My brother in law grew up in Springfield, MA of Italian decent. When he was a kid he was a runner. Meaning they would have a kid run the bag of receipts/proceeds for the “numbers” from one location in the city to another.
They always used kids because if they got stopped they would not get arrested. He was told not to look in the paper bag. If you don’t know whats in it, you are not guilty of nothing. Capisce ?
One time 3 idiot criminals robbed a store not 2 blocks from a mob headquarters. They killed 3 people and the mob boss took it personally. All 3 were hunted down, tortured and killed to make an example out of them.