Al Capone 4

Al "Scarface" Capone I chose the topic of Al Capone for this 6 weeks paper because he had the reputation as being one of Chicago’s most fierce and notorious gangsters of his time. Capone was one of the most famous and powerful gangsters in United States history. Capone led a vicious life of crime, and he lived it like a king. During the 1920's, he built a criminal empire in Chicago that became model for …

…were gone.  Capone would run nothing on or from Alcatraz; he wouldn't even know what was happening outside.  There would be no smuggled letters or messages. For his remaining years, Capone slowly deteriorated in the quiet splendor of his Palm Island palace.  His wife Mae stuck by him until January 25, 1947 when he died of cardiac arrest, his grieving family surrounding him.  Alphonse “Scarface” Capone’s legend had finally come to rest, at the age of 48.