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50 facts about the life of mafia lord Al Capone
2025-01-14 19:23:59 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Why is he considered the greatest mafia boss of all time, who he was, his life from childhood to death. How he started his career as a gangster and how he appeared on the cover of "TIME" magazine. Dozens of legends have been woven about Al Capone, 4 films have been shot and he will also be remembered for his famous statement before the judges: "You are my clients. But also for the epitaph on his grave: "Thank you, my Jesus!".
50 incredible facts from the life of the world's greatest gangster
1-Born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, Alphonse Capone was the fourth of nine children. His parents, Gabriele, a barber, and Teresa Capone, were immigrants from Angri, Italy. Capone belonged to a street gang as a child when he was expelled from school in the sixth grade, and later joined the Five Points gang in Manhattan and worked as a bartender at a Coney Island bar owned by criminal Frankie Yale. In 1918, he married Mae Coughlin, the couple remained together until Capone's death and had a son together, Sonny. In 1920, Capone moved to Chicago. There he made his mark on organized crime.
2- Al Capone is one of America's most famous gangsters and one of the rarest symbols of lawlessness in the United States during the 1920s. Capone played an important role in illegal activity in Chicago.
3-In 1917, after Capone insulted a woman, her brother left him with three scars on his face. Capone tried to hide the scars on his face in photographs, and tried to make others believe they were war wounds, even though he never served in the army. After reaching the rank of gangster, Capone was known to the press as "Scarface", a nickname he hated. His associates called him "Big Fellow" and his friends called him "Snorky".
4- Alphonse Capone, the son of Italian immigrant parents, settled in Chicago in 1919 and quickly rose through the ranks of the mafia.
5- Al Capone was expelled from school in the sixth grade at the age of 14. The reason for his expulsion was for beating up a teacher in class. He later became part of the infamous Five Points gang in Manhattan.
6-. In 1918, Capone met a girl named Mary “Mae” Coughlin at an Irish dance. On December 4, 1918, Mae gave birth to their son, Albert “Sonny” Francis. Capone and Mae were married on December 30 of that year.
7-While Al Capone can be considered a famous prisoner, being one of the gangsters who has been immortalized in many Hollywood films.
8-Ka filluar aktivitetin e tij kriminal me kontrabandën e alkoolit, e u mor më pas me kumarin dhe prostitucionit. Në moshën 26-vjeçare ai mori drejtimin e familjes, pasi Torrio u plagos në një luftë bandash.
9- Pasi mbërriti në Çikago, Capone punoi për Torrio, që ishte pjesë e rrjetit kriminal e drejtuar nga Dig Jim Colosimo. Kur Colosimo u vra, ishte një tjetër anëtar me emrin Torrio që mori kreun, dhe e bëri Capone-n një nga ndihmësit e tij kryesorë. Në janar të vitit 1925, Torrio u qëllua jashtë shtëpisë së tij në Ilinois. Ai i mbijetoi sulmit por u largua nga Çikago një vit më vonë, duke zgjedhur Capone-n si zëvendësuesin e tij. Capone zgjeroi grupin e tij dhe u bë një nga mafiozët kryesorë të Amerikës. Sipas disa burimeve, sindikata e tij e krimit fitonte rreth 100 mln dollar në vit, pjesën më të madhe nga kontrabanda, kumari, prostitucioni dhe aktivitetet e tjera të paligjshme. Capone nuk ishte i penduar për mënyrën se si e kishte bërë jetën e tij, madje ai deklaronte se po i shërbente popullit të Çikagos.
10- Capone njihej gjithashtu si njeri shumë i dhunshëm; këtë e provon sidomos roli i tij në “orkestrimin” e Masakrës së Shën Valentinit në vitin 1931, ku u vranë rivalët e tij kryesorë.
11- Sipas të dhënave banda që ai drejtonte ishte e para që vuri në përdorim automatikun e markës “Tompson”. Capone ishte cilësuar si një Ford dhe Rokfeler me pistoletë në sqetull
12- Capone ka deklaruar në gjyq: “Duhet të pranoj se Napoleoni është gangsteri më i madh i të gjitha kohërave. Unë vetëm kam tregtuar birë dhe uiski. Ato i blinin njerëzit më te respektuar në qytet. Unë nuk kam bërë asgjë më shumë, vetëm se kam kënaqur kërkesat e të gjithëve. Pa shikoni; ata që më shumë se të gjithë më kanë sjellë fitime, tani ngrenë zërin më fort se të gjithë kundër meje! Ata duan të më rrasin brenda, ndonëse të gjithë këta njerëz kanë qenë klientët e mi”.
13- Al Capone fitonte në javë 100 mijë dollarë. Por, jo vetëm kaq. Një vilë për merak, një makinë “Cadillak” e blinduar që peshonte 7 tonë, një shpurë badigardësh, por mbi të gjitha drejtues i tregut të uiskit në të gjithë Çikagon, e bëri atë pa diskutim më të famshmin dhe më të pasurin.
