He started his career of crime in Boston, as an apprentice to Johnny Torrio. ... The Red's would have lost but with a little help from Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets. ... When "Lucky" returned to New York he gunned down Maranzano and took over his businesses. ... VanGorder 4 men that got in his way. ... No one could stop his reign of crime, and anyone that got in his way, he would take out, Even when it came to his friends. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The communists usually always got the blame. ... Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. ... Al Capone moved to Chicago in 1920 where he worked for Johnny Torrio the city's leading figure in the underworld. ... Torrio handed over to Capone his 'business'. ... He got 11 years in jail. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He met future wife, Mae, and a gangster named Johnny Torrio. Johnny Torrio lived just a few blocks from Capone, and was a very successful gangster known on the East Coast. ... Her brother heard it and immediately got up in a rage, took his knife out and cut Capone's face three times making life-long scars. ... To make a long story short, a lot of people didn't like this and Sicilian assassins soon gunned down Dion. ... Moran held a gun up to his temple and fired, but he didn't have any bullets left, so Torrio laid there, severely wounded. ...

• Word Count: 3078
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School