- He was the first to open free "soup kitchens" in Chicago at the beginning of the Great Depression. He also arranged to buy clothing for the needy.
- Well into the 1960s, The Guinness Book of World Records listed him holding the record for the highest personal income. He listed his trade as "second hand furniture dealer."
- His son was nicknamed "Sonny." Mario Puzo used this as the nickname for the son of Vito Corleone in his book "The Godfather."
- Was released in 1939 after serving five years at Alcatraz. He attempted to regain control of organized crime in Chicago, but could not. He then retired to Florida.
- The distinguishing scars on Capone's face that gave him his famous nickname came from an incident in 1918 while he was working in a saloon. One night he approached a woman named Lena Galluchio and made a crude sexual advance. Her brother Frank, a well-known thief nicknamed "The Galluch", insisted that Capone apologize. Capone refused and without a word Galluchio slashed his face twice with a razor. One story--given credibility by many who knew Capone, who was famous for never forgiving a slight--had it that after Capone recovered from the slashing, he tracked down Galluchio, found him sitting at a table in a saloon, walked up to him and without a word shot him in the head and killed him.
- Was incarcerated in Cell 133 on B-Block at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco.
- He rose from the position of saloon bouncer to the leading crime boss of Chicago in a period of only six years.
- One of Capone's all-time favorite tunes was George Gershwin's classic "Rhapsody in Blue".
- His lawyer, who testified against him in court, was named Edward O'Hare, or "Easy Eddie." Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is named for his son, Edward "Butch" O'Hare Jr. Butch O'Hare, of course, is the WWII Medal of Honor recipient who saved his aircraft carrier by single-handedly shooting down seven to eight Japanese bombers.
- Was sentenced to 11 years in prison for income tax evasion.
- Older brother Vince Capone, a.k.a Richard 'Two-Gun' Hart, was a policeman in Nebraska. He was involved with stopping illegal bootlegging during Prohibition, while brother Al profited from it in Chicago.
- His estate tried to halt the production of the hit television series The Untouchables (1959). Their final tactic was to claim that the series was unfairly profiting from the Capone name. A story that made the rounds in Hollywood at the time was that some of Capone's surviving colleagues, after exhausting all legal means to have the show pulled, put out a contract on "The Untouchables" producer Desi Arnaz. Arnaz found out about it and paid a substantial sum of money to have the contract lifted.
- One child: Albert Francis (4 December 1918 - 8 July 2004). Albert did not follow in his notorious father's footsteps, instead, he supported his wife and their four daughters with a variety of jobs, and, aside from a shoplifting conviction in 1965, was a law-abiding citizen. In 1966, he changed his name to Albert Brown; "Brown" was one of his father's many aliases. His godfather was Al's mentor, real-life godfather Johnny Torrio.
- He, and some of his future associates, were members of New York's notorious Five Points Gang.
- More than a decade after his death, his infamy was re-established due to the Allied Artists biopic Al Capone (1959) with Rod Steiger in the title role. More importantly, however, later that same year he became a central figure in the hit television series The Untouchables (1959), where he was portrayed, on a recurring basis, by Neville Brand.
- He would often pay the hospital bills of innocent people who got hurt during the course of his activities.
- Subject of the song "Al Capone" by Wesley Willis.
- Brought to Chicago by Johnny Torrio to help his aunt's husband, crime boss Jim Colosimo, take out his opposition. It was rumored that Capone later assassinated Colosimo on Torrio's orders.
- Eight of his accomplices' were charged (1943) with extortion of $2.5 million from the Cinema Technicians Union.
- His wife Mae Coughlin was Irish-American.
- Often passed off the scar on his face as a wartime wound.
- Despite his great wealth and power, his Chicago home was a modest brick house in a working class neighborhood.
- Great-uncle of Deirdre Capone.
- His favored suite in Miami was used in the Only Fools and Horses (1981) episode Miami Twice where the episode was recorded. David Jason considered Capone a more violent Del Boy.
