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9 mag 2014 · A brief history of Al Capone's mentor and silent founding father of the National Commission and one time Chicago bootlegger Johnny Torrio also known as "the ...
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Johnny Torrio was an Italian-American gangster, who is widely acknowledged as the founder of organized crime in America. For his shrewdness, leadership and entrepreneur skill, he was also known as ‘The Fox’, ‘Papa Johnny’ and ‘The Immune’. Born as Giovanni Torrio in Italy, he came to New York with his widowed mother at the age of two.
Johnny Torrio, de jove Giovanni Torrio, va néixer a Itàlia el 1882. Va viatjar a Nova York amb la seva família a l'edat de 2 anys i es va establir als guetos del Lower East Side . Sent un adolescent, Johnny es va convertir en un important membre dels Five Points Gang , una de les més fortes i poderoses bandes de gàngsters i, més tard, va arribar a ser el cap d'una banda associada, la ...
Earl "Hymie" Weiss was a Chicago mobster and tough rival of Al Capone. Weiss was born in Chicago to a Polish Catholic emigrant family as Earl Wojciechowski, the family having changed their last name upon immigrating to the United States in the 1890s (he earned the nickname "Hymie" only later in his career). Hymie Weiss began engaging in petty crime in his teens before ultimately befriending ...
Frankie Yale (born Francesco Ioele) is a criminal enforcer and assassin played by Joseph Riccobene. Yale works for organized crime boss Johnny Torrio and killed Torrio's predecessor, the leader of the Chicago outfit, James "Big Jim" Colosimo. Yale was an enforcer ofJohnny Torrio. Yale began working for him when Torrio was a boss in New York. When Torrio left New York for Chicago, he left his ...
23 gen 2023 · Johnny Torrio's business in Chicago revolved around prostitution and gambling, but he was beginning to branch out into the most lucrative trade around — alcohol, per History. Prohibition became the law of the land on Jan. 17, 1920, and Torrio relied on Al Capone's skills — accounting and violent enforcement — to help build up his illegal bootlegging operation.
Johnny Torrio. Giovanni Torrio was born in Italy on January 20, 1882. At the age of two his father passed away and he moved to New York with his mother. His name was switched to Johnny after the move so that he sounded more “American.”. Torrio began running with the James Street Gang when he was in his teens to make money.
