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turor. Although it did not acquire its familiar name until the latter part (28. 7) tublic Cpinton “"1y “ave Favercd the Carly Mafia _ Bien. “Thor cy mholisad non-co-o; +r ition with the hated constituted authority-- 2 ioe c 4 Lees farn.iad a opivcitiga lint affective Unrotaction rack ving ag i. ay BWA £4-5%'4 Ob re B41 SSE AYN BLED be be ee OW r-* FP ee Wet ee ee lew oe ge ree T —"_ — Girgets the peasants and other tenants within the area, and even the bia ; pdowers themselves, Their dr mancds were enforced in a reign of bo 16 to qi7the 19th Century, this network of gangs is sald by some sources to . i hove represented ths orleinal "fla, This theory of Mafia origin holds he the "'fts orass in the vbaenes of ony other fern of constant power ‘ Si the coutrol of community Uife by a system of gings, secret Inthe seuse - 0 7! — 25 (14) ‘@éit they were officially uerecogniied, | as 29 3) Thora hrs been come intleation that the publle was not completely E stile to theses pangs and moy hove fivcred therm to some degree, They 34 7 S5presented local gevernroent anc local protection, though the price was | a ! Pec governor, of th? Rovrens, Thay not only victimized the poor, but 4} a yhoatet ent robbed the rich as well, {luis perhaps satisfying a general 43 B4sire on the part of the op presse? poanuts for reveng> against their . 45 Healthy macters, They may have occasionally furnished the framework {5 revolutionary eronization, gaining a coloration of patriotism and further 50 a 53 - 10~- re. , . roe . . na oer ee