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| Keywords: Jacob-angel.jpg Jacob-Angel Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone; January 17 1899 ”January 25 1947 was an American gangster who attained fame during the prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old Capone was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants He was a Five Point Gang member who became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels In his early twenties he moved to Chicago and became bodyguard and trusted factotum for Johnny Torrio head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol ” the forerunner of the Outfit ” and that was politically protected through the Unione Siciliana A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone's rise and fall Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him hanging control to Capone Capone expanded the bootlegging business through increasingly violent me ans but his mutually profitable relationship with mayor William Hale Thompson and the city's police meant that Capone seemed safe from law enforcement For more information https //en m wikipedia org/wiki/Al_Capone For the remembrance of the great Al Capone Jacob-Angel Artwork Creator Gustave Doré Jacob Wrestling with the Angel 1855 gravure Granger Collection New York http //www ibiblio org/wm/paint/auth/dore/ other versions ;Note The image source contains a copyrighted colorized version of the image The original may not be used The Wikimedia Foundation was notified of this in accordance with OTRS Ticket number 2006040610013126 PD-old-100 Jacob Wrestling with the Angel Engravings from the Bible Doré Granger Collection New York Art depicting the Old Testament by Gustave Doré 1855 in art | ||||
