Roth lived in Miami, and had legitimate gambling interests in Nevada and Havana. Why would he interest himself in a quarrel between Pentangeli and the Rosato brothers over three territories in the Bronx? And why would Michael take Roth's and the Rosatos' side against Pentangeli, his own caporegime?


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.