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(Narrator)
Previously on "the making of
the mob: Chicago"...

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After trying to lead
an honest life,

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al Capone has
just accepted an offer

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from his childhood mentor,
Johnny torrio,

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to go to work for his
criminal syndicate in Chicago.

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Johnny,
this is incredible.

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But when prohibition
goes into effect,

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torrio and Capone
see a big opportunity...

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To start a massive underground
bootlegging business.

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("Johnny")
We'll be selling beer
to half of Chicago.

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Can you imagine how much
money we'll be bringing in?

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The only problem,
torrio's boss,

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ruthless crime lord
"big Jim" colosimo,

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shuts them down.

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No one
in my organization

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is going into
bootlegging!

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No one.

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Torrio knows he needs to
make a bold move,

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so he hires
New York hit man Frankie Yale.

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(Gunshot firing)

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With colosimo out of the way,

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torrio and Capone are now
the biggest

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Italian kingpins in Chicago.

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But across town,
there's a new threat...

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(Man)
You tell those Italians

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to stay the hell out
of the north side.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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See that?

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If we get another
double of that,

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we double the money.

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We've got 500.

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In less than two years,

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al Capone has risen from
a humble bookkeeper

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to second-in-command of
Johnny torrio's criminal empire.

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Chicago presented incredible
opportunity for a man

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like Capone to
come in and make a fortune,

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running brothels
and gambling dens.

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It was the underground route
to the American dream.

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(Narrator)
By 1920, torrio and Capone

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have expanded their operation
in Chicago's south side

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into an empire worth
the modern-day equivalent

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of $35 million.

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Al was making a fortune
at a time when,

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you know, the average
person worked for probably

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ten bucks a week,

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and it just kept
growing.

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Oh, al...

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Looks amazing.

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Come on, everybody,
take a seat.

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I'm starving here.

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Here, put that
in there--
thanks, Mae.

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This is beautiful.

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(All)
Salute.

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Capone purchases
a house in Chicago,

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moving his entire family from
New York to live with him.

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Including his brothers
frank and Ralph.

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(Man)
Capone's motivation
to rise to the top

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was to provide for his family.

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That's the motivation
of anyone

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who works
and loves his family.

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(Narrator)
But Capone's success
is about to be challenged.

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As torrio and Capone's
operations expand,

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they begin pushing
into Chicago's north side,

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an area controlled by the city's
second-largest gang:

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The Irish.

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The leader of
the Irish north side gang

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is a ruthless criminal
named Dean o'banion.

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(Man)
Dean o'banion had grown up

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in the tough neighborhood
known as "little hell."

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One of the things
about the Irish is

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you emerged in the underworld
quite literally

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through the force of your
ability to be physically tough.

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And he demonstrated that
numerous times in fights

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in the saloons
and out on the streets.

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(Narrator)
In addition to ruling over
the city's Irish gang...

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O'banion's also
set up a legitimate business

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as the city's top florist.

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Lee.

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Oh, hey, no, no, no,
that's no good.

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No, too wilted.

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Yeah.

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(T.J.)
He loved flowers.

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And he opened a floral shop

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that became one of the most
popular in Chicago,

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because o'banion
was very good as a florist.

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(William)
He probably killed
32 people with his own hands,

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but he loved to make flowers
and he loved, you know--

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there's-- there's
a human side to people.

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♪♪

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When prohibition
goes into effect...

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O'banion muscles in on

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the growing
bootlegging business.

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Let's go!

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And he's not about to let
torrio and Capone

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grab a piece
of his territory.

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("Al")
We got to do something
about this o'banion.

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He's gonna take down
our trucks

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whenever he
feels like it?

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I'm gonna send him
a message.

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(Man)
As businesses
would grow more powerful,

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they would take in more money

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and they would think about
expanding.

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And that's
where the trouble began,

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because people would
try to expand

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out of their
neighborhood into another.

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They would see great,
profitable pockets,

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and that's when
you'd get these clashes.

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(Narrator)
As the weeks pass,

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o'banion strengthens his grip
on Chicago's north side,

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gearing up for
a showdown with the Italians.

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Once you're strong here,
we'll move there slowly.

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Yeah.

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We're in no hurry.

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How many you got?

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12.
12?

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Yeah, we can push
straight through there.

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To protect his turf,

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o'banion relies on his
two top lieutenants...

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Hymie weiss and bugs moran.

