Let's dip into the mailbag for a good-natured complaint we got last week from an apparantly faithful reader in Marion, Illinois.

The letter came from the federal penitentiary there and was handwritten by the leader of the Colombo crime family, a man who once sat on the Mafia's ruling Commission. It seems he picked up an error in our report about the Chistmas parties hosted by John Gotti and others.

"Hello Jerry," the letter opened.

"Hey, I thought we were alright. So why are you making me older than I am? You made me 57 years old. I am only 55 and will be 56 on Aug. 8. Don't rush these years past me. I'll need my youth to be able to finish this 100 years I have to do. And if you keep treating me bad and making these mistakes about me I'll have to start reading Pete Hamill's column. And you won't be the famous Jerry Capeci in my book anymore."