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...charges Judge Lyle apparently had in mind were old ones: the murder of Big Jim Colosimo (1920), who brought young Capone and Johnny Torrio to Chicago as his bodyguards; the killing of Joseph Howard, petty hijacker...
...Capone went to Chicago as bodyguard for Johnny Torrio, hired by Jim Colosimo, big restaurant and brothel man. Prohibition started to create a public demand for liquor. Gangs were formed to supply the demand, to beat off rivals. Capone began as a brothel keeper, which started his police record with a $50 fine. In 1923 Colosimo was murdered. Torrio took command of the liquor and vice gang, Capone becoming his No. 1 assistant. Fierce was the hostility between the South Side gang under Torrio and the North Side gang under Dion O'Banion. In 1924 O'Banion was shot down...
...when the day's labors are done, they have their 60 "soft drink parlors," their brothels, and their roulette wheels. The Bad Lands have their king, "Scarface Al" Caponi, alias "Al-phonzo Brown," who has been on the throne since 1922. Never since the days of "Big Jim" Colosimo (the man with the diamond complex) has the underworld had so potent an organizer. "Scarface Al," except for the old razor gash on one side of his face, might easily be mistaken for a fat, prosperous baker. King Caponi does not bake. With his brothers, Ralph and James, he keeps...