1899 - S-a născut cel mai faimos gangster american, Al Capone, supranumit Cicatrice (Scarface), cel care a dominat crima organizată în Chicago din 1925 pînă în 1931 (m.25.01.1947).
Al Capone, pe numele sau adevarat Alphonse Caponi, s-a nascut la 17 ianuarie 1899 la New York, intr-un cartier locuit in majoritate de afro-americani in Brooklyn. In adolescenta se alatura unei bande,mai tarziu se muta in Manhattan si se angajeaza ca barman. In cursul unei dispute cu un client, se alege cu o taietura pe fata, cauzata de o lama de ras, care ii va aduce porecla de Scarface.
In 1922 devine mana dreapta a unui mare mafiot. Dupa retragerea sefului, intreaga afacere ii ramane in administrare. Al Capone a lasat un nume in istoria crimei organizate, fiind, intre 1925 si 1930 patronul industriei viciilor din Chicago. A castigat o avere imensa (veniturile sale anuale atingeau 100 milioane de dolari), gratie exploatarii barurilor clandestine, tripourilor, bordelurilor, barurilor de noapte etc. Al Capone este instigatorul masacrului de Sfantul Valentin din 1929, in cursul caruia principalii sai adversari au fost omorati in timp ce el se afla in Florida. In 1931 este condamnat pentru frauda fiscala, intr-un final tradat de un mod de viata exagerat superior veniturilor sale oficiale.
A pledat la inceput ca vinovat, sperand la o reducere a sentintei prin platirea unei cautiuni. Intr-un final este declarat vinovat si condamnat la 11 ani de inchisoare, la o amenda de 50.000 de dolari si la 30.00 de dolari taxe de judecata. Este trimis intai la inchisoarea din Atlanta, de unde putea sa isi gestioneze incontinuare afacerile, inainte de a fi transferat in celebra inchisoare Alcatraz si supus unui regim mai sever.
S-a stins din viata la 21 ianuarie 1947.
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Al Capone Documentary
The Untouchable Legend is a new one-hour biography of the most notorious gangster in history. On January 17th, 1999, Al Capone would have celebrated his 100th birthday. His exploits in the early part of the century have inspired authors, journalists and filmmakers. Myths have always been woven around the figure of Al Capone. Born in Brooklyn, he began his career in crime as protege to New York underworld boss Frankie Yale in the early 1920's, and then moved to Chicago where he made himself a multi-millionaire from the protection business, gambling, brothels, and speakeasies. He is most infamous for planning the massacre of seven members of a rival gang on Valentine's Day in 1929. This was also the year the Justice Department named Eliot Ness to form a special crime-busting squad which came to be known as "The Untouchables." In 1931 Alphonse Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and began an eleven year sentence in the Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island. Capone died in 1947 and is buried in Chicago's Mount Carmel Cemetery.
But who really was this man? How did this child of Neapolitan immigrants become the most legendary gangster of the "Roaring Twenties." Using historical film footage, movie scenes, and dramatic recreations filmed on location in Chicago, Brooklyn, Ellis Island, Florida's Palm Island, and Alcatraz, Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend not only depicts the rise and fall of "Scarface," but also looks behind the myths at the private family man. Interviews with Capone's nephew Harry Hart, and with Capone experts John Binder, Dennis Hoffman and William Balsamo all help to illuminate the social and economic milieu of the '20s and '30s that led to the rise of the "Mafia."
But who really was this man? How did this child of Neapolitan immigrants become the most legendary gangster of the "Roaring Twenties." Using historical film footage, movie scenes, and dramatic recreations filmed on location in Chicago, Brooklyn, Ellis Island, Florida's Palm Island, and Alcatraz, Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend not only depicts the rise and fall of "Scarface," but also looks behind the myths at the private family man. Interviews with Capone's nephew Harry Hart, and with Capone experts John Binder, Dennis Hoffman and William Balsamo all help to illuminate the social and economic milieu of the '20s and '30s that led to the rise of the "Mafia."
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