e was called began by driving beer trucks and bartending at speakeasies. He later became a beer wholesaler, selling to his rivals. He gained a ruthless reputation by forcing his rivals to buy from him. He set an example once by hanging a man by his thumbs and placing a bandage dipped in ghonerrea discharge, later blinding the man (Dutch 2). Schultz would then expand into shaking down each restaurant and taxing them. If they did not pay the tax, the restaurant would be sabotaged or the owner would meet death. Schultz came under serious heat from FBI for 4 years but they were unsuccessful in 2 tries of tax evasion. The Dutchman met his downfall on October 23, 1935 when he was shot dead in his favorite restaurant (Perhaps the most infamous of all gangsters that operated during the Prohibition Era was Alphonse “Scarface” Capone. He was born in 1899 to immigrant Italian parents in Brooklyn, New York where he would reside until 1919. In that time he had joined the James Street Gang, led by Jonny Torrio. Torrio would later move away but call Al in 1919 when Capone was in trouble with the law (Alphonse 3). After that phone call Alphonse as his mother called him would then move to Chicago to work as a bouncer at one of Torrio’s night clubs. Through the years Capone would become closer and closer to Torrio while gaining power in the Chicago mob syndicate. When Torrio was hospitalized and retired he gave the family business to Capone, took 30 million dollars with him and moved back to New York (Alphonse 4). “Scarface” as he was called due to 3 large scars on the side of his face aquired in a bar fight was now the most powerful mobster in Chicago. He gave the people what they wanted, booze, prostitution and gambling and became a star and a millionaire. Although it seemed like it was impossible for Al Capone to be hated by the public, he quickly lost his popularity after one of the bloodiest recorded day...
