Alphonse “Scarface” Capone BACKGROUND INFORMATION Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899. He grew up in rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY where he would attend school only up to the sixth grade, when dropped out. Capone got his nickname “Scarface” from a knife attack by the brother of a woman whom Capone had insulted. The attack left him with three scars across his face and a new nickname. Capone joined his first gang when he became …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 766 total…sent out a message of hatred and threats towards rivals. One thing that Capone’s gang did along with other’s is they blackmailed. If any body got into someone like Capone’s business, they were either blackmailed to keep shut, or they were murdered. Capone probably also blackmailed his way out of prison time on more than one occasion. Through all of these Capone’s actions simply helped towards the eventual repealing of prohibition.