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(Man)
Hymie weiss was very, very smart
in a business sense

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and as a strategist.

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And he was also
incredibly dangerous.

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(T.J.)
Bugs moran was brought in
because he was the muscle.

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He was a tough guy,

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he was a shooter,
and he was a killer.

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(Narrator)
Now Dean o'banion has all
the tools he needs

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to escalate the situation
to an all-out war.

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♪♪

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As the violence takes a toll
on torrio's business,

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he decides to
gamble on a radical plan.

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("Johnny")
This is an
opportunity, al.

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Yeah, I hear you.

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Don't worry about
the Irish.

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We do this right...

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And we'd make
a fortune.

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(jonathan)
Torrio calls o'banion
and suggests that they meet.

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There's no way that that's
a simple conversation.

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There's no way that
it's friendly.

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But torrio thought
it was worth trying

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because if they could somehow
stop killing each other,

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they would really have
the whole town to themselves.

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♪♪

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Don't know why we
have to go to them.

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But for o'banion,

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meeting with
torrio and Capone

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is the last thing
he wants to do.

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(Man)
Dean o'banion,
he didn't like Italians.

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And he actually would go around
calling them

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dagos and things like that.

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And the Italians
didn't like that at all.

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So they were constantly
struggling and fighting.

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♪♪

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Well...

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... I'm here.

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All this violence...

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Stealing...

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Killing, it doesn't
make any sense.

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It's not
good for business.

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Violence is my business.

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Or you mean
your business.

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Now, I've fought for
every inch

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that I own of this city

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and I will not
give any of it up.

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Hey, we fought
for our ter...

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("Johnny")
Listen, this prohibition law,

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it's a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.

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As long as it lasts,
i want to make money.

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What do you want to
do, o'banion?

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Oh, you gonna tell me
how to run my business?

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Would you rather be
rich or dead?

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Are you
threatening me?

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I don't make threats.

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I'm making
a proposition.

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Which is what?

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I take a cut of
your business

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and you take
a cut of mine.

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You get to sell your
whiskey in our territory,

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I get to sell my beer
in yours.

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(Chuckling)

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What makes you think
i would agree to that?

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We got to think smart.

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Shooting up my trucks,

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stealing
each other's liquor,

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killing each other's
men...

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It's not smart.

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You understand me?

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This is an opportunity.

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You want to
keep fighting

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or do you want to
be rich?

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Okay, torrio.

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I'll be in touch.

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(Narrator)
Despite his reservations,

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o'banion accepts the offer,

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creating the largest bootlegging
syndicate in the city.

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But the uneasy partnership

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is only the first step in
Johnny torrio's plan,

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to take over all of Chicago.

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♪♪

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(Narrator)
After Irish gangster
Dean o'banion

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accepts Johnny torrio's
offer to form an alliance,

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the two gangsters create

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the largest bootlegging
operation in Chicago...

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Covering the city's
north and south sides

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and making them into
the most dominant

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mafia syndicate in the city.

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Johnny torrio was able
to think more strategically

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than most of the other
gangsters.

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He had the wit
to decide that

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he could form alliances

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with gangsters from
other backgrounds

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and he built a coalition.

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I've got a good
feeling about this.

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Yeah.

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(Narrator)
Determined to take over
Chicago's entire

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bootlegging operation...

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... torrio moves to the next
phase of his plan

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and takes advantage
of one of Chicago's

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most distinct features:
Political corruption.

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I'd love a reason
to help you.

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I'll make a donation
to the campaign fund.

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That would be very much
appreciated, Johnny.

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Salute.

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Torrio buys off
the highest-ranking official

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in Chicago:

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Mayor "big bill" Thompson.

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(karen)
Chicago, no doubt,

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was one of the most corrupt
cities in America,

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if not the most
corrupt city in America.

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All of the elected officials
and cops were all on the take.

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(Narrator)
Gangs like torrio and o'banion's

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dedicate nearly 10% of their
revenue to payoffs...

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... with some police
collecting more money in bribes

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than from their annual salary.

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("Al")
Yeah, really good.

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The guys say this is just
from this morning.

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Can you believe it?
Today?

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Yeah, look at this.

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Here, come on.

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Get out of here.
(Chuckling)

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With the politicians
and cops in their pocket...

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... the Irish and Italian
conglomerate

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operates freely
throughout the city.

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Taking over new territory
by wiping out

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small gangs together.

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(vincent)
The mafia came in

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and wind up running
the city of Chicago.

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Chicago was like dodge city,

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where people are
getting shot up

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and nobody was stopping.

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It was almost like
the wild west.

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♪♪

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(Narrator)
As the death toll rises,

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Chicago citizens decide
they've had enough.

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(Man)
People were getting
slaughtered in the streets.

257
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The politicians were
bought and paid for.

258
00:15:14,281 --> 00:15:15,546
Who did the cops work for?

259
00:15:15,548 --> 00:15:17,348
Gangsters
or the people?

260
00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:23,054
You had corruption in every
aspect of civic life.

261
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,133
(Narrator)
With an election approaching,

262
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a Chicago superior court judge

263
00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:40,438
who spent over a decade
upholding the laws of the city

264
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,639
decides to run for mayor.

265
00:15:42,709 --> 00:15:45,376
♪♪

266
00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:49,180
Now, this guerrilla war
between hijackers,

267
00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:52,216
rumrunners and illicit
beer peddlers will be crushed.

268
00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:56,154
No bootlegger in Chicago
will be safe.

269
00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:57,689
(Cheers and applause)

270
00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:01,259
Now that you've elected...

271
00:16:01,261 --> 00:16:04,062
His name is William dever.

272
00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:07,265
(Man)
William dever is gonna come in
and clean things up.

273
00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:10,468
Part of his platform is to
enforce the prohibition laws

274
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,287
and make sure the courts

275
00:16:12,288 --> 00:16:14,105
and the police
are doing their jobs.

276
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:16,341
I believe in
Chicago!

277
00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:19,227
(Cheers and applause)

278
00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:22,112
(Narrator)
With his promise to rid the city
of violence and corruption,

279
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:23,715
dever cruises to victory.

280
00:16:29,255 --> 00:16:31,189
♪♪

281
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:34,559
With dever in office,

282
00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,694
torrio and Capone lose
their political backing...

283
00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:41,499
... and they know the new mayor
won't accept a bribe.

284
00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:49,273
So they target another
high-ranking official...

285
00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:52,377
Chief of police
Morgan Collins...

286
00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:55,013
And send a $100,000 bribe--

287
00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:57,448
the modern-day equivalent of
more than 1 million.

288
00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:02,420
(robert)
If you look at the history of
organized crime in Chicago,

289
00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:05,056
the power of the mob
came and went,

290
00:17:05,058 --> 00:17:06,958
depending upon who was mayor

291
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,660
and how honest
in fact they were.

292
00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,363
So the mob always sought
the corrupt politicians.

293
00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:22,740
♪♪

294
00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,978
Shut them down.

295
00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:09,554
By attempting to corrupt
dever's administration...

296
00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:13,491
Torrio and Capone have just
made themselves prime targets

297
00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:15,293
of the new mayor of Chicago.

298
00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:19,330
♪♪

299
00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:25,236
(Woman screaming)
(Man)
This is a raid,
nobody move!

300
00:18:25,238 --> 00:18:26,737
(Glasses shattering)

301
00:18:32,679 --> 00:18:34,011
I just...

302
00:18:41,054 --> 00:18:43,054
♪♪

303
00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:46,224
(Shattered glass clanking)

304
00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,073
It's dever.

305
00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:03,441
Son of a bitch!

306
00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:09,313
(Narrator)
After Johnny torrio
and al Capone

307
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:13,151
try to buy Chicago's
new police chief...

308
00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:15,019
Mayor William dever shuts down

309
00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:17,355
their highest-grossing brothel
and headquarters.

310
00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,558
Look at this.

311
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,161
They must have taken
like 100 bottles there.

312
00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:28,549
(laurence)
If you were good at the rackets,

313
00:19:28,550 --> 00:19:30,033
the first thing you did with
your money

314
00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:31,402
was buy political power.

315
00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,306
But dever couldn't be bought.

316
00:19:38,745 --> 00:19:41,112
(Narrator)
Torrio and Capone have
evaded arrest...

317
00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:45,983
... but dever
continues his assault.

318
00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,418
♪♪

319
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,359
(john b.)
This reformed mayor
was attacking

320
00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,094
all of the illegal activities,

321
00:19:57,096 --> 00:19:59,263
including bootlegging,
gambling,

322
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:01,465
going around the Chicago area,

323
00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:02,733
shutting down
breweries and distilleries.

324
00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:08,039
It's a clear-cut attempt to try
and get torrio and Capone.

