You can't best the mid-century Chicago Outfit. Turk Torello put a guy on a makeshift medieval rack and made him sweat until he dried to death.
jesus I've never heard about this. Those Outfit guys always had a reputation for brutality though. Even in more recent, late 20th century times with the 26th St. Crew. Look at Frank Calabrese and all those hits. What's wrong with a gun? Instead he preferred to strangle a guy and slice his throat. Only reason I could think of is that maybe dealing with guns was too risky (procuring them, disposing of them, etc...) but I really just think he was a sick fuck. He apparently took a blow torch to Butch Petrocelli's face after he was killed as well
