I forget his name, I don't want to say Serp, but all I know is he had Enzo the Bakers kid as his profile avatar. But he was one of those "I don't reveal names because some of them are still alive" types. Not to take anything away from him, I'm just saying, that may have been his reason for not giving any names. We had some good discussions, he always seemed to be quite reliable.


I don't know either way if Scarfo Jr had suitable backing or not, but I wouldn't put it past some of the NY families to want to use Scarfo Jr as a conduit to get Merlino out of the way. It isn't exactly something they haven't done before. I also read that it wasn't necessarily a plot to take over Philly but more so a plot to take over some Philly rackets and establish Lucchese rackets in Philly with Nicky Jr as the point man. That honestly sounds more likely and plausible.