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Previously on "the making of
the mob: Chicago"...

After trying to lead
an honest life,

al Capone has
just accepted an offer

from his childhood mentor,
Johnny torrio,

to go to work for his
criminal syndicate in Chicago.

Johnny,
this is incredible.

But when prohibition
goes into effect,

torrio and Capone
see a big opportunity...

To start a massive underground
bootlegging business.

We'll be selling beer
to half of Chicago.

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

The only problem,
torrio's boss,

ruthless crime lord
"big Jim" colosimo,

shuts them down.

No one
in my organization

is going into
bootlegging!

No one.

Torrio knows he needs to
make a bold move,

so he hires
New York hit man Frankie Yale.

With colosimo out of the way,

torrio and Capone are now
the biggest

Italian kingpins in Chicago.

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

You tell those Italians

to stay the hell out
of the north side.

♪♪

♪♪

See that?

If we get another
double of that,

we double the money.

We've got 500.

In less than two years,

al Capone has risen from
a humble bookkeeper

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

Chicago presented incredible
opportunity for a man

like Capone to
come in and make a fortune,

running brothels
and gambling dens.

It was the underground route
to the American dream.

By 1920, torrio and Capone

have expanded their operation
in Chicago's south side

into an empire worth
the modern-day equivalent

of $35 million.

Al was making a fortune
at a time when,

you know, the average
person worked for probably

ten bucks a week,

and it just kept
growing.

Oh, al...

Looks amazing.

Come on, everybody,
take a seat.

I'm starving here.

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

This is beautiful.

Salute.

Capone purchases
a house in Chicago,

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

Including his brothers
frank and Ralph.

Capone's motivation
to rise to the top

was to provide for his family.

That's the motivation
of anyone

who works
and loves his family.

But Capone's success
is about to be challenged.

As torrio and Capone's
operations expand,

they begin pushing
into Chicago's north side,

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

The Irish.

The leader of
the Irish north side gang

is a ruthless criminal
named Dean o'banion.

Dean o'banion had grown up

in the tough neighborhood
known as "little hell."

One of the things
about the Irish is

you emerged in the underworld
quite literally

through the force of your
ability to be physically tough.

And he demonstrated that
numerous times in fights

in the saloons
and out on the streets.

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

O'banion's also
set up a legitimate business

as the city's top florist.

Lee.

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

No, too wilted.

Yeah.

He loved flowers.

And he opened a floral shop

that became one of the most
popular in Chicago,

because o'banion
was very good as a florist.

He probably killed
32 people with his own hands,

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

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

♪♪

When prohibition
goes into effect...

O'banion muscles in on

the growing
bootlegging business.

Let's go!

And he's not about to let
torrio and Capone

grab a piece
of his territory.

We got to do something
about this o'banion.

He's gonna take down
our trucks

whenever he
feels like it?

I'm gonna send him
a message.

As businesses
would grow more powerful,

they would take in more money

and they would think about
expanding.

And that's
where the trouble began,

because people would
try to expand

out of their
neighborhood into another.

They would see great,
profitable pockets,

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

As the weeks pass,

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

gearing up for
a showdown with the Italians.

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

Yeah.

We're in no hurry.

How many you got?

12.
12?

Yeah, we can push
straight through there.

To protect his turf,

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

Hymie weiss and bugs moran.

Hymie weiss was very, very smart
in a business sense

and as a strategist.

And he was also
incredibly dangerous.

Bugs moran was brought in
because he was the muscle.

He was a tough guy,

he was a shooter,
and he was a killer.

Now Dean o'banion has all
the tools he needs

to escalate the situation
to an all-out war.

♪♪

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

he decides to
gamble on a radical plan.

This is an
opportunity, al.

Yeah, I hear you.

Don't worry about
the Irish.

We do this right...

And we'd make
a fortune.

Torrio calls o'banion
and suggests that they meet.

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

There's no way that
it's friendly.

