Good question. A lot of people wondered why. But at the time, and even today, there were many who thought Wall simply missed the limelight. He was pushed out of the rackets ten years prior, and went from being a celebrity of sorts in Tampa to just another old man around town. And when you read his testimony, it had a lot of information about the 1920s/30s era, but not much in the way of contemporary activities. But his appearance did generate lots of news locally and renewed interest in Wall. Didn't do much to change his status, though.

t's interesting that when he was killed in his bedroom, there was a copy of Kefauver's Crime in America on his nightstand.