Carlo Caputo himself was said to have been a very savvy businessman. He had started out in Chicago where he had allegedly been a bootlegger. He must have been an extremely successful one. Because upon arriving in Madison, he immediately started buying up buildings and various properties. He quickly refurbished them and started renting out space to other local businesses.
There has been much written about the rackets, blood-inductions, funny nicknames, modus-operandi, and other nuances of various Mafia members and Families who operated throughout the United States over the years. What is typically never focused on is just how many of those mafiosi later chose to quietly fade into retirement.
