yes, blackstein, you certainly are correct, In the decade of the 20s early 3os in new York, and Chicago the murders were horrendous. thank you for pointing that out.
There were also more killers back then. The question is which mobster had the highest personal body count. The problem is sometimes on guy would hold the victim down while another stabbed or strangled them. Does each hitter get half a kill? How about when two or more guys shoot one victim? In all honesty nobody would ever know because the guys who do tell-all books are full of shit and then there are others who keep their mouths shut and we'll never know how many they killed.
