Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-02 | Page 7 | Our American Mafia

i rn Our American Mafia I IDo Do 0 you remember the time a few ye years rs I ago when we held up our hands in horror tt at the activities of the Mafia The Mafia you recall was a secret society of Sicily it was outside the law and more pow pow- than the law Jaw Sicilian peasants went to the Mafia afia for protection against robbers for vengeance on their oppressors for relief fj itry We e read of it it and shuddered ow we can c'an read of Chicago where the thecle cle ners and dyers have been forced to employ eni- eni ploy Al Capone king of the gunmen for pro pro- I against thugs The law apparently I could not help these men To be able to toI I conduct their business in peace they have had hadI I to enlist the aid of the underworld I Isn't that a beautiful commentary on the condition of affairs in our second largest city I