But torrio thought
it was worth trying

because if they could somehow
stop killing each other,

they would really have
the whole town to themselves.

♪♪

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

But for o'banion,

meeting with
torrio and Capone

is the last thing
he wants to do.

Dean o'banion,
he didn't like Italians.

And he actually would go around
calling them

dagos and things like that.

And the Italians
didn't like that at all.

So they were constantly
struggling and fighting.

♪♪

Well...

... I'm here.

All this violence...

Stealing...

Killing, it doesn't
make any sense.

It's not
good for business.

Violence is my business.

Or you mean
your business.

Now, I've fought for
every inch

that I own of this city

and I will not
give any of it up.

Hey, we fought
for our ter...

Listen, this prohibition law,

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

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

What do you want to
do, o'banion?

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

Would you rather be
rich or dead?

Are you
threatening me?

I don't make threats.

I'm making
a proposition.

Which is what?

I take a cut of
your business

and you take
a cut of mine.

You get to sell your
whiskey in our territory,

I get to sell my beer
in yours.

What makes you think
i would agree to that?

We got to think smart.

Shooting up my trucks,

stealing
each other's liquor,

killing each other's
men...

It's not smart.

You understand me?

This is an opportunity.

You want to
keep fighting

or do you want to
be rich?

Okay, torrio.

I'll be in touch.

♪♪

Despite his reservations,

o'banion accepts the offer,

creating the largest bootlegging
syndicate in the city.

But the uneasy partnership

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

to take over all of Chicago.

♪♪

After Irish gangster
Dean o'banion

accepts Johnny torrio's
offer to form an alliance,

the two gangsters create

the largest bootlegging
operation in Chicago...

Covering the city's
north and south sides

and making them into
the most dominant

mafia syndicate in the city.

Johnny torrio was able
to think more strategically

than most of the other
gangsters.

He had the wit
to decide that

he could form alliances

with gangsters from
other backgrounds

and he built a coalition.

I've got a good
feeling about this.

Yeah.

Determined to take over
Chicago's entire

bootlegging operation...

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

and takes advantage
of one of Chicago's

most distinct features:
Political corruption.

I'd love a reason
to help you.

I'll make a donation
to the campaign fund.

That would be very much
appreciated, Johnny.

Salute.

Torrio buys off
the highest-ranking official

in Chicago:

Mayor "big bill" Thompson.

Chicago, no doubt,

was one of the most corrupt
cities in America,

if not the most
corrupt city in America.

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

Gangs like torrio and o'banion's

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

... with some police
collecting more money in bribes

than from their annual salary.

Yeah, really good.

The guys say this is just
from this morning.

Can you believe it?
Today?

Yeah, look at this.

Here, come on.

Get out of here.

With the politicians
and cops in their pocket...

... the Irish and Italian
conglomerate

operates freely
throughout the city.

Taking over new territory
by wiping out

small gangs together.

The mafia came in

and wind up running
the city of Chicago.

Chicago was like dodge city,

where people are
getting shot up

and nobody was stopping.

It was almost like
the wild west.

♪♪

As the death toll rises,

Chicago citizens decide
they've had enough.

People were getting
slaughtered in the streets.

The politicians were
bought and paid for.

Who did the cops work for?

Gangsters
or the people?

You had corruption in every
aspect of civic life.

With an election approaching,

a Chicago superior court judge

who spent over a decade
upholding the laws of the city

decides to run for mayor.

♪♪

Now, this guerrilla war
between hijackers,

rumrunners and illicit
beer peddlers will be crushed.

No bootlegger in Chicago
will be safe.

Now that you've elected...

His name is William dever.

William dever is gonna come in
and clean things up.

Part of his platform is to
enforce the prohibition laws

and make sure the courts

and the police
are doing their jobs.

I believe in
Chicago!

With his promise to rid the city
of violence and corruption,

dever cruises to victory.

♪♪

With dever in office,

torrio and Capone lose
their political backing...

... and they know the new mayor
won't accept a bribe.

