When I was a kid, I had a paper route. Archived Message
Posted by Illiniphil on January 16, 2024, 17:36:08, in reply to "Who here had family friends (or family) that were connected?"
The very first house on my route was an old Italian couple. The only time I ever saw them was when I went to collect for their subscription, which I usually did on Saturdays. One week I went on Sunday, and there had to be 8 Cadillacs parked at and around their house. I knocked, and his wife let me in, then her husband told her to tell me that I needed to come back later, when their guests were gone. He was sitting at their dining room table with what was probably the head honchos of the Springfield mob. Looked like a scene from the Godfather. Came back about 4 hours later, they paid their weekly bill and gave me a $20 tip, and told.me I was a good boy. Found out later he was one of the infamous Zito brothers. Previous Message A friend of my dad would occasionally call him up and ask if we wanted a new TV or VCR or Ford Ranger pickup truck. We never accepted. He was just a low level associate. My mom's best friend's dad, however, was a capo in the outfit. He took me to a bears game once and drove his cadillac (of course) up on the sidewalk next to soldier field. I said, "can we park here?" He said, "oh, i'm a friend of the mayor." 8 year old me had no concept of this. A cop came walking over, then saw him and just gave a wave and walked away. Unsurprisingly, we also had very good seats.
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- Who here had family friends (or family) that were connected? - VIV January 16, 2024, 9:27:53
- Good friends FIL was very connected - TarheelIllini January 17, 2024, 7:47:51
- friends grandpa had disposal facility at the stockyards which wasn’t just for animals. - ck January 16, 2024, 19:32:37
- Not THAT family….but I have a handful of friends that are reformed Nuestra Familia… - haighter January 16, 2024, 18:26:10
- When I was a kid, I had a paper route. - Illiniphil January 16, 2024, 17:36:08
- ooo - HamptonSki January 16, 2024, 17:23:04
- No. But my dad, an architect, once went over to Tony Accardo's house to look at a potential project - cpsteine January 16, 2024, 17:20:14
- Oh yeah, also my grandpa's uncle got busted for bootlegging during Prohibition - reggiedunlop January 16, 2024, 17:16:51
- Distant relative of the namesake of everyone's favorite Chicago airport. - WhitmansFolly January 16, 2024, 17:13:42
- My grandfather ran with the Spilotro brothers as a kid - CanHartlebHireSnider January 16, 2024, 17:00:46
- Nm - WhitmansFolly January 16, 2024, 17:11:56
- wow. i went with a guy who got the same treatment, but nobody believes me. still remember - Ari Gold January 16, 2024, 16:52:03
- When I was 18, my boyfriend and I moved with his grandma in Texas. She swore her husband - Taz January 16, 2024, 11:47:10
- Like a friends and family plan kind of situation?* - Sounder January 16, 2024, 11:27:46
- Met a couple lawyers who repped those guys. - SurfTheBoneyard January 16, 2024, 11:24:43
- i think my mom's cousin probably lost a lot of money gambling to them* - assassin January 16, 2024, 11:13:52
- My great, great grandfather was connected somehow. - Chicago1995 January 16, 2024, 11:10:40
- Not me, but my sister - larue33 January 16, 2024, 11:00:42
- My mom grew up in Riverside and went to catholic school with kids of Outfit people - Gene Parmesan January 16, 2024, 10:47:14
- My distant family member had a character in the Sopranos based on his life and death* - reggiedunlop January 16, 2024, 10:45:45
- I play in a bocce league in Elmwood Park and also in a local Italian club* - Drippy January 16, 2024, 10:42:39
- Like our basketball team?* - ATL January 16, 2024, 10:19:41
- not really, but I had an uncle who was a professional gambler. On day, a couple of big uglies - bbonb January 16, 2024, 10:18:47
- I thought this was a Siamese twins post* - CubsWonWorldSeries January 16, 2024, 10:16:03
- No, but I lived across the street from Dom's for a while - opey8 January 16, 2024, 10:09:16
- Went to a mafia funeral once for an uncle in law. Really nice guys.* - Stu January 16, 2024, 10:05:49
- My dad's dad was but I've never been able to get any specifics out of the family. - Tuscy January 16, 2024, 9:47:08
- None, but I have been told by a former CPD chief to assume that any Cintas van has more in it than n - aimlessillini January 16, 2024, 9:43:50
- Found things before they got lost?? Stuff fell off the back of the truck?? No idea. - osklister January 16, 2024, 9:31:14
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