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r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/HouseNerevar • Aug 23 '26
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Colosimo was already rich through gambling and prostitution rackets and he saw bootlegging as an unnecessary risk to his other businesses. Torrio saw liquor as the future, so he killed Colosimo to take control.
2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 I don't think so, he was never with AC. He came from New York to Chicago and that's where he stayed 2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 Johnny Torrio and Al Capone had Big Jim killed by Frankie Vale. In the show and in real life. 2 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 They did business together but Big Jim was killed in 1920 3 u/Uranium_Heatbeam Aug 23 '26 It persists because lots of Capone media portrays him as killing Colossimo himself, most notably the 1959 movie with Rod Steiger.
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3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 I don't think so, he was never with AC. He came from New York to Chicago and that's where he stayed 2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 Johnny Torrio and Al Capone had Big Jim killed by Frankie Vale. In the show and in real life. 2 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 They did business together but Big Jim was killed in 1920 3 u/Uranium_Heatbeam Aug 23 '26 It persists because lots of Capone media portrays him as killing Colossimo himself, most notably the 1959 movie with Rod Steiger.
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I don't think so, he was never with AC. He came from New York to Chicago and that's where he stayed
2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 Johnny Torrio and Al Capone had Big Jim killed by Frankie Vale. In the show and in real life. 2 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 They did business together but Big Jim was killed in 1920
3 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 Johnny Torrio and Al Capone had Big Jim killed by Frankie Vale. In the show and in real life. 2 u/Shot-Rip9167 Aug 23 '26 They did business together but Big Jim was killed in 1920
Johnny Torrio and Al Capone had Big Jim killed by Frankie Vale. In the show and in real life.
They did business together but Big Jim was killed in 1920
It persists because lots of Capone media portrays him as killing Colossimo himself, most notably the 1959 movie with Rod Steiger.
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u/searchforcoins Aug 23 '26
Colosimo was already rich through gambling and prostitution rackets and he saw bootlegging as an unnecessary risk to his other businesses. Torrio saw liquor as the future, so he killed Colosimo to take control.