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Criminals That Got Away!: Al Capone

The document discusses two famous criminals, Al Capone and Dan Cooper. Al Capone was a gangster in Chicago in the 1920s who made millions illegally but was ultimately imprisoned for tax evasion. Dan Cooper hijacked a plane in 1971 by claiming to have a bomb, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane, never to be seen again.

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Criminals That Got Away!: Al Capone

The document discusses two famous criminals, Al Capone and Dan Cooper. Al Capone was a gangster in Chicago in the 1920s who made millions illegally but was ultimately imprisoned for tax evasion. Dan Cooper hijacked a plane in 1971 by claiming to have a bomb, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane, never to be seen again.

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Leggi e ascolta.

Criminals that got away!


Some criminals are very clever and impossible to catch!

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone’s parents were poor Italian


immigrants from Campania, but he became the richest
and most famous criminal in America. Capone was born in
New York in 1899. When he was a teenager, he joined a street
gang in Manhattan. Then, in 1919, he went to Chicago to work
for a gangster called Papa Johnny Torrio. Capone bought a
house in 1923, and his wife and son moved to Chicago from
New York.

Later, Capone became the boss of Torrio’s old gang – the


biggest criminal organization in Chicago. Even today,
casinos are illegal in many parts of the USA, but from 1920
to 1933, alcohol was illegal, too. This was great for Capone.
He opened illegal casinos and bars all over Chicago, and he
made millions of dollars.

High Five Exam Trainer . Reading comprehension 8 p. 20 © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE
Capone killed people, and for a long time nobody could
stop him. The poor people of Chicago liked Capone, because
he helped them and opened kitchens to give them free food.
He also gave money to some Chicago police officers.

Finally, in May 1932, Capone went to prison for seven


years – not for killing people but for tax evasion! When
he left prison, he went to live in a huge house in Florida until
he died in 1947.

Dan Cooper

On November 24th 1971, a man walked into Portland


Airport, in Oregon, USA. He was wearing a smart suit and
dark glasses, and he gave the name ‘Dan Cooper’ when he
bought a one-way plane ticket to Seattle.

The plane took off from Portland. When it was in the air,
the man gave a note to an air hostess: ‘I have a bomb’. Later
he asked for $200,000 in cash, and four parachutes. When
the plane landed in Seattle, all of the other passengers got
off, and a man from the airline gave Cooper the money and
the parachutes. The plane took off again, and at 8 p.m., on
a dark, stormy night, Cooper put on a parachute, took the
money, opened the plane door and jumped out!

High Five Exam Trainer . Reading comprehension 8 p. 20 © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE
The big question is – did Cooper survive? He jumped from
the plane near the town of Ariel, in Washington State. The
police looked for him in the area, but they didn’t find Cooper
or anything from the plane. Seven years later, a man found
a notice about how to open the plane door. Then in 1980, a
young boy found $5,800 on the banks of a river. But nobody
ever found Cooper, or the rest of the money.

We don’t know if Cooper is alive, but the FBI and other


people are still looking for him. And every year on
November 24th, the town of Ariel has a Cooper Day festival!

High Five Exam Trainer . Reading comprehension 8 p. 20 © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

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