He was very adept at the gangster business. He insisted upon having 4 to 1 odds before entering into any discussions with other gangsters, which made for very civil discussions, and, having been a reporter, had an excellent intelligence network. The only time that things veered out of control into violence was back in his reporter days fighting over scoops. His downfall was believing that the trucking end of the business was better than the distillery business since it didn't have raidable fixed assets. You'd only loose a single truck at a time to hijackers. When prohibition was repealed the distillers became millionaires and he was stuck with a fleet of trucks with nothing to ship in them.

No, never got a delivery option for the mattress but it was just as well since it turns out that it wouldn't fit on my bedframe and the frame that it's in now isn't high enough for my under-the-bed storage. Too bad but I'm sure that someone somewhere can use a two-year-old deluxe queen bed.