Al Capone is America’s best — known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Alphonse Capone was born on January 17,1899, in Brooklyn, New York City. His

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