Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone, known also as Scarface, was an American gangster and businessman known as the "underboss" of the Chicago Outfit (a branch of the American Mafia) under Johnny Torrio during the 1920s.

Born in New York City, Capone became involved with the Five Points Gang, before being invited by his friend Johnny Torrio to join a Mafia outfit in Chicago. With Torrio's ascendence as boss in 1920, Capone quickly became underboss. Capone would facilitate the Outfit's rise through the 1920's, creating a profitable venture for the Outfit under Torrio, and building an alliance with Mayor William Hale Thompson. In 1928, Capone ordered the shooting of socialist protesters demanding Thompson's resignation (seemingly at the mayor's behest). Neither he nor Torrio nor any other Chicago gangster were tried for this.

In 1933, Capone facilitated an alliance between the Chicago Outfit and the Illinois Sons of Liberty, providing them with Canadian arms and supplies in exchange for "protection". After the establishment of the United Republics, Public Safety Secretary J. Edgar Hoover began a campaign against organized crime as a pillar of the counterrevolutionary movement. Johnny Torrio was killed in 1934, while attempting to resist arrest. Capone, now boss, fled the city with Frank Nitti and other close associates from the Outfit, and joined the Illinois Sons of Liberty.

With them, in November 18, 1935, they attempted a bank robbery at the Chicago Union Bank, overwhelming the Chicago Anarchist Militia units, and holding it hostage. SecPubSafe agents, including Melvin Purvis and Charles Floyd, managed to subdue Capone's forces. Capone himself was forced to flee to the vault, and after a drawn out standoff, Capone attempted an escape, prompting the agents to gun him down.