![]() Torrio was very organized and used his administrative skill to craft the most successful criminal organization on the East Coast. He ran his empire like a business, allowing it to expand as needed. A big tipper” (Yancey 72).ĥ Early Years Dropped out of school at the age of 14 after getting into a fistfight with his sixth grade teacher Moved to 21 Garfield Place in this neighborhood, he met his mentor Johnny Torrio, and his wife, Mae Torrio was one of the most successful gangsters on the East Coast, and was a role model to many boys, including Al Capone Capone started out as an errand boy for Torrio, but would eventually move up At the same time, he would learn about how Torrio’s organization ran, and he would use this knowledge in the future when he took over for Torrio in Chicago later onĦ Johnny Torrio Johnny Torrio was the first of the modern gangsters. Not an articulate man, he was nonetheless charismatic: warm, charming, generous. He weighed over two-fifty, yet despite his bulk and the sloppy grin, he could move with lethal speed and force. ![]() ![]() Capone was cunning, deceptive, ruthless, and willing to do whatever was necessary to stay on top.īorn Januin Brooklyn, NY Son of Italian immigrants Wife-Mae Josephine Coughlin, Son-Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone Boss of the criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit Supplied the Chicago underworld with alcohol during the Prohibition Era Most feared mobster of his timeĤ Al Capone One observation-”…a big fat man with a cigar and a $50,000 pinkie ring…a jowly smiling Satan…with two scars across his left cheek. ![]() “This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” –Al Capone Al Capone and The Chicago OutfitĢ To begin… Al Capone was the most powerful gangster to ever live, working his way up the ranks to eventually become the king of his own criminal empire. ![]()
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