“When Al Capone shot somebody, he would send flowers to their family to say sorry.”

1. “In 1930 I did not have a job. Nobody wanted to give an Italian man like me a job. Al Capone started a good street kitchen. We could eat food there for free. He looked after us”. - An Italian man in Chicago “I was working in the hospital one night. An innocent man had been shot by mistake in a gang fight. Al Capone came to the hospital to see the man. He promised to pay for all the medicine the man needed. He said it didn’t matter if it cost a million dollars.” - A doctor in Chicago “One day Al Capone came to my school. He gave fresh milk to all of the children. He wanted them all to be healthy. He paid for children all over Chicago to have fresh milk everyday”. - An Italian teacher in Chicago “When Al Capone shot somebody, he would send flowers to their family to say sorry.” - A man in Chicago

2. “It was very bad when Prohibition started. I needed alcohol. Alcohol made me feel better in my difficult life. Al Capone gave us alcohol again. I was very happy. But sometimes the alcohol he made was dangerous. It did kill some people”. - An Italian man in Chicago “Al Capone was an awful man. He killed hundreds of people with his gang. It was not safe to walk on the streets at night”. - An Italian woman in Chicago “Al Capone was a horrible gangster. He made dangerous alcohol. The alcohol made my husband go blind. Al Capone did not care. He just wanted money”. - An Italian woman in Chicago “Al Capone did not pay his taxes. He had so much money, but he never gave it to the government like everybody else”. - An American man