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On this day, Jan. 24, in 1925, a failed mob hit on Chicago outfit boss Johnny Torrio led to his retirement and the succession of his lieutenant, Al Capone. Torrio was nicknamed “The Brain” or “The Fox ...
As Al Capone learned, when a major-league racketeer is tough enough to survive the bullets of his confreres and shrewd enough to evade the police, there is one pitfall left for him: the income-tax ...
John "Johnny" Torrio helped build the Chicago Mafia during the 1920s before it was inherited by none other than Al Capone. According to the Chicago Crime Commission, Torrio's "talents as an ...
Johnny Torrio, tough, buttoneyed little dean of the Prohibition criminal era, was on trial in Manhattan last week for the same offense that undid his pupil Al Capone: cheating on his income taxes.
On this day, Jan. 24, in 1925, a failed mob hit on Chicago outfit boss Johnny Torrio led to his retirement and the succession of his lieutenant, Al Capone. Torrio was nicknamed “The Brain” or “The Fox ...
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