325
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,415
Another truck got hit
on the north side,

326
00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:18,716
just over the bridge.

327
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,218
That's the third
truck this week!

328
00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:22,753
Son of a bitch.

329
00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:26,157
How much have
we lost 'cause of him?

330
00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:29,560
(Narrator)
With no political protection

331
00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:32,496
and the cops constantly
on their back,

332
00:20:32,498 --> 00:20:34,498
torrio and Capone's
illegal businesses

333
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,434
are being
shutdown almost daily.

334
00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:40,371
And they risk losing everything
they've built.

335
00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:48,179
Torrio knows he needs to
find a new place to operate

336
00:20:48,181 --> 00:20:49,814
outside of dever's control.

337
00:20:55,788 --> 00:20:58,789
He finds the solution
in a small town

338
00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:03,261
that sits just on the other
side of Chicago's city border:

339
00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:04,762
Cicero, Illinois.

340
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:10,101
Only 10 miles from
downtown Chicago,

341
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:13,204
Cicero is a quiet
suburb of 40,000 people.

342
00:21:18,544 --> 00:21:20,478
(robert)
Cicero was an ethnic town.

343
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,381
Eastern European town,
working-class town,

344
00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:25,483
and a decent-- I think
it was a decent place to live.

345
00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:29,253
(Narrator)
For torrio,
it's the perfect place

346
00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:31,222
for their new headquarters.

347
00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,190
(jonathan)
Cicero was a much smaller,
easier place

348
00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:34,759
for them to control.

349
00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:37,094
They figured that if they could
buy the police

350
00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:38,663
and the courts in Chicago,

351
00:21:38,665 --> 00:21:40,731
it would be a lot easier
and a lot cheaper

352
00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:43,234
to do it in the small
corrupt town of Cicero.

353
00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:51,475
(Narrator)
In 1923, torrio and Capone move
their operations to Cicero.

354
00:21:53,212 --> 00:21:55,313
With its proximity to Chicago,

355
00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:56,681
they'll be able to keep
their partnership

356
00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:58,449
with the Irish alive

357
00:21:58,451 --> 00:22:00,284
and still deliver booze
to the city.

358
00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:07,124
They'll also look to open new
brothels and gambling halls

359
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:09,226
to replace the ones
shutdown by dever.

360
00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:23,708
♪♪

361
00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:29,747
Seeing an opportunity to develop
his second-in-command...

362
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:34,218
... torrio puts Capone
in charge of setting up

363
00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:35,453
the new businesses...

364
00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:41,225
... including their new
headquarters and premier casino,

365
00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:42,526
the hawthorne inn.

366
00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:46,130
(William)
Al was always eager,

367
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:48,499
but he had been tutored for
quite a long time.

368
00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:50,101
And al was smart.

369
00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:51,702
Al was very,
very smart.

370
00:22:58,411 --> 00:23:00,111
♪♪

371
00:23:00,113 --> 00:23:03,981
(Narrator)
But only weeks after Capone
starts getting

372
00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:05,583
the new businesses
up and running...

373
00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:09,487
... torrio receives
word that his mother is ill...

374
00:23:12,225 --> 00:23:15,092
... and he decides to go back to
Italy to take care of her.

375
00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:33,544
It's family.

376
00:23:33,546 --> 00:23:34,678
You should
be there.

377
00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:40,518
You keep the wheels
turning 'til I get back.

378
00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:43,320
Easier said
than done.

379
00:23:46,392 --> 00:23:47,525
You'll figure it out.

380
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,329
Take care of yourself.

381
00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:54,698
I'll see you
when you get back.

382
00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:00,504
(jonathan)
Capone's a very young man.

383
00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:02,373
He's in his mid-20s,

384
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,241
and now he's in charge of
this massive business.

385
00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:09,113
Capone didn't really
have any time to think about

386
00:24:09,115 --> 00:24:11,048
whether he was qualified

387
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:12,683
or how he might manage
this business.

388
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:20,157
At just 24 years old,

389
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:22,626
al Capone is in charge of
a criminal empire

390
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,295
that was nearly wiped out...

391
00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:29,700
... and now he has to figure out
how to rebuild it

392
00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,268
all on his own.

393
00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:39,710
♪♪

394
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:41,779
("Al")
We charge 45 a barrel.

395
00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:44,315
No discounts,
no exceptions.

