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Torrio introduces Capone to a gangster
Torrio introduces Capone to a gangster and got employed by the gangster named Frankie Yale. -
Al Capone became second in charge/Murder of Coloismo
Colosimo(ex-leader of the South side gang)
was murdered on May 11, 1920. Al Capone became second in charge and Torrio Became leader. -
Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
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Prohibition Era
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Al Capone brother gunned down
Chicago send in police to respond and they brutally gunned Capone's brother. Because Capone guaranteed that the candidate they wanted would be elected. -
Al Capone becoming leader of the South Side Gang
In 1927, Drucci who was leader when Torrio was arrested on January 24, 1925, got gunned down. Capone became the new leader. -
Bugs Moran killing the new president
Bugs and Joe Aiello (from the Sicillian Mafia family) visted the new Unione Siciliana President Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo and killed him. -
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre was when 7 of Moran's men were murdered from 4 of Capone's men. 2 of Capone's men were dressed as officers during this time as they raided the garage the 11 of them were in. The two "officers" lined up the 7 against the wall and shot them repeatedly. -
Capone's arrest
Capone was arrested after found guilty by the judge. He was sentenced to 6 months in the Cook County Jail. On June 1931 he was accused of evasion in federal income tax and was then sentenced 11 years in prison. He was then released from prison in 1939. -
Moran's arrest
Moran was in small time robbery's after the massacre and was arrested soon after. -
Capone's death
Capone died in his home in Florida on 1947 from cardiac arrest. -
Moran's death
Bugs died in Leavenworth Federal prison in 1957 because of lung cancer.
