Al Capone

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Alphonse Capone, better known to most as Al Capone or Scarface, (run) Chicago with blood and guns.

Capone born (be) in Brooklyn in 1899 to two Italian immigrants. From the beginning, he never (respond) well to authority. He (beat) a female teacher and (leave) after the principal verbally (chastise) him for the incident. Facing a life of low paying jobs, he (join) the street gang led by Johny Torrio.
Late in December 1918, Capone (kill)a man in an argument. He (call) his old friend Torrio, who (invite) him in Chicago.
As the bartender at Torrio's club, he (break) the bones the arms, legs, and even skulls of those he (evict) from the establishment.
However, Torrio (not / bring) Capone to Chicago to beat up drunkards. He (receive) the job killing off "Big Jim" Colosimo, who (run) Chicago's underground. Colisimo (be killed) on May 11, 1920. Torrio (become) boss of Chicago, and Capone the manager of alcohol for the city.
Al Capone (become) head of the Chicago mafia after Torrio (be seriously wounded) in an assassination attempt in 1925. In 1929 he (make) his biggest blunder (=mistake) by ordering the shooting of Bugs Moran, part of another Chicago underground faction, on February 14. It is known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre : Capone's men (kill) a group of seven people, but Moran (be not) in the group
He (be eventually imprisoned) for tax evasion (by Internal Income agent, Frank Wilson = fisc), on the evidence that the amount of money he (be spending) was far greater than his supposed income.
He (be released) in 1939, after serving seven years and paying all of his back taxes. His mental and physical condition (have) severely deteriorated and he (enter) Baltimore hospital. He (die) of a stroke and pneumonia on January 25, 1947.