincenzo Capone (1892–1952), legally changed his name to Richard James Hart after the First World War, oldest brother of Al Capone
Frank Capone was born in 1895 in Brooklyn, and he was the third son of the Italian immigrants Gabriele Capone (1865–1920) and Teresa Raiola (1867-1952). He was the brother of Vincenzo, Ralph, Al, Ermina, John, Albert, Matthew and Mafalda Capone. [2] Frank and his brothers Al and Ralph became mobsters.
"Sonny" Capone gets page time in virtually every Capone biography (including pictures), as well as other books about organized crime and the Chicago gangs. He was a sharp contrast to his father. I find it hard to believe his "notability" has even been called into question. Zephyrad 17:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Joseph E. "Joe Bikini" Brocchini (1933 – May 20, 1976) was a soldier under Joseph "Joe Brown" Lucchese in the Corona crew. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950.
Ralph James Capone (/ k ə ˈ p oʊ n / kə-POHN; [1] born Raffaele James Capone, Italian: [raffaˈɛːle kaˈpoːne]; January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was an Italian-American mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. He got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the Capone bootlegging empire, but from his ...
The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986, and hosted by Geraldo Rivera. It centered on the live opening of a walled-off underground room in the Lexington Hotel in Chicago once owned by crime lord Al Capone , which turned out to be empty except for debris.