During the Great Depression, a huge amount of Americans found themselves in poverty, unable to afford general amenities and many lost their homes. Some could not even afford to eat, and they found a very strange savior: Al Capone. The infamous Chicago gangster who made millions selling bootlegged rum and whiskey. Sometimes it is easy to forget great acts by people who were perceived as being evil. Definitely, the mobster ordered many hits and criminal activities, but he also fed millions. America’s most notorious gangster helped set up and sponsored the operations of a free soup kitchen in Chicago that offered three hot meals a day. It server thousands of unemployed every day, and didn’t ask any questions. In 1930, the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression and thousands walked around Chicago jobless. They all lined up for a soup kitchen that offered free soup, coffee, and doughnuts for the unemployed.