Licata also joked about how he got blood all over his shirt when Fazzini was formally initiated by Ligambi. At the making ceremony, Licata said, Fazzini’s finger was pricked with a pin, but no blood was drawn. So a knife was used instead.

The “blood splashed all over ... my shirt,” Licata said with a laugh as he recounted the story. “I still got the shirt at home. I saved it. I don’t fit in it anymore, but I have it at home.”