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Page 134
He had come into the Cosa Nostra too late to amass the kind of money from
bootlegging that financed the move of so many other members into various
industrial , labor , real estate , and gambling rackets when Prohibition ended .
Although ...
He had come into the Cosa Nostra too late to amass the kind of money from
bootlegging that financed the move of so many other members into various
industrial , labor , real estate , and gambling rackets when Prohibition ended .
Although ...
Page 149
He found almost universal agreement among underworld chieftains that if Schultz
were allowed to murder Dewey , it could trigger exactly the kind of all - out drive
against organized crime that they were anxious to avoid . Thus Schultz himself ...
He found almost universal agreement among underworld chieftains that if Schultz
were allowed to murder Dewey , it could trigger exactly the kind of all - out drive
against organized crime that they were anxious to avoid . Thus Schultz himself ...
Page 214
Like I said , you should know better . A rule is a rule . You know you can ' t take
the law in your own hands . You know you could start a war with the kind of thing
you pulled . ” " But , Albert , this guy was clipping me bad . He put the place
behind ...
Like I said , you should know better . A rule is a rule . You know you can ' t take
the law in your own hands . You know you could start a war with the kind of thing
you pulled . ” " But , Albert , this guy was clipping me bad . He put the place
behind ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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