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  1926          'So we've gone over this route several times the past couple weeks, this speak right across the street is where he's gonna go to call for a ride back to Chapman's. When he comes outside to wait we'll pull up, Cap will get out, plug old Lumper in the head, grab the money and we drive off.' Mike explained.              They were in the basement of Rich Fuhrman's general store, sitting in a circle of chairs amid crate of various items. Mike paid Fuhrman ten bucks to let them meet down here when the store was closed from time to time. 'So I'm just gonna shoot him in broad daylight? What if there's cops around?' This fucking guy, Mike thought.           'Were going to be out of there so quick they won't even know what's going on.' Mike explained.  'Plus, they got this guy Lump doing the pickups like I was saying.' 'His name's Lump?' Cap asked. 'It's a nickname,' Mike expla...

'An army led by a council seldom conquers: it must have a commander-in-chief, who settles disputes, decides in emergencies, inspires fear or attachment. The head of the ring is such a commander. He dispenses places, rewards the loyal, punishes the mutinous, concocts schemes, negotiates treaties. He generally avoids publicity, preferring the substance to the pomp of power, and is all the more dangerous because he sits, like a spider, hidden in the midst of his web. He is a Boss.'-Lord Bryce Intro: I remember them cold nights, I was sleeping on the floor.  1925     Angelo waited in the backroom of Irving Cohen's butcher shop. It was a little past 6 and Irv was just closing up the shop, cleaning, putting everything away. 'Come down around closing time tomorrow, I  think I might just have a prime cut for you.' In addition to running the shop, Irv was something of a jack of all trades when it came to criminal activity, a little bootlegging, loansharking, fencing stolen g...