- Preferred to have his picture taken from the right side of his face, the side of his face without the scar.
- During his confinement in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, it was discovered that he was still able to run his empire from his cell, which had been converted into an apartment. He was then transferred to the new federal prison at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, where his means of communications were virtually cut off.
- Spent eight months, from August 1929 to March 1930, in the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia for possession of a concealed weapon. He stopped in Philadelphia while returning to Chicago from an outing in Atlantic City, NJ, and was stopped by police, who frisked him and found the weapon on him.
- Grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
- The 4th oldest of nine children.
- Hated the nickname "Scarface.".
- He has been portrayed on screen by many actors such as Rod Steiger, Jason Robards, Eric Roberts, Robert DeNiro, Jon Bernthal, Stephen Graham, Ben Gazzara, William Forsythe and Tom Hardy.
- He was a heavy cocaine user and suffered from withdrawal symptoms when sent to prison.
- Despite what is commonly believed and what law enforcement tried to say, his arrest did little to curb organized crime in Chicago which continued at a lower level and without the public violence that had marked Capone's reign.
- He would regularly attend baseball games. His arrival would be met with applause from the public. He would also sign autographs.
- Al Capone's family was Neapolitan in origin, migrating from the small town of Angri. They arrived to the United States in 1893.
- Al Capone was diagnosed with syphilis shortly after moving to Chicago in 1919. Since the infection was still at an early stage, he had a chance to seek medical treatment and a potential full recovery. He decided against seeking any actual treatment, which resulted in his declining health in later life.
- During Prohibition, Al Capone smuggled liquor from Canada. When questioned about his suspected connection with Canadian bootlegger Rocco Perri (1887-disappeared in 1944), Capone claimed to have never heard of Canada.
- Al Capone was a fan of jazz music. He offered money to clarinetist Johnny Dodds to play for him. He also provided bodyguards for the protection of pianist Earl Hines.
- Al Capone liked to wear flamboyant jewelry.
- Joseph "Diamond Joe" Esposito was the chef at Capone's favorite restaurant in the mid-1920s. In 1927, Esposito was offered a huge bribe to poison Capone's food with prussic acid. The plot failed, as Esposito turned down the offer and directly informed Capone of what his enemies were planning.
- Al Capone was expelled from school c. 1913, for hitting a female teacher in the face. Before turning to crime, he supported himself through working in a series of odd jobs.
- Al Capone played semi-professional baseball from 1916 to 1918.
- Al Capone decided to marry his girlfriend at the age of 19. Because the age of majority at the time was 21, he had to provide written consent forms by both of his parents.
- Al Capone's only known son was Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone (1918-2004). Sonny was partially deaf since his childhood, having lost hearing in his left ear.
- As a novice crime boss in the mid-1920s, Al Capone gained a reputation for taking extreme measures against his rivals. At least 100 people died in the bombing of various buildings, reputedly at Capone's command.
- In 1928, Al Capone purchased a mansion on Palm Island, Florida to serve as his winter retreat. He paid 40,000 dollars to the mansion's previous owner, Clarence Busch of the Anheuser-Busch brewing family.
- Having survived several assassination attempts in the mid-1920s, Al Capone started to take week-long vacations away from Chicago. He typically traveled by night train to Cleveland, Omaha, Kansas City, Little Rock, and Hot Springs.
- Al Capone was widely rumored to have orchestrated the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (1929). His alibi was that he was vacationing in Florida at the time of the massacre, but he is thought to have simply given the necessary orders from a safe distance.
- In March 1929, President Herbert Hoover launched a multi-agency attack on Capone. The Treasury and Justice Departments started systematically targeting Chicago gangsters for income tax prosecutions. Newspaper publisher Walter A. Strong had convinced Hoover that Capone had become a leading threat to the nation.
- While incarcerated at the Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary, the increasingly frail Al Capone was bullied by fellow inmates. His cellmate Morris Rudensky, a cat burglar, became Capone's self-appointed bodyguard.
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