Yep. All kinds of justice in this world. Whitey continued to be useful and they continued their "manhunt" for him with as little effort as possible. For some reason, his time was up. Maybe a civilian had the drop on him and threatened to go the media. They probably told Whitey to stay low key because if anyone noticed him, it's all over.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea