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-1 :: , 2 2) ve 3 Ml 5 7 9 ‘The whole fabric of the Mafia rested on murder, wrote Paton, the . \" : 10 theory of omerta being that the ascassin was always lurking near and prepared le td Act his po 93) 14 re Peton referred to the NM vfia as the associating of evilly disposed ate pigeons who without formal organization consorted together for furtherance . Ass o2dommen interests, Vhen it served their purpoces they acted together in 21 egacert in dofiance of law and order, ben their interests changed and chished they quarreled among themcelves, and by their vendettas threw the cee r26 ; community into disorder while they murdered or committed outrages without On, (54) 7 1@90r hindrance. fo 30 , 33 the Sneyclopredia Dritanntca, taking its data from the works of efferal writers on the early Mafia in Sicily, proceeds no further in attempts ° ni = 35 7 taélefine the associative tle than to say: "The members of the organization fF wi&e not very numero s but bound "y close ties ef fellowship...." . 9 ao Francis “Marion Crawford, another observer of the Mafia at the turn of jhe century, poluted out that Mafia adherents were not bound in their — aksociation with each other by premise of secrecy nor oaths of obedience, “+h by Interest an necessity on ths one hand, ant tho strong Sicilian sense of Shonor’ on the other." The purpcse of associating with ethers of like 51 ; 52 : ok f i | yy 55 56 57 58 59 61 oO oo, ONE Mie Pn