Al Capone
...Italy. His father, Gabriel Caponi, immigrated to Brooklyn from the slums of Naples in 1910. After he came here he changed his last name too Capone too blend in more. Al Capone's gang activities started out when he was young. He was in the Five Points Gang, who were known for their violence. The gang's tradition was to scar their victims with a knife cut from the outside corners of their eyes to their ears.
At the time, Johnny Torrio was a major mob boss and his uncle, Jim Colosimo (AKA "Big Jim"), hired Capone as a bouncer. Al Capone was a large man, did his job well, and soon he came to recognition in Torrio's gang. During his stint as a bouncer, Capone one time made a disrespectful comment to Frank Galluccio's (a member of the Brooklynite gang) sister. Galluccio pulled out his pocket knife and went for Al's face. When it was over, Capone had 3 big scars on his face. This earned him the nick name Scar Face. He hated the name, and whoever said it to his face would not live to regret it. After his recovery, he forgave Galluccio and because of this gesture he was hired as a body guard for Torrio at $100 a week. Capone eventually told the public that his scars were old war wounds received in France.
Al Capone married Mae Coughlin in 1918 and together they had a son, Albert Francis, and chose Johnny Torrio as his Godfather. Torrio gave his godson $5000 a year. Shortly after, facing possible murder charges, they fled to Chicago.
When Colosimo died, Capone became the right hand man of Torrio's gang. Together, Capone and Torrio expanded the gang's territories
by taking out the their leaders. On one occasion there were Sicilians in the Sicilian Mafia and Al for a dinner in their "honor." After they had finished their lavish meal and drank as much wine as there hearts desired, he killed the unsuspecting visitors. They also tightened there...
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