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Al Capone: Frankie Yale
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Eventually though, Al Capone came into contact with Frankie Ioele (Yale) who unlike Torrio, didn’t worry about respectability or honor. Instead he built his organization on fear, callousness and physical brutality. He hired Al Capone to be the bartender of his bar, the Harvard Inn when Capone was eighteen. It was from working in this bar Capone earned his nickname of “Scarface.”
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After quitting school as a teenager, Al Capone drifted into the world of gangs, eventually joining Frankie Yale's notorious "Five Points." It was while working at one of Yale's clubs that Al Capone clashed with a gangster named Galucio who slashed his face in a dispute over the latter's sister. He hated the resulting nickname of "Scarface," opting instead for "Snorky," which meant well dressed in 1920s gangster slang.
Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, where his parents had emigrated to from Italy. Speaking Italian at home and English on the streets, Capone learned about crime at an early age. He often ran with area gangs, committing petty thievery and making a name for himself in the neighborhood. By the age of fourteen, he was out of school and working by day in a bowling alley and by night as a bartender and bouncer under Frankie Yale, a notorious crime lord and mob leader.
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Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working for Yale. He ... murdered two men while in New York, early testimony to his willingness to kill. In accordance with gangland etiquette, no one admitted to hearing or seeing a thing so Capone was never tried for the murders. After Capone hospitalized a rival gang member, Yale sent him to Chicago to wait until things cooled off. Capone arrived in Chicago in 1919 and moved his family into a house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue.
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Capone quit high school at the age of fourteen when he fought with a teacher and worked odd jobs around the New York borough, including a candy store and a bowling alley. After his initial stint with small-time gangs, Capone joined the notorious Five Points gang headed by Frankie Yale. It was at this time he began working as a bartender and bouncer at Yale's establishment the Harvard Inn. It was here, at the Harvard Inn, that Capone would engage in a knife fight with Frank Gallucio after Capone made a bold move on his sister. Gallucio slashed Capone's face, earning him the nickname that he would bear for the rest of his life: Scarface.
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Capone continued working for Yale, where he is believed to have committed his first two homicides. He ... had his first arrest around this time for disorderly conduct. After Capone sent a rival gangster to the hospital, Frankie Yale sent his protégé to Chicago to cool down for a bit. In 1919 the Capone’s moved to Chicago where Al began working for Yale’s mentor, Joe Torrio. Noticing Capone’s potential, Torrio had him assist in his bootlegging business. By 1922, Scarface was Torrio’s number two man and a full partner in his gambling houses, saloons, and prostitution rackets.
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