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| Al capone, Lucky Luciano and Johnny Torrio |
Al Capone is one of the most recognized names in American history. Al Capone was born in Brooklyn the 17th January 1899 and died 25th January 1947 in Florida. Al went to school with Salvatore Lucania later known as Lucky Luciano.At about the age of ten be began to follow up-and-coming gangster Johnny Torrio,also a Neapolitan.At fourteen he quit school after striking a teather.Capone and Lucky Luciano joined a gang known as | ||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Torrio had moved to Chicago to work for his uncle, Big Jim Colosimo.Torrio sent for his trusted lieutenant, Capone.Suspected of two murders,Capone was eager to leave New York.Capone worked under Torrio as a bouncer and thug.On May 11,1920.Big Jim Colosimo was assassinated in his own cafe by an unknown killer.Johnny Torrio was now the leader of the most powerful gang in Chicago,and Capone his right-hand man. | Johnny Torrio | ||||||||||||||||
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