biography
pronunciation:
[kapohn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1899–1947)
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| biography:
| Gangster, born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He became the leader in Chicago bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution during the Prohibition Era. His involvement in gang and liquor wars left hundreds of people dead in Chicago and its suburbs. Increasingly implicated in the corruption of political, law enforcement, and labour officials, he was convicted of income-tax evasion (1931) and sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment. He was released in 1939 on grounds of ill health; he was infected with syphilis and his mental condition was deteriorating. |
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