Alcatraz page 3

Alcatraz page 3 by ric gustafson


Prisoner # 85 is one of the two most famous inmates on the island. Alphonse ' Scarface' Capone was born in Castellamare Italy but moved to Brooklyn as a child. He grew up as a thief, a pimp and a bouncer. After beating up a politician's son, he hid in Chicago with a friend. During the 1920's, Capone's power in Chicago began to grow. For his power to grow, he greased the political machinery in Chicago. He was the mastermind behind the St Valentine's Day Massacre.
Between 1925 and 1929, Capone took a big tumble on tax evasion. On May 4 1932, Capone started a sentence of ten years in Atlanta Georgia. Because of the fear of his associates trying to get him out of prison, he was transferred to Alcatraz.
He was first assigned to work in the laundry and then cleaning the bathhouse. When he was brought to the prison, he was shown to have syphilis. Capone refused treatment and in 1938, the disease began to take it's toll. A check of his spinal fluid revealed neuro injury and brain damage.  After his sentence was carried out, Capone went to his estate in Florida where he died on January 25 1947.


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