snakes, yes, youre right he was in his nineties. one of the worst things he ever did was burn a woman alive, I believe her name was Estelle gary, could be wrong about the name, but the little fiend caifano set her afire.
Estelle Carey. Caifano was only one in a long list of suspects:
http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/04/estelle-carey-gangster-girlfriend.html