396
00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:47,017
A guy tells you he'll pay
you the money next week,

397
00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:48,719
you tell him that's when
he'll get his delivery.

398
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:54,191
(Narrator)
After moving their
headquarters from Chicago

399
00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,560
to the bordering suburb
of Cicero,

400
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:59,797
al Capone's mentor,
Johnny torrio, leaves for Italy.

401
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,701
And now the 24-year-old

402
00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:06,504
must take over their massive
bootlegging operation.

403
00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:11,509
If you're gonna supply booze
to the whole city of Chicago,

404
00:25:11,511 --> 00:25:13,644
obviously, you need thousands
of employees.

405
00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,347
They had to
pay truck drivers.

406
00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:18,148
They had to pay salesmen.

407
00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:20,117
You know, it had to be
a big, organized effort.

408
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,519
Come on, let's get
these moving, huh?

409
00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:23,087
Back on the road
in an hour.

410
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,359
♪♪

411
00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:30,528
(Narrator)
But in addition
to running alcohol,

412
00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:32,696
Capone sees an opportunity--

413
00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:36,066
to build a new vice trade of
casinos and brothels

414
00:25:36,068 --> 00:25:38,702
that can attract
clients from Chicago to Cicero.

415
00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,714
For help, he turns to
the two people

416
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:53,250
he knows he can trust,

417
00:25:53,252 --> 00:25:55,386
his brothers...
Frank and Ralph.

418
00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:58,355
What do you think?

419
00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:02,259
Very nice.

420
00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:04,528
You did good, al.

421
00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,598
(jonathan)
This is such a difficult
business to run

422
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,051
with so many
different moving pieces,

423
00:26:10,052 --> 00:26:12,503
so many different people coming
at you for-- wanting something.

424
00:26:12,505 --> 00:26:14,338
It must have been nice for him
to know that there were at least

425
00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:16,740
two people whose loyalty he
didn't have to question.

426
00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:25,749
♪♪

427
00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:28,052
(Narrator)
Capone puts his
oldest brother, Ralph,

428
00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:30,087
in control of the day-to-day
operations.

429
00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:33,591
(Deidre)
My grandfather Ralph,

430
00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:35,726
he was the one that kept
all the books,

431
00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:38,395
he was the one
that paid all the bills.

432
00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:41,131
He was the one that hired,
he was the one that fired.

433
00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:49,373
(Narrator)
Capone knows from working
under torrio

434
00:26:49,375 --> 00:26:51,175
that to keep
operations running,

435
00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:53,510
you need to buy protection from
the local government.

436
00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,081
So he sends his brother, frank,

437
00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:58,549
to bribe
Cicero politicians.

438
00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:05,022
I was hoping that you

439
00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,523
and the people down
in city hall

440
00:27:06,525 --> 00:27:08,025
could help us out.

441
00:27:10,596 --> 00:27:13,030
(laurence)
Capone's brother frank

442
00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:17,668
was more of a flashy gangster,
almost at a Hollywood mode.

443
00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:20,037
He was young,
he was slender,

444
00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:21,872
he was good looking.

445
00:27:21,873 --> 00:27:23,706
He acted as a go-between
with the politicians.

446
00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:26,677
He had people skills.

447
00:27:31,584 --> 00:27:32,716
Cheers.

448
00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:36,553
♪♪

449
00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:42,693
(Narrator)
Now under the control of Capone
and his brothers...

450
00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:46,330
The once-sleepy town of
Cicero begins to transform...

451
00:27:48,134 --> 00:27:50,567
... into a destination for
drinking and entertainment.

452
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:55,339
Just outside
the laws of Chicago.

453
00:27:57,410 --> 00:27:59,026
(Man)
That what you're
gonna do?

454
00:27:59,027 --> 00:28:00,643
Okay, no more bets,
no more bets.

455
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,579
(Deidre)
What drove my uncle al

456
00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:04,715
to do the things that he did

457
00:28:04,717 --> 00:28:06,450
was taking care
of his family.

458
00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:10,487
The family was
very strong together,

459
00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:12,556
and that's why they survived,

460
00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:15,526
because they had such respect
and love for one another.

461
00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:17,828
No.

462
00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,129
Hey, remember that time
we couldn't find Ralph?

463
00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:21,498
Ma was looking for him
everywhere?

464
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,000
You can't miss Ralph.

