Al capone
al capone is americas best-known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the united states during the 1920s prohibition era. capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent chicago its reputation as a lawless city.

al capones mug shot, 1931.
capone was born on january 17, 1899, in brooklyn, new york. baptized alphonsus capone, he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of two kid gangs, the brooklyn rippers and the forty thieves juniors. although he was bright, capone quit school in the sixth grade at age fourteen. between scams he was a clerk in a candy store, a pinboy in a bowling alley, and a cutter in a bookbindery. he became part of the notorious five points gang in manhattan and worked in gangster frankie yales brooklyn dive, the harvard inn, as a bouncer and bartender. while working at the inn, capone received his infamous facial scars and the resulting nickname scar face when he ins...