Before the raid, O'Banion approached Torrio and told him he wanted to sell his share in the brewery, claiming that the Gennas scared him and he wanted to leave the rackets.
O'Banion approached Torrio. This was before the raid. He wanted to sell his share in the brewery, claiming that the Gennas scared him and he wanted to leave the rackets. This was what O'Banion told him before the raid.