So he leaned over to her ear and told her she had a nice ass. Her brother heard it and immediately got up in a rage, took his knife out and cut Capone's face three times making life-long scars. .
This incident was brought to Yale's attention, and Yale took Capone under his wing and showed Capone the ropes of business. Capone learned a lot from Yale, but he still had other influences that lead to his eventual development. He met an Irish girl named Mae Coughlin.
"Yale needed a stable of strongarms who could not only break arms and heads but would kill." (Crime Library, Capone Scar).
Mae was two years older and came from a middle-class family. It is hard to believe, but Mae's family actually supported their relationship. Al and Mae soon had a baby and decided to get married. With a baby and wife to support, Al decided to get a good job. He quit working for Yale and moved to Baltimore to be a bookkeeper. He did a very good job, and was good with figures.
Al's father passed away at the age of 55. Without a sense of authority over him, Al quit his job and regained his relationship with Torrio. Torrio lived in Chicago and the opportunities were great: gambling, brothels and illegal alcohol. With his experience in business and working with Yale, Capone was set for a life of crime.
Chicago was the perfect city for a life in crime, too. It was a city in which crime flourished. When Al Capone came to Chicago in 1920, flesh trade was the main enterprise. Big Jim was well known here, and he and Torrio became partners. But soon Big Jim was jailed, and Torrio was alone. This was where 22-year-old Al Capone came in. Al soon became Torrio's partner instead of employee and took over Four Deuces, Torrio's Levee area headquarters. It was a gambling house and whorehouse all in one. At this time, Al met a friend he would keep for life, Jack Guzik.
Jack Guzik's large Jewish Orthodox family made their living through prostitution.