Help From New York
By 1909, Colosimo was being seriously threatened by the Black Hand gang in Chicago and realized he needed help. He brought John "The Fox" Torrio to Chicago from Brooklyn and made him his second in command. The following year, Colosimo opened a self-named restaurant, Colosimo's Cafe, at 2126 South Wabash, in Chicago. In 1919, Torrio and Colosimo opened a brothel at 2222 South Wabash called Four Deuces. Torrio brought his old Brooklyn lieutenant, Al Capone, to work there as a bartender and bouncer, providing Capone his introduction to Chicago.
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