Johnny Torrio

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Italian-American mobster organized crime boss person

Johnny Torrio was an influential Italian-American mobster and mentor to Al Capone who helped organize and modernize Chicago’s criminal underworld during the Prohibition era.

Aliases (2)

John Donato Torrio ×1
Torrio ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian-American → mobster → organized crime boss → person →
activeIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States → New York City, New York, United States →
arrestedFor	income tax evasion →
associatedOrganization	Five Points Gang →
associateOf	Al Capone →
birthDate	1882-01-20 →
birthPlace	Irsina, Basilicata, Italy →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	United States of America →
convictedOf	income tax evasion →
countryOfBirth	Italy →
deathDate	1957-04-16 →
deathPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
era	Prohibition era →
ethnicOrigin	Italian →
familyName	Torrio →
fullName	John Donato Torrio →
genre	organized crime →
givenName	John →
immigrationDestination	United States of America →
influenced	structure of American organized crime →
involvedIn	Prohibition-era bootlegging → organized crime in Chicago →
knownFor	emphasis on business-like management of criminal enterprises → helping to modernize organized crime structures → promoting cooperative crime syndicates →
leaderOf	Chicago Outfit →
memberOf	Italian-American Mafia →
mentorOf	Al Capone →
nickname	Johnny Torrio → The Fox →
notableFor	mentoring Al Capone → organizing Chicago’s criminal underworld during Prohibition →
occupation	bootlegger → gangster → racketeer →
orderedMurderOf	Big Jim Colosimo →
predecessor	Big Jim Colosimo →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States → Chicago, Illinois, United States →
servedPrisonTime	United States federal prison →
strategy	favoring negotiation and alliances over open warfare →
successor	Al Capone →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al Capone → Alphonse Capone →	associatedWith
Johnny Torrio ("Torrio") →	familyName
Johnny Torrio ("John Donato Torrio") →	fullName
Johnny Torrio →	nickname
Chicago Outfit →	notableLeader