Within a few years he had established a flourishing horse and sports bookmaking business that accepted bets out of several storefronts disguised as legitimate retail businesses such as candy stores, groceries, and taverns.
Aside from nationally and internationally known mobsters and mafia bosses that most mob aficionados are familiar with, there were, of course, the lower-key members and associates that were only known to members of law enforcement. Then, of course, there were hoods and gamblers who were very well known but only within the immediate confines of the towns or cities they operated in. Our next subject falls into the latter category.
