Blog Discussion topic due tuesday: Gangs in the 20s.
focus on capone, how gangs worked, why they came about. drinking, gambling, prostitution. tax evasion.
Notes:
Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its
reputation as a lawless city.
capone grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a part of 2 child gangs when he was younger. quit school in 6th grade.
He became part of the notorious Five Points gang in Manhattan and worked in
gangster Frankie Yale's Brooklyn dive, the Harvard Inn, as a bouncer and
bartender
his first arrest was for disorderly conduct. murdered two men in new york but since no one said anything he was never tried for the murders. arrived in chicago in 1919. in chiago he helped torrio- yale's friend- with his bootlegging business.
when torrio was shot by a rival gang member Capone took over.
Capone controlled speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, horse
and race tracks, nightclubs, distilleries and breweries at a reported income of
$100,000,000 a year
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