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Chapter 20

           HecalledontheservicesoftheBocchicchioFamily.

           TheBocchicchioFamilywasuniqueinthat,onceaparticularlyferociousbranchoftheMafiainSicily,ithadbecomeaninstrumentofpeaceinAmerica.Onceagroupofmenwhoearnedtheirlivingbyasavagedetermination,theynowearnedtheirlivinginwhatperhapscouldbecalledasaintlyfashion.TheBocchicchios’oneassetwasacloselyknitstructureofbloodrelationships,afamilyloyaltysevereevenforasocietywherefamilyloyaltycamebeforeloyaltytoawife.

           TheBocchicchioFamily,extendingouttothirdcousins,hadoncenumberednearlytwohundredwhentheyruledtheparticulareconomyofasmallsectionofsouthernSicily.Theincomefortheentirefamilythencamefromfourorfiveflourmills,bynomeansownedcommunally,butassuringlaborandbreadandaminimalsecurityforallFamilymembers.Thiswasenough,withintermarriages,forthemtopresentacommonfrontagainsttheirenemies.

           Nocompetingmill,nodamthatwouldcreateawatersupplytotheircompetitorsorruintheirownsellingofwater,wasallowedtobebuiltintheircornerofSicily.Apowerfullandowningbarononcetriedtoerecthisownmillstrictlyforhispersonaluse.Themillwasburneddown.Hecalledonthecarabineriandhigherauthorities,whoarrestedthreeoftheBocchicchioFamily.Evenbeforethetrialthemanorhouseofthebaronwastorched.Theindictmentandaccusationswerewithdrawn.

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