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Feinheimer liked Jimmy 's appearance . He was big and strong , and the fact that Feinheimer always retained one or two powerful men upon his payroll accounted in a large measure for the orderliness of his place . Occasionally one might start something at Feinheimer 's , but no one was ever known to finish what he started . And so Jimmy found himself waiting upon table at a place that was both reputable and disreputable , serving business men at noon and criminals and the women of the underworld at night . In the weeks that he was there he came to know many of the local celebrities in various walks of life , to know them at least by name . There was Steve Murray , the labor leader , whom rumor said was one of Feinheimer 's financial backers -- a large man with a loud voice and the table manners of a Duroc-Jersey . Jimmy took an instinctive dislike to the man the first time that he saw him .