Al Capone was a gangster who served aspiring New York mobsters Frankie Yale and Johnny Torrio. Capone was sent to Chicago and helped Torrio rid the city of their underworld competition. After Torrio retired, Capone became Chicagoās de facto crime czar, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by gunning down rivals.
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