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At this point, Torrio realized that Colosimo was a serious impediment to the mob's potential fortunes. With the approval of Colosimo's allies, the [[Genna (crime family)|Genna]] brothers and [[Joe Aiello|Aiello]], Torrio invited Yale to come to Chicago and kill Colosimo. The murder took place on May 11, 1920, in the main foyer of Colosimo's Cafe. No one was ever prosecuted. Torrio took over the deceased Colosimo's vast criminal kingdom and started to venture into bootlegging.
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==Rivalry with North Side Gang==
As the 1920s progressed, Torrio and Capone presided over the expansion of the [[Chicago Outfit]] as it raked in millions from [[gambling]], [[prostitution]], and now [[rum-running|bootlegging]]. The Outfit soon came to control the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]] (Chicago's downtown area), as well as much of the [[Neighborhoods of Chicago#South side|South Side]]. However, it was also intent on seizing the profitable [[Near North Side, Chicago#Gold Coast|Gold Coast]] territory, which drew the ire of the powerful [[North Side Gang]] led by [[Dion O'Banion]].
The Outfit and the North Side Gang began a fragile alliance, but tension between O'Banion and the Gennas (who were Outfit allies) over territorial rights mounted. The Gennas wanted to kill O'Banion, but Torrio, not wanting all-out gang warfare, resisted the move. Finally, tensions boiled over when O'Banion cheated Torrio out of $500,000 in a brewery acquisition deal and caused Torrio's arrest. Out of patience, Torrio finally ordered O'Banion killed. On November 10, 1924, O'Banion was murdered in his North Side flower shop by Yale, [[John Scalise]], and [[Albert Anselmi]]. O'Banion's murder sparked a bloody, brutal gangland war between the North Side Gang and the Outfit that eventually chased Torrio out of Chicago.
==Assassination attempt==
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