Flood testified in court that he saved Hauff's life when two gangsters tried to run him down in 1964. According to articles from the Chicago Tribune, Hauff had connections to big-name gangsters. The following year, Hauff was convicted for conspiracy to evade taxes and sentenced to three years in prison. Hauff's extensive Chicago Crime Commission report was begging to be read.
Trouble is, nobody did until it was too late.
We don't yet know Hauff's record following the 1960's. Then somehow he wound up in Greencastle, Ind. where he eventually struck a deal with DePauw University to set up a restaurant. When considering Hauff's proposal to lease DePauw property for the Black Angus Steakhouse, the administration should have at minimum performed a shallow investigation of his criminal and financial history. Hauff reeked of Cosa Nostra. Before inviting Hauff into DePauw's bed of business, the University should have turned over and looked the severed horse head in the mouth.