Labels:text | man | human face | person OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Capone, Al Al Capone Al Capone became the most notorious of all the gangland racketeers that flourished in the U.S. in the 1920s, during the Prohibition period when liquor was banned. Known as "Scarface," he learned the basics of petty crime on the streets of New York before moving to Chicago to join John Torrio's illegal bootlegging operations there. When Torrio was wounded, Capone took over and extended the coalition of criminals known as the "Syndicate" into all areas of the illegal liquor trade and into gambling and vice. He ruthlessly eliminated rival racketeering gangs - the most famous incident being the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, when Capone's men wiped out members of the George "Bugs" Moran gang. For a long time Capone avoided prosecution Al Capone, thanks to corrupt politicians and police, and it gangster and bootlegger, was not until the Federal Government brought 1899-1947 charges of income tax evasion that he was convicted of any crime. Sentenced in 1931 to 11 years in prison, he was released early, partially paralyzed by syphilis. Eight years later he died, at age 48. CHRONOLOGY
