How Did Al Capone Become Successful

Al Capone Al Capone was one of the most notorious mobsters in the prohibition era. He was one of the most feared among people in New York and Chicago.

History on Al Capone. Al Capone was one of nine children; his mother and father were Teresa Capone and Gabriele Capone. His father was a barber, and his mother was semesters. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born on January 17, 1899.
Some of the influences that caused Al Capone to move towards criminal active. 1. When growing up, Al Capone was going to a Catholic school which proved to be a violent, insufficient, and atrocious institution; all of these characterize blemished Al Capone. When he was fourteen, Al Capone was expelled from the school for hitting one of the female teachers, he never returned to school after that. 2. After dropping out of school, Al Capone joined a street gang named the Five Point Gang (also known as Johnny Torrio’s James Street Gang); the leader of the gang was Johnny Torrio.
Paradoxically, it was the Tax offices that were the biggest threat to gangsters and their businesses. In May of 1927, the Supreme Court stated that “a bootlegger would have to pay income tax on his illegal bootlegging business.” With this law coming into place, the IRS was created. The IRS was under control by Elmer Irey, who would make taking down Al Capone his top priority. Capone was carful in the fact that he paid for a majority of his possessions with cash, however, Elmer Irey was giving an opportunity to document Capone’s income when Capone bought a house (Palm Island estate) that he started to renovate in a very luxurious manor. Although Capone bought everything with cash, the one thing that Capone did not account for was the tangible assets of the Palm Island estate, which concluded that Capone had to have made a huge income in order to have an estate such as the Palm Island