... most powerful gangsters" leader in Chicago from 1925. He was the fourth of nine children. Al Capone joined the James Street Gang, ran by Johnny Torrio. After Al Capone got expelled in the sixth grade, this guy, Johnny Torrio brought him up to the world of criminals. Al Capone got a nickname "Scarface" since his left cheek got slashed. In 1919 Al Capone ... was in trouble with the law in New York and so he moved to Chicago to help Johnny Torrio who was working the brothels in Windy City. They got along and soon they were the leaders of almost every gang in Chicago. The gangs who didn't w...

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... Chicago's most dangerous gangs. The longer Al Capone stayed with the Five pointers the faster he'd move up their ranks (Al). Eventually, Capone became the second in command only behind Johnny Torrio. Torrio fled the country handing over the entire bootlegging operation to Capone (Al). Chicago voted 6 to 1 to not pass prohibition, but it passed anyway. Al Capone took control of ... ...

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... business of bootlegging. Perhaps the most famous of any such gangsters was Alphonse Capone, or "scarface". Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn, NY. In his youth he worked for Johnny Torrio, an immensely powerful gangster of the East coast that would later persuade him to reunite with him in Chicago....

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... Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899, of an immigrant family. He quit school after sixth grade and became a member of a street gang that was lead by Johnny Torrio. About 1920, Capone went to Chicago and met up with Torrio, who had become a lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The enactment of the Prohibition Amendment opened a way for criminals ... ...

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