Frank Capone 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 to join him there. By 1920, Torrio had taken charge of the South Side Gang and the Prohibition era had started. As the gang increased in power and wealth, so did Al and Frank. In 1923, Chicago voters elected a new mayor, William Dever, who proceeded to crack down on Torrio, the Capone brothers, and their South Side Gang. In response, Torrio tasked Al with creating speakeasies, brothels, and illegal gambling dens in Cicero,
Capone (film) of April 27, 1926, Capone places a hit on Weiss for shooting Johnny, and he and his men ambush four of Weiss's men, plus a State's Attorney, at a Cicero inn in the hopes of killing Weiss along with them. Two of the men and the State's Attorney are shot dead. On listening to the news, however, it is revealed that Capone and his men did not kill Weiss, much to Capone's chagrin. Capone is brought before lawyer Robert E. Crowe, who decides to have Capone face a grand jury for organized murder, but Capone reveals that he paid the