A Mob Boss's Son Called Bumpy 'Old and FINISHED' — A Week Later He Received a POLICE ACADEMY

August 3rd, 1963, 10:30 PM, Small's Paradise nightclub. Michael Castellano, the 26-year-old arrogant son of future Gambino boss Paul Castellano, approached 66-year-old Bumpy Johnson at the bar and said: "People still talk about you like you matter, but look at you — you're old, you're finished, the world's moving on, guys like my father are the future and guys like you are history" — expecting Bumpy to react with anger or accept the insult quietly. One week later on August 10th at 9:30 AM, Michael received a hand-delivered manila envelope containing an official NYC Police Academy job application completely filled out with his personal information, and Section 7 (Criminal Background Check) listed 8 detailed crimes from 1962-1963 including dates, victims, locations, and witnesses — extortion of Giuseppe's Restaurant, assault with brass knuckles on Marcus Williams, loan sharking at 300% interest, and illegal gambling operations. The attached handwritten note read: "Michael, thought you might want to apply — the police academy is always looking for informants who know mob operations, you have 48 hours to decide: submit this and become a rat, or come apologize and learn why calling people 'finished' before knowing what they're capable of is stupid — B.J." — and Michael, realizing Bumpy had been documenting his crimes for 2 years and could turn him into the thing every mobster fears most (an informant against his own family), went to Bumpy, apologized publicly at the same bar in front of witnesses, while his father Paul Castellano personally delivered a $50,000 donation to Harlem youth programs, proving that "age is wisdom, not weakness, and the most dangerous people are the ones who seem harmless because they're not reacting — they're preparing."