![]() Nucky goes on explaining that he's going to fight Joe Masseria and Rosetti and that he's going to win, but he needs their help to do it. This contrasts with Nucky's decision in January to sell only to Arnold Rothstein Frank points this out and Nucky counters by saying that he's reconsidered his position and Frank doesn't blame him for it. Frank is summoned to a meeting with Nucky, Waxey Gordon, Peg Leg Lonergan, Bill Lovett, Rothstein, Luciano and Meyer Lansky to discuss a coalition proposition from Nucky which involves putting aside their ethnic background differences and focusing on expansion, cooperation, profit and peace. In May 1923 Nucky Thompson, Arnold Rothstein and Charlie Luciano have just survived an assassination attempt by Gyp Rosetti. Charlie Luciano suggest that Rosetti can buy liquor from Bill Lovett or Peg Leg Lonergan, Frank shoots the alternatives down by saying that "those paddies won't sell to Italians".įrank makes another suggestion to Gyp but is quickly interrupted when he starts his tirade of abuse on him and most of the other persons in the room.(" Resolution") Frank seems to accept Nucky's choice easily Rosetti on the other hand does not. He tells them that because of the attention on the Harding administration he is going to be supplying Arnold Rothstein exclusively. Just before midnight Nucky assembles his bootlegging contacts in the kitchen. Nucky invites his bootlegging contacts from New York, including the volatile Sicilian gangster Gyp Rosetti. Nucky and Margaret Thompson plan a lavish Egyptian themed party on December 31, 1922, to commemorate the new year. Rothstein demands to know who ordered Yale to kill Colosimo. Rothstein tells Yale the story as a warning not to treat him as stupid. ![]() Rothstein knew that the cue ball was larger than the others. Rothstein selected the cue ball and the man choked to death. The man agreed which Rothstein took as a sign the man thought Rothstein stupid. Rothstein bet the man 10,000 dollars that he could not swallow a ball of Rothstein's choosing. ![]() Rothstein had seen him succeed with the con several times. The man could perform the feat and was able to regurgitate the ball. Rothstein once knew a small time short con artist who would bet players at a pool hall that he could swallow a ball. Rothstein offers Yale a drink and tells him a story. Yale claims to have been visiting a friend and Luciano says that the visit went badly for Yale’s friend. Rothstein greets Yale and tells him he knows that he has been to Chicago. On his return to New York, Yale is picked up by Charlie Luciano and brought to see Arnold Rothstein. Yale remained in Chicago long enough to welcome home his friend Al Capone when he delivered Torrio's first shipment of liquor. Yale tracked Colosimo down in his restaurant and shot him in the back of the head. Torrio contracted Yale to murder Colosimo so that Torrio could take over the Chicago outfit and get them involved in bootlegging. Colosimo wanted to concentrate on their existing businesses in gambling and prostitution while Torrio felt the opportunity presented by prohibition was too great to pass up. With the boss of the Chicago outfit, James "Big Jim" Colosimo, about getting into bootlegging. When Torrio left New York for Chicago, he left his existing businesses there to Yale.įrankie Yale leaves the scene after killing Big Jim. Yale began working for him when Torrio was a boss in New York.
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