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Richard James "Two-Gun" Hart (born James Vincenzo Capone, Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso kaˈpoːne]; March 28, 1892 – October 1, 1952) was an Italian-American sharpshooter and prohibition agent, who was noted for his cowboy style [1] and for being the elder brother of gangsters Al, Frank, and Ralph Capone.
Ralph James Capone (/ k ə ˈ p oʊ n / kə-POHN; [1] born Raffaele James Capone, Italian: [raffaˈɛːle kaˈpoːne]; January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was an Italian-American mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. He got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the Capone bootlegging empire, but from his ...
Capone was born in 1895 in Brooklyn, and he was the third son of the Italian immigrants Gabriele Capone (1865–1920) and Teresa Raiola (1867-1952). He was the brother of Vincenzo, Ralph, Al, Ermina, John, Albert, Matthew and Mafalda Capone. [2] Frank and his brothers Al and Ralph became mobsters.
A list of books about Prohibition era gangster Al Capone: Bair, Dierdre (2016). Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0385537162. Balsamo, William; Balsamo, John (13 December 2013). Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated.
His mother gave birth to his half-brother Raphael in 1894 and another child, Gennaro, in 1896. After the seventh grade, he quit school and worked as a pinsetter, factory worker, and barber. Al Capone's family lived nearby, and Nitti was friends with Capone's older brothers and their criminal gang (the Navy Street Boys). [1]
Frank Capone, Al's brother, was killed that evening by detective sergeant William Cusack during an altercation on 22nd Street and Cicero Avenue. Charles Fischetti was also arrested at the scene. Kenha won the election, ensuring the Torrio-Capone gang's local immunity into the 1930s.
On top of writing Undercover Man: He Trapped Capone in 1949, Wilson also wrote other books. In 1940 his first book was The Archives, and in 1945 he wrote Doubtful Dollars both of which have to do with his illustrious career. Wilson died at the Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 1970, at the age of 83.
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago.He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility.