There is a fair amount of literature accusing Carlo Gambino of actually carrying out the hit on anastasia. Not entirely convinced he did, but as was said earlier, in the 20's and 30's these guys killed for fun, The only one I'm not convinced about is Paul Castellano...Gambino gave him the title and, unfortunately, it was the bigest mistake of his long life - at least he made it at the end and not near the start! People say Gotti raised the profile too much but Castellano certainly pushed off in that direction...