14- Sipas të dhënave të policisë dhe prokurorisë amerikane gangsteri më i njohur i viteve ’20 kishte nën kontrollin e tij monopolin e tregtisë së birrës dhe të uiskit.
15- Është arrestuar dy herë dhe në dosjen e tij penale ka një seri akuzash. Kontrabandë pijesh, mospagim taksash, vrasje dhe pagesa për vrasje, gjithashtu një tjetër vepër penale që është akuzuar Capone është për masakrën e Shën Valentinit.
16- Edhe pse ai kontrollonte një perandori krimi dhe urdhëroi vrasjen e një numri të madh të armiqve të tij, Capone nuk u dënua kurrë për vrasje, duke paguar policët dhe zyrtarët publikë si dhe duke kërcënuar dëshmitarët. Dënimin e parë e mori në maj të vitit 1929 për armëmbajtje pa leje në Filadelfia. Ai bëri një vit burg. Pasi u lirua në mars të vitit 1930, Komisioni i Krimit të Çikagos lëshoi listën e parë të kriminelëve më të këqij. Në listë, Capone qëndronte në vend të parë si armik publik. Pas urdhrave të Presidentit Herbert Hoover, qeveria federale e akuzonte bosin e krimit për evazion fiskal dhe u dënua në qershor të vitit 1931. Capone ra dakord për një marrëveshje për pranimin e dënimit me 2 vjet e gjysmë burg megjithatë gjykatësi nuk e pranoi këtë marrëveshje. Në tetor të vitit 1931 ai u dënua me 11 vjet burg dhe gjobë 50 mijë dollarë. Në atë kohë ishte i pari dënim i dhënë aq shumë vjet për evazion fiskal.
17- Ai ishte i pari që hapi një mensë pas vitit 1929. Kjo mensë do tu vinte në ndihmë personave që kishin nevojë dhe që nuk kishin mundësi për tu ushqyer. Ai gjithashtu kishte urdhëruar që tu jepeshin edhe rroba.
18- Al Capone është arrestuar për herë të parë në 1926 për vrasjen e tre personave. Por ka kaluar vetëm një natë në qeli sepse nuk ka pasur prova të mjaftueshme për të vërtetuar këto vrasje.
19- Kur Capone u fut përsëri në burg në maj të 1929 ai qëndroi në qeli vetëm për akuzën e armëmbajtjes pa leje dhe më pas është lënë i lirë.
20- Në 1930, në majën fuqisë së tij, Capone u shtua në listën e 28 kriminelëve më të këqinj të Chicagos dhe u quajt “armiku publik numër një” i këtij qyteti.
21- Por emri i tij nuk ishte vetëm në një qytet lokal në SHBA. FBI e shënoi në listën e saj mes 25 emrave më të inkriminuar në SHBA, Al Capone.
22- Al Capone është riarrestuar më 3 maj 1932 dhe është dërguar në Atlanta, në një burg federal për të vazhduar aty 11 vitet e burgut që ishte dënuar.
23- Qeveria e akuzoi Capone për mospagim të taksave të të ardhurave. Ai asnjëherë nuk i pagoi ato, duke u akuzuar më pas për evazion fiskal. Qeveria e akuzoi se i detyrohet asaj 215,080.48 dollarë për mospagimin e taksave nga përfitimet e kumarit të tij.
24- Padia e tretë, e akuzon Caponen për dhunimin e ligjeve në bashkëpunim. Capone u deklarua i fajshëm për tre akuza dhe me besim se do të kishte favorizim në dënimin që do të jepej për të. Por juria e cila merrej me këtë çështje nuk bëri ndonjë marrëveshje. Capones i shkoi mirë këtë herë duke u deklaruar i pafajshëm.
25- Juria e deklaroi Caponen të pa fajshëm në 18 akuza nga 23 që ai mbante mbi supe. Gjyqtari Ëilkerson e dënoi atë në total me 10 vjet burg. nga këto ai bëri vetëm 2 vjet burg, duke zbritur 1200 ditë për sjellje të mirë.
26- Gangsteri më i njohur i Amerikës që ka mbajtur mbi supe shumë akuza dhe që nuk është dënuar për të gjitha ato u lirua më 6 janar të viti 1939.
27- He was convicted in 1932. And he served this sentence received by American justice in the infamous "Alcatraz" prison, Atlanta. The famous gangster was released after 7 years.
28- Even in prison, Capone took control, receiving special privileges from the authorities by getting a separate and well-furnished cell, with a typewriter inside it, carpeted, and obsessed with the Encyclopedia Britannica.
29- In May 1932, 33-year-old Capone began his sentence for tax evasion in the American penitentiary in Atlanta. Two years later, in August 1934, he and a group of prisoners were sent by train to California and then transported to the prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. The maximum security prison was intended to hold the worst criminals, but for the first time a federal prisoner was also admitted there. Although he did not cause any disturbances in the Atlanta prison, Capone was sent to Alcatraz by the government more to publicize the prison for its high security. At Alcatraz, Capone was diagnosed with syphilis and showed signs of insanity. As his condition worsened, doctors treated him with malaria injections in the hope that he would be cured. Instead, the treatment almost proved fatal for Capone. In January 1939, he was released from Alcatraz and transferred to Federal Institutions near Los Angeles.
30- On the morning of February 14, 1929, seven men associated with George Bugs Moran's gang were shot dead while lined up against the wall of a garage in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Moran himself was not present. Authorities investigated a variety of theories and suspicions. Speculation that Capone was behind the incident was not lacking, given that he was a rival to Moran. However, he was never charged with the incident, which remained unsolved.
31-Thanks to the book “The Untouchables”, by federal agent Ness, from which several television series and a film have been made, agent Eliot Ness was credited with bringing down Capone. Ness and a small team of men are said to have successfully carried out some of Capone’s anti-smuggling operations. Because the officers did not accept bribes, they were considered by the press to be “The Untouchables”. Although Ness' work helped in Capone's indictment, the government focused on prosecuting the mobster for tax evasion, and it was these charges that landed him in prison in 1931. Ness then went to Cleveland as director of public safety and made an unsuccessful bid for mayor there in 1947. His later years were marred by heavy drinking, and he died at home in Pennsylvania in 1957, the year "The Untouchables" was published.
32- On January 25, 1947, America's most famous gangster suffered a stroke that took his life. Capone was initially buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery on the south side of Chicago, between the graves of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Frank, but in March 1950, the remains of all three were moved for burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery in the western part of the state.
33- Al Capone reappears again, but this time in Hollywood films. The most famous films that have him as a subject are, “St. Valentine's Day Massacre”, 1967, “Capone”, 1975, and “The Untouchables”, 1987, starring Robert De Niro.
34- He had a varied life. He experienced accusations, imprisonment and freedom. But also illness. It was precisely the illness that conditioned him to live only 48 years.
35- Capone had a son, named Albert Francis Capone, who died in 2004. His parents were immigrants, his father was named Gabriele Capone and his mother was Teresina Raiola.
36- Al Capone had one sister and seven brothers. America's most famous gangster was the fourth child of an Italian immigrant couple. The Capone family arrived in Canada, the US from Italy in 1894.
37- He had a weakness and would help them in any case they needed. The Italian immigrants who had arrived in America had Al Capone on their side.
39- The FBI has a huge file on the biggest gangster in the US state and the most famous to date. A file containing 2397 pages is located in the FBI archives, with the most crimes and the life and punishment of Al Capone.
40- Al Capone's body was placed in a room that was decorated with green carpet, chairs, and designed with a variety of flowers.
41- Al Capone's body was placed in a bronze coffin that cost $2,000. He was dressed in a blue gangster suit, a white shirt, black collar and black socks, and a pair of classic white shoes.
42- Thousands of dollars have been spent to buy flowers to be placed on the grave of America's biggest gangster.
43- On the day of the funeral, a Catholic priest was the one who delivered the eulogy. And his wife Mae and his family took care of all of this.
44- Many people from different countries around the world have visited Al Capone's grave. They have left money, beer bottles, cigarettes, and plastic guns there.
45- It seems that in addition to criminal activities, he has not left behind sports either. He was a regular follower of baseball, where he never missed a single game. He even went and played himself several times.
46- The person who has been after Al Capone for years and has investigated his bank accounts is agent Frank Wilson.
47- In addition to being considered one of America's greatest gangsters, he also had idols in music. In addition to his wild side, we now see Capone at his best. He was a fan of a jazz band called "New Orleans".
48- After his release, he spent some time in the hospital and then went to rest in the house he had bought some time ago in Palm Island, Florida. His nervous system and especially his brain were rapidly deteriorating due to syphilis, so he never returned to Chicago publicly, as he was unable to deal with mafia politics.
49- After his final release from prison in November 1939, Capone underwent several months of treatment for syphilis at a Baltimore hospital. The notorious gangster then spent his time out of the public eye fishing and playing cards in Florida at a mansion he had purchased in 1928. In 1949, he was among the first citizens to receive penicillin to treat syphilis, although it was too late for him. In January 1947, the 48-year-old Capone suffered a heart attack and died at his home in Florida on January 25 of that year. He was buried in Chicago Cemetery, near the graves of his father and one of his brothers.
50- His funeral was attended by 10,000 people and the coffin cost $2,000. The epitaph on his grave reads: "Thank you, my Jesus!"
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