Gapital is the mythical man behind it.all, There are all sorts of rumours about who he is and how he gains by it, but there is nothing Which can be proved. 'Then there] fare the men with the brains; sometimes' these are also the capitalists, or if they have no capital to start with, they very soon accumulate it and branch out in the business for themselves, They have executive chiefs and lieutenants disposed in useful positions in the community in which the gang operates, und these in turn have junior employees under them—men who know little of the finer points of the business, but who enn be relied upon as gun-men and guards for a small but regular salary, And there even exists x fraternity} of money-lenders; they do not] engage in the business themselves, ut they will listen to a reasonable! proposition and advance the money! necessary to bring it successfully elf, provided they receive about 200 per cent. interest on money len One of those recently confessed in the Provisional Court that he had advanced $500 to a gang and had received in return, when everything, Capital a requisite because unlike armed robbery which can be done anywhere, a house is needed jin which the victim can be detained. This house has to be occupied for dome weeks before the coup is due to come-off, in onder that no suspicions:
aroused. It has to be very eared fully guarded, spies keeping watch that there are no inquisitive policemen about. Women have to be! placed in the house, so that everything looks quite normal. Salarie have to be paid. The outlay, all in fall, can be enormous.
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