As John Torrio was dividing up Chicago into territories so that the gangs could fairly supply the city with bootleg liquor.

Al Capone was coming into his own in the Windy City.

Torio was pleased with his young friend's business dealings.

Capone had opened an antique shop, which never actually sold any antiques,

next door to the four deuses.

This provided him with a cover to carry out their illicit operations. He had business cards printed,

presented himself as a Capone antique dealer. But he never bothered to try and sell any of the

dusty junk that could be seen through the dirty windows of the shop. Anyone who inquired was told the store just

wasn't open that day. As a reward for Capone leaving his life and all his family, but his wife

and son behind in Brooklyn, Torio turned over the management of the four deuses to him and also gave

him a 25% share of the money made from all his brothels. He further promised

Capone a 50% share of the bootleg business once it started to make a profit. The two men liked

and admired one another. They had a trust that went back to their New York days when Capone was learning about business from his friend.

They complimented one another as opposites, both in physical appearance and business style.

Torio was a small, neat man who dressed well.

Capone was a big-shouldered, bull-like man who had a taste for flashy suits.

And while Torio was a careful planner when it came to business, he could always count on Capone

to be willing to get his hands dirty when needed.

By their second year of working directly together in Chicago, they'd become partners.

It's thought that Capone so fiercely admired and

protected his mentor because Torio became more of a second father to him and not just a friend

after November 1920. That's when Capone's father died in New York. Gabriel, who was only 52, had been stricken with heart disease.

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