Originally Posted By: Scorsese
either way montagnas dead so whatever he was trying to do didnt work for him in the end.


That pretty much sums it up. He became too arrogant and power hungry and probably decided that he didn't want to share power with established criminals like Desjardins and co. During the latest CBC special I believe André Noël says that he was extorting ten million protection money from Montreal businessmen. In September last year a big mob meeting went not according to plan and shortly after Desjardins was seen making trips to Buffalo and New York City. One week later he survived an attempt on his life and he went into hiding. It's thought that about this time he and his companions began planning to get rid of Montagna.


"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."