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A dirty, Mercenary Spirit pervades the whole

 1927               'So right now Angelo has us all keeping a low profile, conduct business as best we can until we get some intel about where to strike.' Henry Cohen explained to Ginny. They were on the top floor in the presidential suite of the Warner Mansion Hotel. Ginny said some boyfriend of hers had paid for the suite, so she might as well use it right?           They had met over at Chapman's where she told him she might have some information that could help them. At this stage they need all the help they could get. Eli and Jake Kaufman, with the help of a bootlegger out of Detroit known as 'Big Red,' had killed 40 of Dan Foley's men in their bid to take  control of Warner's rackets.           Foley's men had killed twice that number, many of them by Angelo Berardi personally. Still the  war continued with the most recent casualty being the boss, Dan Foley himself sh...

A most ragged, lean, and hungry set of wolves.

  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...