Yet there was a reason that the Cosa Nostra used Lepke's hitmen and not their own for the Dutch Schultz hit. Doesn't this show at least some links between them?
Exactly.. also, a couple of members were sent out west to assist Bugsy. The label "Murder Inc" has a Madison Avenue appeal to it, but saying it didn't exist or a myth is absurd. The number of murders and the extent of their activity were most likely exaggerated but it certainly did exist.
It took an incredible amount of clout to get to Abe Reles. What power, aside from gravity, was behind his death and why so eager to silence him?
