Hmm... sawed in half? Never heard that one... But I can tell you that the big businesses of the Marcello family were pinball and slot machines (slot machines used to be illegal in Louisiana and were at the time that we had them) and distributing drugs and moonshine (correct, Turnbull, as always! They didn't make it, but were in tight with those who did. The Guarinos made much of the moonshine that Carlos and the others helped to distribute, and one of Carlos's sisters even married one of the Guarinos!)They did have many legit businesses, including numerous restaurants. My uncle Carlos has passed away, though; he died in 1993.