Al Capone
By: Ben Waugh
Early Years For Al Capone
Capones Crimes
The worst crime committed by Big Al was the St Valentines Massacre. On February 14 1929 Al Capone's gang went after Bugs Moran, Capone's rival. Bugs escaped the massacre and instead Capone's gang killed 5 members of Bugs gang and 2 other people.
Bootlegging
Capone was a famous bootlegger he got rich of of this and killed anybody in his path. But his gang accidentally killed Billy McSwiggin a lawyer of Capone.
Prison
Al Capone was brought to a state prison for carrying a controlled weapon. Although Al was locked up he ran his business through jail and lived like a king in local prison.
Alcatraz
Al lived under the name AZ 87 for the next 11 years and lived in cell b-181 and later named b-201
His final Days
Al Capone was diagnosed with syphilis from all the prostitutes he dealt with. He was skinny because of syphilis.
Death
He died of a disease that was cased by syphilis, bronchopneumonia.