The LCN sometimes does hits in a way to send a message to others. For example:
-Members of Vincent Gigante's crew brutally tortured Anthony "Tony Bananas" Caponigro before beating him to death. They then stuffed $300 in his rear to show that he had become too greedy by killing his boss (Angelo Bruno).
-Sonny Black Napolitano's hands were chopped off because he shook hands with Donnie Brasco, who in actuality was Joe Pistone, an undercover FBI agent (albeit unknowingly). Napolitano introduced him as a "friend of ours" when Brasco was not a made guy.
Are there any other prominent cases of using metaphors in murders committed by the LCN?
Salvie Testa shoving firecrackers in Rocco Marrinuci's mouth after killing him & him being found on the 1 yr. anniversary of testa's father's death. Rocco was the 1 who designed the bomb that killed Salvie's father Phil Testa.
