Many years ago (~1961), the Gallo brothers went to the mattresses in their war with the Colombos. [i]Look Magazine thought it would be cool to get inside their hideout and interview Crazy Joe, who was always a publicity hound and agreed. Among the guys holed up there was a dwarf. The reporter asked Crazy Joe what the dwarf was doing there, and Joe replied without blinking: "He's our dwarf."

(Presumably the reporter went back to Look Magazine's offices and hired a dwarf.)