465
00:28:26,405 --> 00:28:29,039
♪♪

466
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:33,043
But just as Capone's reputation
in the underworld is growing,

467
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:34,578
he gets an unexpected visit.

468
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:45,022
Interesting place
you got here.

469
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:48,692
What do you want?

470
00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:51,628
Where's torrio?

471
00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:53,597
I need to
talk to him.

472
00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,199
You can talk to me.

473
00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:59,136
Okay.

474
00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:01,038
Word is you've been making
a nice little profit

475
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,239
since you've been here.

476
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:05,342
Which is funny.

477
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:06,610
I haven't
seen a dime.

478
00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:09,446
Why would you?

479
00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:13,050
What did you
just say to me?

480
00:29:13,052 --> 00:29:15,586
The deal was for a cut
of our Chicago interests.

481
00:29:15,588 --> 00:29:18,155
Cicero is not in
Chicago.

482
00:29:18,157 --> 00:29:20,224
I don't give a damn
where Cicero is.

483
00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:24,361
The only reason
i allow your trucks

484
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:28,265
through my territory is for
a cut of your profits.

485
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:32,236
In Chicago,
in Cicero, wherever.

486
00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:37,541
You want to move your trucks
through the north side...

487
00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:39,243
That's what
it's gonna cost you.

488
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:44,648
Try stopping
one of my trucks.

489
00:29:45,718 --> 00:29:47,251
See what happens.

490
00:29:54,093 --> 00:29:55,392
(Chuckling)

491
00:29:58,731 --> 00:30:00,230
I wanna be
crystal clear.

492
00:30:02,168 --> 00:30:04,001
Either I get my cut of
everything

493
00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:06,370
by the end of the week

494
00:30:06,372 --> 00:30:08,138
or you will have
a serious problem.

495
00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:27,090
(Man)
Control your temper.

496
00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:29,259
Don't blow off the handle.

497
00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:31,461
Don't start fighting people
or killing people.

498
00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:34,298
Think about it.

499
00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,733
Think very thoroughly.

500
00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:38,635
Don't react on an impulse.

501
00:30:49,148 --> 00:30:53,183
(Narrator)
Only in business in
Cicero for a few months,

502
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:56,253
Capone knows not giving
o'banion a cut

503
00:30:56,255 --> 00:31:00,057
could dissolve
the partnership torrio set up

504
00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:03,493
and possibly lead to an
all-out war.

505
00:31:03,495 --> 00:31:05,112
(john b.)
One of the major things
he would have learned from

506
00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:06,730
Johnny torrio
is it's all about business.

507
00:31:06,732 --> 00:31:08,198
We're in here to
make money.

508
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,334
We don't want any trouble.

509
00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:12,469
That was Johnny torrio's
sort of catch phrase.

510
00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:14,004
Trouble is bad for business.

511
00:31:14,006 --> 00:31:15,505
♪♪

512
00:31:17,576 --> 00:31:20,477
(Narrator)
Despite his instinct
to push back,

513
00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:23,347
Capone decides to
give o'banion what he wants.

514
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,117
(Man)
There's tough guys
in both organizations.

515
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,270
In life, one thing I was
always told,

516
00:31:30,271 --> 00:31:32,321
no matter how tough you are,
there's always somebody tougher.

517
00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:35,525
But you have to be smart.

518
00:31:50,142 --> 00:31:52,509
(Narrator)
But after appeasing o'banion,

519
00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:55,245
Capone will soon face an even
bigger challenge...

520
00:31:59,752 --> 00:32:03,687
... when the people of Cicero
decide to take their town back.

521
00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,298
♪♪

522
00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:23,106
(Narrator)
In a matter of months,

523
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:25,242
al Capone has transformed
Cicero

524
00:32:25,244 --> 00:32:26,576
from a quiet suburb...

525
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:31,515
... to a mob paradise...

526
00:32:34,386 --> 00:32:37,321
... alive with
gambling dens,

527
00:32:37,323 --> 00:32:38,689
whorehouses...

528
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:41,692
... and cold-blooded
gangsters.

529
00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:45,228
And the local
population has had enough.

530
00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:52,102
(robert)
Cicero at the time Capone
went out there,

531
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,570
it was
a working-class community

532
00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:55,505
and a decent place to live.

533
00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:58,408
It was a fine town, up until
the time that the gangsters

534
00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:00,143
were allowed to come in.

535
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,012
And people didn't
like that at all.

