“Because you weren’t looking for it,” Malone said. “Because nobody was. But there’s one more check I want to make. There’s one area I’m not sure of, simply because I don’t have enough to go on.”
“What area is that?” Boyd said. “It seems to me we did a pretty good job—”
“The Mafia,” Malone said. “We know they’re having trouble, but—”
“But we don’t know what kind of trouble,” Boyd finished. “Right you are.”
Malone nodded. “I want to talk to Manelli,” he said. “Can we set it up?”
“I don’t see why not,” Boyd said. “The A-in-C can give us the latest on him. You want me with you?”
“No,” Malone said after some thought. “No. You go and see Mike Sand, heading up the International Truckers’ Union. We know he’s tied up with the Syndicate, and maybe you can get some information from him. You know what to dig for?”
“I do now,” Boyd said. He reached for the intercom phone.
Cesare Antonio Manelli was a second-generation Prohibition mobster, whose history can most easily be described by reference to the various affairs of State which coincided with his development. Thus: