“In 1923, when Chicago elected a reformist mayor who announced that he planned to rid the city of corruption, Torrio and Capone moved their base beyond the city limits to suburban Cicero”(History 9). But election issues followed them and their operations to Cicero. “To ensure they could continue doing business, Torrio and Capone initiated an intimidation effort on the day of the election, March 31, 1924, to guarantee their candidate would get elected(History 9). “Some voters were even shot and killed”(History 9). One year later, in 1925 ,Torrio retired. Capone became crime czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down of rivals and rival gangs”(Biography 6). He felt Capone was more than capable of running the business they had created. “From there, Al began living a luxurious and public lifestyle, spending money lavishly, although always in cash to avoid a trial”(History 10). “Newspapers of the time estimated Capone’s operations generated $100 million in revenue annually”(History 10). ‘As his popularity grew with his business, so did his reputation for being brutally violent. In 1926, when two of Capone’s sworn enemies were spotted in Cicero, Capone ordered his men to gun them down”(History 12). “Unbeknownst to Capone, William McSwiggin, known as the ‘Hanging Prosecutor,’ who had tried to prosecute him for a previous murder, was
“In 1923, when Chicago elected a reformist mayor who announced that he planned to rid the city of corruption, Torrio and Capone moved their base beyond the city limits to suburban Cicero”(History 9). But election issues followed them and their operations to Cicero. “To ensure they could continue doing business, Torrio and Capone initiated an intimidation effort on the day of the election, March 31, 1924, to guarantee their candidate would get elected(History 9). “Some voters were even shot and killed”(History 9). One year later, in 1925 ,Torrio retired. Capone became crime czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down of rivals and rival gangs”(Biography 6). He felt Capone was more than capable of running the business they had created. “From there, Al began living a luxurious and public lifestyle, spending money lavishly, although always in cash to avoid a trial”(History 10). “Newspapers of the time estimated Capone’s operations generated $100 million in revenue annually”(History 10). ‘As his popularity grew with his business, so did his reputation for being brutally violent. In 1926, when two of Capone’s sworn enemies were spotted in Cicero, Capone ordered his men to gun them down”(History 12). “Unbeknownst to Capone, William McSwiggin, known as the ‘Hanging Prosecutor,’ who had tried to prosecute him for a previous murder, was