Capone ya fara shiga cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi waɗanda suka haɗa da Junior Forty Thieves da Bowery Boys. Daga nan sai ya shiga Brooklyn Rippers, sannan kuma mai iko Five Points Gang wanda ke zaune a Lower Manhattan. A wannan lokacin, abokin aikinsa Frankie Yale, mai ba da sabis a cikin gidan rawa na Coney Island da kuma saloon da ake kira Harvard Inn, ya yi aiki da kuma jagorantar shi. Capone ya zagi wata mace ba da gangan ba yayin da yake aiki a ƙofar a wani kulob din dare na Brooklyn kuma ɗan'uwanta Frank Gallucio ya yanke shi. Raunin ya haifar da sunan "Scarface" wanda Capone ya ƙi. Lokacin da aka yi masa hoto, ya ɓoye gefen fuskarsa, yana cewa raunin da ya ji rauni rauni ne.
Frankie Yale (mai suna)