CIcero Torrio and Capone decided to put many operations out of the city into the suburb of Cicero, where they could purchase the entire city government and police department. Shortly after opening up a brothel in Cicero, Torrio took his elderly mother back to live in Italy, leaving Capone in charge of the business in Cicero. Capone made it clear that he wanted an all-out conquest of the town. He installed his older brother Frank as the frontman with the Cicero city government. Al focused on gambling and took an interest in a new gambling joint called the Ship. He also took control of the Hawthorne Race Track. On election day in Cicero, 1924, Capone's forces kidnapped opposing election workers. Seventy nine undercover police officers were sent to Cicero in search of Capone and his associates. During this patrol Frank was killed in a shootout with the police.
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