There was a story from back in the day that there was a club owner in Chicago that Mad Sam was trying to shakedown and he was actually putting up a fight but that did not last when Mad Sam threatened to kill his wife and kids and torture them all. Now that you don't want to mess with. See he was not like the old school mobsters who only dealt with only the people involved. But then again the outfit seemed always to have no problem with hurting women to get what they want. There was something I seen on the bio for Tony Accardo about them burning up an associates girlfriend for owing them money. They are ruthless.