536
00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:07,150
(Narrator)
With an election looming,

537
00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,186
Capone realizes that
the politicians

538
00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,188
on his payroll
could be voted out...

539
00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:17,627
... and he knows he can't let
what happened in Chicago

540
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,229
happen again in Cicero.

541
00:33:23,268 --> 00:33:24,701
("Al")
This election,

542
00:33:24,703 --> 00:33:26,103
it's becoming a real
problem.

543
00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:31,375
The papers
exaggerate everything.

544
00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:36,213
I need you to do
whatever it takes

545
00:33:36,215 --> 00:33:37,647
to keep our friends
in office.

546
00:33:37,649 --> 00:33:39,716
I don't wanna
take any chances.

547
00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:41,251
You understand?

548
00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:42,586
Yeah, all right,
i understand.

549
00:33:43,789 --> 00:33:45,122
I trust you, frank.

550
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:48,058
I know you
won't let me down.

551
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:56,533
(Frank calabrese)
When you're in the life,
there's a lot of anxiety.

552
00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:00,570
You worry about what
you need to do.

553
00:34:03,976 --> 00:34:06,510
Al Capone brought his brother
into the life.

554
00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:08,345
It's always the trust factor.

555
00:34:08,347 --> 00:34:10,080
You know you can trust
a family member more.

556
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,024
♪♪

557
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,212
Nice vote.

558
00:34:49,154 --> 00:34:51,221
(jonathan)
The capones controlled
the election in Cicero

559
00:34:51,223 --> 00:34:53,457
by standing by
the polls with guns

560
00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:55,292
stickin' outta their pockets,

561
00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:57,661
reminding people that this
is election day

562
00:34:57,663 --> 00:34:59,396
and we're here to make sure

563
00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:00,630
you're voting for
the right folks.

564
00:35:04,503 --> 00:35:06,036
(Clearing throat)

565
00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:09,673
Your ballot,
let me see it.

566
00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:11,174
It's none of your
business.

567
00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:15,479
None of my business?

568
00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:18,582
(Groaning)

569
00:35:20,686 --> 00:35:23,186
(Groaning continues)

570
00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:35,699
Anyone else
have a problem?

571
00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:37,267
♪♪

572
00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:40,537
(Narrator)
Under orders from his brother,

573
00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:43,206
frank Capone uses any means
necessary

574
00:35:43,208 --> 00:35:44,674
to fix the election...

575
00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,113
... from stuffing ballot boxes

576
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:52,115
to kidnapping
election officials...

577
00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:53,350
Let's go, boys!

578
00:35:53,352 --> 00:35:56,353
... and even shooting up
election headquarters.

579
00:35:56,355 --> 00:36:01,091
(robert)
Capone's syndicate controlled
or influenced elections

580
00:36:01,093 --> 00:36:03,193
in Cicero through violence.

581
00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:05,195
And the word gets out
pretty quick that

582
00:36:05,197 --> 00:36:07,264
if you know what's good for you,

583
00:36:07,265 --> 00:36:09,332
you'll in fact vote for
the political party

584
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:10,500
that's working with the mob.

585
00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:14,337
What regular person
could be willing, for money,

586
00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,039
to go take a person's life?

587
00:36:16,041 --> 00:36:18,341
The mafia is all
based on death.

588
00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,132
Think nothing else.

589
00:36:20,133 --> 00:36:21,922
It's all money
and death.

590
00:36:21,923 --> 00:36:23,712
They get people to
do what they want them to do

591
00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:26,716
on threat of pain and suffering
or death.

592
00:36:32,257 --> 00:36:35,192
(Narrator)
As chaos breaks out in Cicero,

593
00:36:35,194 --> 00:36:37,127
town officials reach out
to a man

594
00:36:37,129 --> 00:36:39,196
who's taken down
Capone once before...

595
00:36:42,134 --> 00:36:44,501
... Chicago mayor William dever.

596
00:36:53,579 --> 00:36:55,412
The only problem is

597
00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:58,582
dever's army of
police officers in Chicago

598
00:36:58,584 --> 00:37:00,383
has no authority in Cicero...

599
00:37:06,225 --> 00:37:09,025
... until the mayor
comes up with a plan

600
00:37:09,027 --> 00:37:12,162
that could take down
al Capone for good.

601
00:37:12,164 --> 00:37:14,064
♪♪

602
00:37:23,175 --> 00:37:24,708
♪♪

603
00:37:26,678 --> 00:37:28,612
(Narrator)
In order to rig
the Cicero elections

604
00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:30,113
for his brother, al Capone...

