Interesting theory CG. Also, good info on Joe Adonis.
Here's an article saying Tom Mix and possibly Benny Squint were arrested for smuggling drugs out of Mexico in the early 40s
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.ht...amp;legacy=trueAnd here's two articles from the early 50s about Tom Mix, John Ormento and Happy Meltzer being arrested and sentenced for running "Luciano's narcotics empire". Interesting stuff.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9C01EFD91F38E53ABC4D51DFBF66838A649EDEhttp://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9807E2DF123AE53ABC4053DFB7668389649EDE