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When I was in grade school I found a chest buried in a vacant lot next to the home of a local Mafia leader. That chest was full of Playboy magazines which reinforced my love of long form writing in magazines. I had only seen Playboy read by adults in barber shops before then.
My neighbor the Mafia Don would, shortly after my introduction to Playboy, drown in four inches of water in the lake we lived on. It was the first time I saw a dead person. I remember reading the speculation about what other crime family killed him in The Seattle Times newspaper.
So much more access to reading material exists today for someone in grade school like I was then. If the murder happened today in that Bellevue neighborhood, a person would have many places to read about what happened. My blog account of the event is free. google.com/amp/s/25iq.com…
I knew Mr. Cichy, who was known as “the pinball king of Seattle," was Mafia because I liked to listen to adults talk about pull tabs and illegal gambling casinos when I was very young. It was exciting to have a meal Vito's or Rosellini's 410 and wonder who the gangsters were.
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