Tim Newark lost a little credibility with me when he wrote that Genovese was going to be crowned boss of bosses at Apalachin.
But he had interesting info about Lucky's possible role in the death of Thelma Todd. And Newark wrote about how Lucky tried to have Frank Nitti whacked for not vacating the narcotics market in Hollywood. He actually had gunmen shoot at Nitti when leaving a sit down with Luciano. If true, Lucky took his drug dealing very seriously.
the Thelma todd story is Luciano murdering a movie star, for little or no reason. there is no honor in that. my opinion of Luciano went south when I learned of that murder. what happened to "we only kill our own"