605
00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,982
(Groaning)

606
00:37:31,984 --> 00:37:33,717
... frank Capone
resorts to violence.

607
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,661
But Chicago mayor William dever
has a plan to stop him.

608
00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:48,799
("William")
For the next 24 hours,

609
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,400
you no longer serve
the city of Chicago.

610
00:37:53,238 --> 00:37:55,538
You are civilians,

611
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:59,542
deputized to uphold the law
in the suburb of Cicero,

612
00:37:59,544 --> 00:38:03,113
and are responsible for
protecting its citizens

613
00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:04,481
by any means necessary.

614
00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:10,520
Dever sends his police officers
into Cicero

615
00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:12,322
dressed in plainclothes,

616
00:38:12,324 --> 00:38:15,025
without badges and driving
unmarked cars...

617
00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:19,462
... with orders to act as
civilian peace enforcers.

618
00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:22,032
Now go get 'em!

619
00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:38,548
("Frank")
My brother
wasn't too pleased

620
00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:39,716
with how
things were going.

621
00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:45,488
It's very important that
you tell him, okay?

622
00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:51,461
How'd we go with
the 12th precinct?

623
00:38:51,462 --> 00:38:53,228
Chicago policemen were deputized
and sent into Cicero

624
00:38:53,231 --> 00:38:56,066
in order to
protect the polling places.

625
00:38:56,068 --> 00:38:58,101
And they saw frank Capone

626
00:38:58,103 --> 00:39:00,203
when they were visiting
a particular polling place...

627
00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:04,441
(Man)
Frank!

628
00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:07,143
Frank Capone?

629
00:39:33,572 --> 00:39:36,039
♪♪

630
00:39:54,459 --> 00:39:56,326
(laurence)
Capone's brother frank

631
00:39:56,328 --> 00:39:58,895
found himself, for no
apparent reason,

632
00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:01,463
in the middle of a gunfight
with the police department.

633
00:40:01,466 --> 00:40:05,201
He was murdered
in broad daylight in the street

634
00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:06,669
in front of everybody.

635
00:40:08,373 --> 00:40:12,208
(Narrator)
Some say frank drew on
the police first

636
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:14,210
while others believe
that the Chicago cops

637
00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:16,246
targeted frank from
the beginning.

638
00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:21,618
To this day, no one
knows exactly what happened.

639
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:26,289
(Deidre)
Frank's death in 1924

640
00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:28,558
was very devastating
to the family.

641
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,294
Al Capone and my grandfather

642
00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:34,063
believed that family
was everything.

643
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:38,234
So it was very, very,
devastating.

644
00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:45,442
♪♪

645
00:40:56,822 --> 00:40:59,122
(Narrator)
Al Capone's corrupt politicians

646
00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,324
win the Cicero election
across the board.

647
00:41:03,728 --> 00:41:06,496
But for Capone
it comes at a heavy cost.

648
00:41:22,581 --> 00:41:25,381
(jonathan)
Al Capone never talked about
the-- the death of his brother

649
00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,550
and what it did to him.

650
00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:30,386
It's the beginning of
a darker period for Capone

651
00:41:30,388 --> 00:41:32,121
where the violence is going to
ratchet up.

652
00:41:32,123 --> 00:41:33,590
He's going to
see his own men killed.

653
00:41:33,592 --> 00:41:35,758
He's going to have to kill more
frequently to--

654
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,327
to hold onto power.

655
00:41:43,568 --> 00:41:45,635
♪♪

656
00:41:47,472 --> 00:41:49,305
(Narrator)
With his family in mourning,

657
00:41:49,307 --> 00:41:52,041
Capone begins plotting
his revenge,

658
00:41:52,043 --> 00:41:54,043
determined to go to war

659
00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:56,479
with the Chicago police
and mayor dever.

660
00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:04,053
There could be circumstances
in life that make you

661
00:42:04,055 --> 00:42:07,290
so livid that you'd
wanna commit mayhem.

662
00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:09,192
But the average person
doesn't do that.

663
00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:13,730
But if you can do
anything you want,

664
00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:17,000
if you have an organization
of 1,000 people

665
00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:19,569
and somebody bothers you...

666
00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:21,671
There's not much
you can't do.

667
00:42:28,713 --> 00:42:30,613
♪♪