was Johnny Torrio and was made up of over 1,500 gangsters who specialized in burglary, extortion, robbery, assault, and murder. While Al was working as a strong-arm enforcer under Torrio, he learned all the lethal tricks that would help him get from rags to riches in no time. While working under Torrio, Al met a man by the name of Francesco Ioele, also called Frankie Yale. Yale was both feared and respected. Frankie Yale built his turf on muscle and aggression. Yale opened a bar on Coney Island called the Harvard Inn and hired, at the recommendation of Johnny Torrio, the eighteen-year-old Al Capone to be his bartender. This is where Al received his infamous nickname Scarface. Although the story is not fully clear, because Capone often lied about how he got the scar. The scar extended four inches across his left cheek. On December 18, 1918, Capone was married at the age of 19, to a 21-year-old Irish girl named Mae Coughlin. A short time later Albert Francis Capone was born to the couple. Albert also known as Sonny was the godchild of Torrio and a victim to congenial syphilis at birth. At this time in New York, Johnny moved his operations to Chicago. Torrios prospects in New York looked low because Capone was charged for two murders. He was released when a witness lost her memory, and evidence suddenly vanished from the court. Al Capone knew that he had Torrio to thank for this.Chicago was a perfect place to build a criminal empire. It was a rowdy, fierce, hard-drinking town that was open to anyone with enough money to buy it. When Al Capone came to the city in 1920, the flesh trade was becoming the province of organized crime. The kingpin of this business was "Big Jim" Colosimo. Big Jim owned the Colosimo Cafe, one of the most popular nightclubs in the city. Nobody cared that he was a pimp. It never stopped him from hobnobbing with the rich and famous. Big Jim, with huge diamonds glittering on every one of his fat...
