Alphonse Capone was born in Brooklyn - New York, in 1899. Johnny Torrio, a Chicago bootlegger, recruited him when he was 22. Torrio was one of many people who started his business after the passage of the National Prohibition Act in 1920. Capone's job was to convince the owners to purchase Torrio's illegal alcohol. Within three years Capone had taken over Johnny Torrio's business and controlled 161 illegal drinking establishments. In an effort to expand his business, Capone developed a policy of killing his competitors. After the killing of "Don O'Banion" in 1926, a gang war broke out in Chicago. In just one year, 130 gangsters were murdered in just one neighborhood of the city. This included the famous St. Valentine's Day Massacre, when six prominent members of the "Bugs Moran" gang were executed in a garage by gangsters dressed in police uniforms. Few of the killers were arrested and convicted for their crimes. Gangsters like Capone could use their money to bribe and pay off police investigators or intimidate potential witnesses. The police were also in chains for the refusal of any gangster to testify against another gangster. It is said that in the year 1929, Capone's income from the other aspects of his business was $60,000,000 from illegal alcohol, $25,000,000 from gambling establishments, $10,000,000 (vice) and $10,000 ,000 from other rackets. It is thought and rumored that Capone has 600 gangsters working for him to protect this business from rival gangs who could kill him. Capone publicly admitted how he had earned his fortune. He said he earns money by satisfying public demand. If he breaks the law, his clients, who number hundreds of Chicago's finest, are as guilty as he is. The only difference is that he sells and they buy. Everyone calls him a racketeer, he calls himself a businessman. "Unable to obtain or collect evidence to charge Capone with murder, in 1931 local authorities decided to charge him with tax evasion.