Larner was a high level associate of the Chicago Outfit, and also quite profitable one, but by the end of the day he still took orders from the upper echelon (first Vogel, then Giancana and Alex and in the end Aiuppa), and they were the ones who gave his instructions.

This article is quite outdated but still its an interesting read...

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/u...;Main=31663&Number=809657#Post809657


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