He dropped out of school at age 14 to become an errand boy for local numbers racketeer John Torrio.
At 18 Capone went to work for Frank Yale, another prominent racketeer, as bouncer and bartender in a Coney Island bar and dance hall.
It was there that in a brawl with a knife-toting customer he received the famous scars on his left cheek which would later earn him the nickname " Scarface ".
www.organized-crime.deEr verließ die Schule im Alter von 14 Jahren um Laufbursche für den örtlichen Betreiber einer illegalen Lotterie, John Torrio, zu werden.
Mit 18 Jahren trat Capone in die Dienste von Frank Yale, einem weiteren prominenten Gangster, als Türsteher und Barkeeper in einem Tanzlokal.
Bei einer Auseinandersetzung mit einem Kunden trug er die berühmte Narbe an seiner linken Wange davon, die im später den Spitznamen " Scarface " (" Narbengesicht ") eintrug.
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