I still don't understand the Mickey Cohen story. As I understand it, Jack Dragna was the official LCN boss of Los Angeles. Yet Cohen went out there with backing from New York and set up his own crew but was NOT under Dragna's authority. Clearly the Commission in NY had no respect for Dragna. Can anyone explain that whole deal?
Jimmy Fratianno's book explains it pretty well. After Siegal's death it was open season on Cohen. Dragna's men tried several times to kill him (including putting a bomb in his house) but he survived every time. All they were able to accomplish was killing several of his men. The dispute ended when Cohen was convicted of tax evasion and sent to prison. I've never heard of Cohen ever striking back against Dragna. He probably knew it was a war he would not win.