So they target another
high-ranking official...

Chief of police
Morgan Collins...

And send a $100,000 bribe--

the modern-day equivalent of
more than 1 million.

If you look at the history of
organized crime in Chicago,

the power of the mob
came and went,

depending upon who was mayor

and how honest
in fact they were.

So the mob always sought
the corrupt politicians.

♪♪

Shut them down.

By attempting to corrupt
dever's administration...

Torrio and Capone have just
made themselves prime targets

of the new mayor of Chicago.

♪♪

This is a raid,
nobody move!

I just...

♪♪

It's dever.

Son of a bitch!

After Johnny torrio
and al Capone

try to buy Chicago's
new police chief...

Mayor William dever shuts down

their highest-grossing brothel
and headquarters.

Look at this.

They must have taken
like 100 bottles there.

If you were good at the rackets,

the first thing you did with
your money

was buy political power.

But dever couldn't be bought.

Torrio and Capone have
evaded arrest...

... but dever
continues his assault.

♪♪

This reformed mayor
was attacking

all of the illegal activities,

including bootlegging,
gambling,

going around the Chicago area,

shutting down
breweries and distilleries.

It's a clear-cut attempt to try
and get torrio and Capone.

Another truck got hit
on the north side,

just over the bridge.

That's the third
truck this week!

Son of a bitch.

How much have
we lost 'cause of him?

With no political protection

and the cops constantly
on their back,

torrio and Capone's
illegal businesses

are being
shutdown almost daily.

And they risk losing everything
they've built.

Torrio knows he needs to
find a new place to operate

outside of dever's control.

He finds the solution
in a small town

that sits just on the other
side of Chicago's city border:

Cicero, Illinois.

Only 10 miles from
downtown Chicago,

Cicero is a quiet
suburb of 40,000 people.

Cicero was an ethnic town.

Eastern European town,
working-class town,

and a decent-- I think
it was a decent place to live.

For torrio,
it's the perfect place

for their new headquarters.

Cicero was a much smaller,
easier place

for them to control.

They figured that if they could
buy the police

and the courts in Chicago,

it would be a lot easier
and a lot cheaper

to do it in the small
corrupt town of Cicero.

In 1923, torrio and Capone move
their operations to Cicero.

With its proximity to Chicago,

they'll be able to keep
their partnership

with the Irish alive

and still deliver booze
to the city.

They'll also look to open new
brothels and gambling halls

to replace the ones
shutdown by dever.

♪♪

Seeing an opportunity to develop
his second-in-command...

... torrio puts Capone
in charge of setting up

the new businesses...

... including their new
headquarters and premier casino,

the hawthorne inn.

Al was always eager,

but he had been tutored for
quite a long time.

And al was smart.

Al was very,
very smart.

♪♪

But only weeks after Capone
starts getting

the new businesses
up and running...

... torrio receives
word that his mother is ill...

... and he decides to go back to
Italy to take care of her.

It's family.

You should
be there.

You keep the wheels
turning 'til I get back.

Easier said
than done.

You'll figure it out.

Take care of yourself.

I'll see you
when you get back.

Capone's a very young man.

He's in his mid-20s,

and now he's in charge of
this massive business.

Capone didn't really
have any time to think about

whether he was qualified

or how he might manage
this business.

At just 24 years old,

al Capone is in charge of
a criminal empire

that was nearly wiped out...

... and now he has to figure out
how to rebuild it

all on his own.

♪♪

We charge 45 a barrel.

No discounts,
no exceptions.

A guy tells you he'll pay
you the money next week,

you tell him that's when
he'll get his delivery.

After moving their
headquarters from Chicago

to the bordering suburb
of Cicero,

al Capone's mentor,
Johnny torrio, leaves for Italy.

And now the 24-year-old

must take over their massive
bootlegging operation.

If you're gonna supply booze
to the whole city of Chicago,

obviously, you need thousands
of employees.

They had to
pay truck drivers.

