- John
Donato Torrio (born
Donato Torrio, Italian: [doˈnaːto ˈtɔrrjo];
January 20, 1882 –
April 16, 1957) was an Italian-born
mobster who
helped build the...
- Mafia. The
Outfit rose to
power in the 1920s
under the
control of
Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, and the
period was
marked by
bloody gang wars for control...
- ********inated on May 11, 1920, and no one was ever
charged with his murder.
Johnny Torrio, an
enforcer whom
Colosimo imported in 1909 from New York,
seized control...
- as the
Chicago Outfit, the
crime syndicate of Italian-Americans
Johnny Torrio and Al Capone. Like many
other Chicago-based
Prohibition gangs, the North...
-
American television actor, director, producer, and writer. He portra****
Johnny Torrio in
Boardwalk Empire in
every season, from 2010 to 2014, and as Phil Leotardo's...
-
Points Gang with
mobster John
Torrio. By 1918,
Torrio had
moved to
Chicago to help a
relative defend his rackets, and
Torrio soon
asked Al and
later Frank...
-
November 10, 1924) was an
American mobster who was the main
rival of
Johnny Torrio and Al
Capone during the
brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The...
- 1970,
replaced by the Mafia. The
Mafia was
initially organized by
Johnny Torrio and
further organized by Al
Capone into the
extant Chicago Outfit sometime...
-
actually chosen for
Torrio's protection as the
prison warden,
Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom, was in the pay of
Torrio's organization.
Torrio was
later escorted...
-
early twenties,
Capone moved to
Chicago and
became a
bodyguard of
Johnny Torrio, head of a
criminal syndicate that
illegally supplied alcohol—the forerunner...
