Originally posted by JustMe:
By the way.
Winegardner in GFR writes that when Geraci was "made", "At the ceremony his finger was cut by Vito himself". I heard that Japanese Mafia has tradition to cut fingers, but who knows anything about such things in Sicilian Mafia? Turnbull, you positively must have information! 
The Japanese Yakuza have been known to cut off fingers of people that screw up a job or something. However, I don't think they do it when they are initiated into the gang.
