The St. Valentines Day Massacre

... D.Reynolds The St. Valentines Day Massacre The Torrio-Capone empire began in Cicero, a township south of Chicago which at the time was less integrated with Chicago as it is today. The South-Side of Chicago eventually became under their control. To convey all the events describing this evolution is a book in itself. There were many other gangs involved in the rackets, chief among them was the Dion O'Banion gang, which chiefly controlled the North-Side of Chicago. O'Banion was not interested in arranging deals with Torrio-Capone organisation, and friction between the two groups grew from there. O'Banion ended up assassinated by trying to destroy the Torrio-Capone group using informants to watch their movements and reporting the activity to the authorities. Since the murder of O'Banion in November, 1924, the gang wars snowballed into a circle of revenge. Just as Torrio was leaving the organisation as a main player, he fell victim to

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