Editing Johnny Torrio (section)

==Move to Chicago==
[[File:Johnny Torrio, 1903.jpg|thumb|Torrio in 1903]]

By 1909, Torrio moved to [[Chicago]]. [[James Colosimo|"Big Jim" Colosimo]], who had become head of a burgeoning vice empire in Chicago is reputed to have invited him to the city to help him deal with [[Black Hand (extortion)|Black Hand]] extortionists. After doing so, Torrio became a top lieutenant in Colosimo's organization, rising to underboss by 1914.<ref name="Binder-2017">{{cite book|last=Binder |first=John J.|year=2017 |title=Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition|publisher=Prometheus|isbn=978-1633882850}}</ref>

In 1919, Al Capone arrived in Chicago and started working as a bouncer and bartender at one of the Colosimo gang establishments, the Four Deuces at 2222 S. Wabash Street.<ref name=Binder-2017/>