PP, No problem. Ask all the questions you desire. Auippa, Cerone, along with Advisors Accardo, Alex & the made guys direct with them could almost have been called the Boss's crew. Then you had the other 6 crews, two of which had more than usual loyalty because the Top Two Bosses came from these Crews, (Cicero & Elmwood Park). Those two crews were still an extension of Auippa & Cerone's Power. The made guys direct with Auippa & Cerone ran franchises or they were specialists in union activity or political activity. They were generally first among equals as compared to the other made men. However, they were not more powerful than any of the Capos. Made men ran their own franchises but were partnered with their Capo. The Capo, if he had 6 made men under him, had 6 Partners. There was usually a made guy who was an assistant to each Capo. He helped the Capo manage all the franchises run by the made men in the crew. We'll take one of the 6 crews as an example. The North side crew was run by Dominic DiBella. He had 6 other made guys in the crew running Franchises under him. DiBella was involved in all Franchises. In addition, DiBella had money coming in from Las Vegas which was shared with him from Auippa & Cerone. I hope this helps. As you can see, Chicago was/is structured a little differently than New York. The Capos are a little more 'hands on' rather than just trusting someone to 'kick up' a certain percentage. Sure, to a certain degree that exists, but the Capos were more 'Hands on'. Do you know what I mean?