The Capone’s family was not a poor family. Gabrielle came over to America in 1894. He had skills as a barber, and could read and write his native language. He brought his 27-year-old wife, son, and infant son with him. He moved with his family to Brooklyn.

Since Gabrielle could read and write, he maintained a job at a grocery store until he could start his own barbershop. The first child they had was born in the New World Jan 7th, 1899. His name was Alphonse.

Many people are under the impression that Al had bad parents. They were not bad parents at all; in fact, the Capone’s were a quiet, conventional family. Gabrielle never hit the children and would talk and preach to them a lot, too. He was as nice to his kids as any average father would be today. They were a law-abiding, unremarkable family.

Gabrielle became an American in 1906. But just because Gabrielle was American didn’t mean he was going to name his kids American names. Within the

Al’s child was constantly on his mind though. His son had poor health, and serious ear infections. So Al took his son to a hospital in New York and while he was at it, paid a visit to Yale. Yale invited him to a Christmas Party at an athletic club and was tipped off that a rival gangster, Lonergan and his men were going to come and crash the party. Capone prepared for this and when Lonergan entered the party, before his men could draw their guns, they were dead.

"If it was legitimate, you certainly wouldn’t want anything to do with it," he told Capone as he walked away, seeing him for the last time. (Crime Library, Capone Public)

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