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Essay / Alphonse Capone - 412
In Brooklyn - New York, in 1899, Alphonse Capone was born. Johnny Torrio, a Chicago bootlegger, recruited him when he was 22 years old. Torrio was one of several people who started his business after the passage of the National Prohibition Act in 1920. Capone's job was to persuade owners to buy. Torrio's illegal alcohol. Within three years, Capone had taken over Johnny Torrio's business and controlled 161 illegal liquor stores. In an effort to grow his business, Capone developed a policy of killing his competitors. After the murder of "Don O'Banion" in 1926, a gang war broke out in Chicago. In just one year, 130 gangsters were murdered in just one area of the city. This includes the famous Valentine's Day Massacre, in which six leading members of the "Bugs Moran" gang were executed in a garage by gangsters dressed in police uniforms. Few murderers have been arrested and convicted of their crimes. Gangsters like Capone were able to use their money to bribe and pay off police investigators or intimidate potential witnesses. The police were also shackled by the refusal of any gangster to testify against another gangster. It is said that in 1929 Capone's income from other aspects of his business was $60,000,000 from illegal liquor, $25,000,000 from gambling establishments, $10,000,000 (vice -president). ) and $10,000,000 from other rackets. It is believed and said that Capone had 600 gangsters working for him to protect this business from rival gangs that could kill him. Capone publicly admitted how he earned his fortune. He said he made his money by fulfilling a public request. If he breaks the law, his clients, who include hundreds of Chicago's finest people, are as guilty as he is. The only difference is that he sells and they buy. Everyone calls him a racketeer, he himself considers himself a businessman. "Unable to obtain or gather evidence to charge Capone with murder, local authorities decided in 1931 to charge him with tax evasion..