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Capone with his mother. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Teresa (née Raiola; 1867–1952) and Gabriele Capone (1865–1920), [4] both born in Angri, a small municipality outside of Naples in the province of Salerno.
September 20 – Members of the North Side Gang, including George "Bugs" Moran, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci, Peter Gusenberg, and Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg attempt to kill Al Capone in a drive-by shooting at Capone's Cicero headquarters, firing hundreds of rounds from multiple vehicles as they pass in front of the building.
On 12 January, 1925, Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci attempted to kill Torrio's lieutenant, Al Capone, at a Chicago South Side restaurant. Firing at Capone's car, the men wounded chauffeur Sylvester Barton, but missed Capone entirely. Capone, unnerved by the shooting, ordered his famous armored car to be created.
After packing up and heading to Chicago in 1920, Capone found himself in the company of crime boss Johnny Torrio. Capone soon was helping Torrio run his crime empire, the Chicago Outfit.
1910–1920: John "Papa Johnny" Torrio – became boss in 1920. 1920–1925: Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone – became boss in 1925. 1925–1931: Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti – became boss in 1931.
During the 1920s Prohibition Era in Chicago, Al Capone was among the most feared men in organized crime. The feud over racketeering and booze was fierce and bloody, including the St. Valentine’s ...
Kelly's second-in-command John Torrio was the first to establish his style of racketeering in Chicago, recruiting Capone to join him there. Torrio later helped form a National Crime Syndicate in the United States, following the demise of the Five Points Gang and after Capone replaced him in Chicago, in coordination with Luciano and Lansky.
Chicago mobster Al Capone died in his Palm Island, Florida home in 1947. ... Chicago mobster Al Capone, who ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City in the 1920s, set his sights on Florida in 1927.