It sounds to me like they were fearsome people, albeit lacking in acumen, albeit morons who would kill someone in a room full of witnesses - hence why they spent the majority of their lives locked up.

They were a brand. Their reputation is far greater than the reality.

They had no long-term perspective.

It was just all brawn and no brains.

You would swear they were the Carlo Gambino or Meyer Lansky of the East End.

I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.