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           Itwasgeneralknowledgethatthesebodyguardsknewkarate,afactthatamusedtheotherDonsbutdidnotalarmthemintheslightest,nomorethaniftheCaliforniaDonshadcomewearingamuletsblessedbythePope.ThoughitmustbenotedthatsomeofthesemenwerereligiousandbelievedinGod.

           NextarrivedtherepresentativefromtheFamilyinBoston.ThiswastheonlyDonwhodidnothavetherespectofhisfellows.Hewasknownasamanwhodidnotdorightbyhis"people,"whocheatedthemunmercifully.Thiscouldbeforgiven,eachmanmeasureshisowngreed.Whatcouldnotbeforgivenwasthathecouldnotkeeporderinhisempire.TheBostonareahadtoomanymurders,toomanypettywarsforpower,toomanyunsupportedfree-lanceactivities;itfloutedthelawtoobrazenly.IftheChicagoMafiaweresavages,thentheBostonpeopleweregavones,oruncouthlouts;ruffians.TheBostonDon’snamewasDomenickPanza.Hewasshort,squat;asoneDonputit,helookedlikeathief.

           TheClevelandsyndicate,perhapsthemostpowerfulofthestrictlygamblingoperationsintheUnitedStates,wasrepresentedbyasensitive-lookingelderlymanwithgauntfeaturesandscow-whitehair.Hewasknown,ofcoursenottohisface,as"theJew"becausehehadsurroundedhimselfwithJewishassistantsratherthanSicilians.ItwasevenrumoredthathewouldhavenamedaJewashisConsigliereifhehaddared.