They had to pay salesmen.

You know, it had to be
a big, organized effort.

Come on, let's get
these moving, huh?

Back on the road
in an hour.

♪♪

But in addition
to running alcohol,

Capone sees an opportunity--

to build a new vice trade of
casinos and brothels

that can attract
clients from Chicago to Cicero.

For help, he turns to
the two people

he knows he can trust,

his brothers...
Frank and Ralph.

What do you think?

Very nice.

You did good, al.

This is such a difficult
business to run

with so many
different moving pieces,

so many different people coming
at you for-- wanting something.

It must have been nice for him
to know that there were at least

two people whose loyalty he
didn't have to question.

♪♪

Capone puts his
oldest brother, Ralph,

in control of the day-to-day
operations.

My grandfather Ralph,

he was the one that kept
all the books,

he was the one
that paid all the bills.

He was the one that hired,
he was the one that fired.

Capone knows from working
under torrio

that to keep
operations running,

you need to buy protection from
the local government.

So he sends his brother, frank,

to bribe
Cicero politicians.

I was hoping that you

and the people down
in city hall

could help us out.

Capone's brother frank

was more of a flashy gangster,
almost at a Hollywood mode.

He was young,
he was slender,

he was good looking.

He acted as a go-between
with the politicians.

He had people skills.

Cheers.

♪♪

Now under the control of Capone
and his brothers...

The once-sleepy town of
Cicero begins to transform...

... into a destination for
drinking and entertainment.

Just outside
the laws of Chicago.

That what you're
gonna do?

Okay, no more bets,
no more bets.

What drove my uncle al

to do the things that he did

was taking care
of his family.

The family was
very strong together,

and that's why they survived,

because they had such respect
and love for one another.

No.

Hey, remember that time
we couldn't find Ralph?

Ma was looking for him
everywhere?

You can't miss Ralph.

♪♪

But just as Capone's reputation
in the underworld is growing,

he gets an unexpected visit.

Interesting place
you got here.

What do you want?

Where's torrio?

I need to
talk to him.

You can talk to me.

Okay.

Word is you've been making
a nice little profit

since you've been here.

Which is funny.

I haven't
seen a dime.

Why would you?

What did you
just say to me?

The deal was for a cut
of our Chicago interests.

Cicero is not in
Chicago.

I don't give a damn
where Cicero is.

The only reason
i allow your trucks

through my territory is for
a cut of your profits.

In Chicago,
in Cicero, wherever.

You want to move your trucks
through the north side...

That's what
it's gonna cost you.

Try stopping
one of my trucks.

See what happens.

I wanna be
crystal clear.

Either I get my cut of
everything

by the end of the week

or you will have
a serious problem.

Control your temper.

Don't blow off the handle.

Don't start fighting people
or killing people.

Think about it.

Think very thoroughly.

Don't react on an impulse.

Only in business in
Cicero for a few months,

Capone knows not giving
o'banion a cut

could dissolve
the partnership torrio set up

and possibly lead to an
all-out war.

One of the major things
he would have learned from

Johnny torrio
is it's all about business.

We're in here to
make money.

We don't want any trouble.

That was Johnny torrio's
sort of catch phrase.

Trouble is bad for business.

♪♪

Despite his instinct
to push back,

Capone decides to
give o'banion what he wants.

There's tough guys
in both organizations.

In life, one thing I was
always told,

no matter how tough you are,
there's always somebody tougher.

But you have to be smart.

But after appeasing o'banion,

Capone will soon face an even
bigger challenge...

... when the people of Cicero
decide to take their town back.

♪♪

In a matter of months,

al Capone has transformed
Cicero

from a quiet suburb...

... to a mob paradise...

... alive with
gambling dens,

whorehouses...

... and cold-blooded
gangsters.

And the local
population has had enough.

Cicero at the time Capone
went out there,

it was
a working-class community

and a decent place to live.

It was a fine town, up until
the time that the gangsters

were allowed to come in.

