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Al Capone

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Al Capone

Al Capone, the most notorious gangster in American history, was born to Italian immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899. He was given the nickname Scarface as a young hoodlum after being cut in the face during an altercation. (His friends, however, called him Snorky, which means elegant.) As a member of New York's Five Points Gang, Capone went west to serve as muscle for Chicago crime boss "Big Jim" Colosimo. When Colosimo was murdered, Capone's friend Johnny Torrio took over as Chicago's top mobster, and when Torrio barely survived an assassination attempt, he fled Chicago and left Capone in charge. The fortunes to be made from alcohol sales during Prohibition led Capone on a vicio...  Show more »
Al Capone, the most notorious gangster in American history, was born to Italian immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899. He was given the nickname Scarface as a young hoodlum after being cut in the face during an altercation. (His friends, however, called him Snorky, which means elegant.) As a member of New York's Five Points Gang, Capone went west to serve as muscle for Chicago crime boss "Big Jim" Colosimo. When Colosimo was murdered, Capone's friend Johnny Torrio took over as Chicago's top mobster, and when Torrio barely survived an assassination attempt, he fled Chicago and left Capone in charge. The fortunes to be made from alcohol sales during Prohibition led Capone on a vicious campaign to eliminate his competition. Capone's reign of murders culminated in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929. He often avoided conviction through jury tampering and witness intimidation, but he was finally brought to justice in 1931 on charges of federal income tax evasion. After seven and a half years in prison, Capone was freed in 1938 as his syphilis grew worse. He died in 1947.  « Show less

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    Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Dave Barry has snakes on the brain

    As is widely stipulated, Dave Barry is a very funny guy. He was hysterical when he wrote his nationally syndicated column for the Miami Herald, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and is arguably even more droll in his madcap novels set in South Florida. The latest of these, “Insane City” — his first solo fiction in a decade after a best-selling series of Peter Pan tales co-written with Ridley Pearson — features the usual Barryesque panoply of ribald pranksters, addled taxi drivers, gangsters, strippers and pimps. There's also a big wedding coming up, said nuptials potentially interrupted by the arrival of a raft carrying a desperate Haitian refugee and her two children, an orangutan named Trevor and an 11-foot albino Burmese python named Blossom. Hilarity ensues, naturally, although with more than a wisp of serious content hiding in Barry's well-constructed thicket of comedy.
    As is widely stipulated, Dave Barry is a very funny guy. He was hysterical when he wrote his nationally syndicated column for the Miami Herald, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and is arguably even more droll in his madcap novels set in South...

    Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Newspaper and Magazine, Key Biscayne, Marriage, Atlantic Ocean

    2. Jan 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Movie gangsters so bad they're good

    One hundred and one years ago, D.W. Griffith gave us "The Musketeers of Pig Alley," often credited as the first gangster film, and once sound came in, nothing hooked movie audiences during the early 1930s more reliably than Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney doing harm to their rivals and, for a while, eluding the law while enjoying the spoils of their own private wars.
    One hundred and one years ago, D.W. Griffith gave us "The Musketeers of Pig Alley," often credited as the first gangster film, and once sound came in, nothing hooked movie audiences during the early 1930s more reliably than Edward G. Robinson or James...

    Tags: Sean Penn, Paul Muni, War Horse (movie), Brian de Palma, Jacques Audiard

    3. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Deirdre Capone softens a notorious icon

    What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-based existence" and struggled with her family ties to one of the towering crime bosses of the 20th century.
    What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-...

    Tags: Leonard Nimoy, Physiology, Newspapers, Movies, Newspaper and Magazine

    4. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Some of Chicago area's most famous prisoner escapes

    Here’s a look back at a few of the Chicago area’s most famous prisoner escapes:
    Tribune reporter
    Here’s a look back at a few of the Chicago area’s most famous prisoner escapes: Multiple escapes from Camp Douglas during Civil War era Chicago’s Camp Douglas was built as a training spot for Union soldiers in the Civil War but was...

    Tags: Prisons, Kidnapping, American Civil War (1861-1865), FBI, Wars and Interventions

    5. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Cops: Gang member killed, another seriously wounded at funeral

    Shots rang out, causing panic and chaos as hundreds of mourners were leaving a Catholic church on the South Side following funeral services Monday for a slain reputed gang member.
    Tribune reporters
    Shots rang out, causing panic and chaos as hundreds of mourners were leaving a Catholic church on the South Side following funeral services Monday for a slain reputed gang member. As people scattered for exits, a woman knocked Deborah Echols-Moore, 59,...

    Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Murder, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Criminals

    6. Sep 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. 10 things you might not know about juries

    The Drew Peterson jury made news recently with its guilty verdict — and with its unusual note to the judge asking for the definition of "unanimous." And jury deliberation is expected later this month in another major case, the Christopher Vaughn trial. Here's your turn to cast judgment on these juror facts:
    Chicago Tribune reporters
    The Drew Peterson jury made news recently with its guilty verdict — and with its unusual note to the judge asking for the definition of "unanimous." And jury deliberation is expected later this month in another major case, the Christopher Vaughn...

    Tags: Trials, Barack Obama, Crimes, Lawyers, Judges

    7. Sep 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Graphic artist Jenny Beorkrem finds she's a poster child for knockoffs of neighborhood maps

    Graphic artist <strong>Jenny Beorkrem</strong> sat down behind her iMac this week and with a few clicks located the folder titled "KNOCKOFFS."
    Graphic artist Jenny Beorkrem sat down behind her iMac this week and with a few clicks located the folder titled "KNOCKOFFS." It contained 82 images, all copycats of her ubiquitous neighborhood maps. They're the minimalist ones that only show the names...

    Tags: Chicago Marathon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, IKEA, Social Media, Google Inc.

    8. Nov 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. This year will be different, but we'll always have 2008

    I saved the newspapers from the week after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, and a few days ago I fished them out of the basket, hidden behind a living room chair, where they've gathered dust for the past four years.
    I saved the newspapers from the week after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, and a few days ago I fished them out of the basket, hidden behind a living room chair, where they've gathered dust for the past four years. I leafed...

    Tags: Grant Park, Barack Obama, Richard M. Daley, John McCain, Racism

    9. Sep 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Read & Write week four: Opinionated writers

    All summer long, Printers Row invited kids ages 5-16 to send in book reviews. Here's what young Chicago-area writers had to say. We've left the reviews mostly unedited to let the charm shine through. Watch for more to come.
    All summer long, Printers Row invited kids ages 5-16 to send in book reviews. Here's what young Chicago-area writers had to say. We've left the reviews mostly unedited to let the charm shine through. Watch for more to come. "Abe Lincoln at Last! (Magic...

    Tags: Authors, Abraham Lincoln, Book

    10. Aug 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Canada's overlooked gem

    SASKATOON, Canada &mdash; If Canada has a flyover province, this is it. Other Canadians fly over it or ride VIA Rail Canada across its perceived vast flatness on the way to more famous places, and don't even know they've been over or across it.
    SASKATOON, Canada — If Canada has a flyover province, this is it. Other Canadians fly over it or ride VIA Rail Canada across its perceived vast flatness on the way to more famous places, and don't even know they've been over or across it. But it...

    Tags: Amtrak, Museums, McDonald's, Restaurant and Catering Industry, National Parks

    11. Oct 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. State of horror

    Zombies. They're everywhere. Television. Movies. Graphic novels. Pub crawls. Burlesque shows. You can't swing a dismembered arm without hitting one. But look out: In Scott Kenemore's new book, "Zombie, Illinois," the walking dead are invading places like South Shore and Logan Square.
    Zombies. They're everywhere. Television. Movies. Graphic novels. Pub crawls. Burlesque shows. You can't swing a dismembered arm without hitting one. But look out: In Scott Kenemore's new book, "Zombie, Illinois," the walking dead are invading places...

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Horror (genre), World War II (1939-1945), George Romero

    12. Oct 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. A day in the life of a zombie writer

    I climb out of the car, step into damp October leaves and stare up at the Logan Square apartment building across the street. A chill rushes up the street. I notice a man standing in the front yard, shuffling back and forth. He does not appear rabid. He appears to be in his mid-30s, with black-frame glasses, maybe a graduate student. He is behind a black fence, and as I take a tentative step in his direction, I realize: He is Scott Kenemore, zombie writer, the most prolific zombie writer in a subgenre I had assumed was dead.
    I climb out of the car, step into damp October leaves and stare up at the Logan Square apartment building across the street. A chill rushes up the street. I notice a man standing in the front yard, shuffling back and forth. He does not appear rabid. He...

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, The Walking Dead (tv program), Nazi Party, Columbia University, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)

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