And people didn't
like that at all.

With an election looming,

Capone realizes that
the politicians

on his payroll
could be voted out...

... and he knows he can't let
what happened in Chicago

happen again in Cicero.

This election,

it's becoming a real
problem.

The papers
exaggerate everything.

I need you to do
whatever it takes

to keep our friends
in office.

I don't wanna
take any chances.

You understand?

Yeah, all right,
i understand.

I trust you, frank.

I know you
won't let me down.

When you're in the life,
there's a lot of anxiety.

You worry about what
you need to do.

Al Capone brought his brother
into the life.

It's always the trust factor.

You know you can trust
a family member more.

♪♪

Nice vote.

The capones controlled
the election in Cicero

by standing by
the polls with guns

stickin' outta their pockets,

reminding people that this
is election day

and we're here to make sure

you're voting for
the right folks.

Your ballot,
let me see it.

It's none of your
business.

None of my business?

Anyone else
have a problem?

♪♪

Under orders from his brother,

frank Capone uses any means
necessary

to fix the election...

... from stuffing ballot boxes

to kidnapping
election officials...

Let's go, boys!

... and even shooting up
election headquarters.

Capone's syndicate controlled
or influenced elections

in Cicero through violence.

And the word gets out
pretty quick that

if you know what's good for you,

you'll in fact vote for
the political party

that's working with the mob.

What regular person
could be willing, for money,

to go take a person's life?

The mafia is all
based on death.

Think nothing else.

It's all money
and death.

They get people to
do what they want them to do

on threat of pain and suffering
or death.

As chaos breaks out in Cicero,

town officials reach out
to a man

who's taken down
Capone once before...

... Chicago mayor William dever.

The only problem is

dever's army of
police officers in Chicago

has no authority in Cicero...

... until the mayor
comes up with a plan

that could take down
al Capone for good.

♪♪

♪♪

In order to rig
the Cicero elections

for his brother, al Capone...

... frank Capone
resorts to violence.

But Chicago mayor William dever
has a plan to stop him.

For the next 24 hours,

you no longer serve
the city of Chicago.

You are civilians,

deputized to uphold the law
in the suburb of Cicero,

and are responsible for
protecting its citizens

by any means necessary.

Dever sends his police officers
into Cicero

dressed in plainclothes,

without badges and driving
unmarked cars...

... with orders to act as
civilian peace enforcers.

Now go get 'em!

My brother
wasn't too pleased

with how
things were going.

It's very important that
you tell him, okay?

How'd we go with
the 12th precinct?

Chicago policemen were deputized
and sent into Cicero

in order to
protect the polling places.

And they saw frank Capone

when they were visiting
a particular polling place...

Frank!

Frank Capone?

♪♪

Capone's brother frank

found himself, for no
apparent reason,

in the middle of a gunfight
with the police department.

He was murdered
in broad daylight in the street

in front of everybody.

Some say frank drew on
the police first

while others believe
that the Chicago cops

targeted frank from
the beginning.

To this day, no one
knows exactly what happened.

Frank's death in 1924

was very devastating
to the family.

Al Capone and my grandfather

believed that family
was everything.

So it was very, very,
devastating.

♪♪

Al Capone's corrupt politicians

win the Cicero election
across the board.

But for Capone
it comes at a heavy cost.

Al Capone never talked about
the-- the death of his brother

and what it did to him.

It's the beginning of
a darker period for Capone

where the violence is going to
ratchet up.

He's going to
see his own men killed.

He's going to have to kill more
frequently to--

to hold onto power.

♪♪

With his family in mourning,

Capone begins plotting
his revenge,

determined to go to war

with the Chicago police
and mayor dever.

There could be circumstances
in life that make you

so livid that you'd
wanna commit mayhem.

But the average person
doesn't do that.

But if you can do
anything you want,

if you have an organization
of 1,000 people

and somebody bothers you...

There's not much
you can't do.

♪♪