Chapter Ten
1 The allegations about Hoover and Tolson had followed the two men since 1931, when Tolson first began working at what would become the FBI. There is still debate as to whether the two men were lovers or simply bachelor coworkers. Upon his death, J. Edgar Hoover left his home and almost all his $551,000 estate to Tolson.
2 Estes Kefauver failed in his 1952 presidential election bid. He remained in the Senate and ran for president once again in 1956. After being defeated by Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic nomination, Kefauver ran on the ticket as the vice presidential nominee. In 1963, Kefauver suffered a heart attack on the floor of the Senate. He put off surgery so that his wife, Nancy, who was vacationing with their daughters in Colorado, could be at his bedside. Kefauver died two days later of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, just as Nancy Kefauver’s plane landed in Washington.
3 Moretti was well connected in the confluence of the Mafia and entertainment worlds. He was godfather to Frank Sinatra, as well as good friends with comedians Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. All three performed at the wedding of Moretti’s daughter. Martin and Lewis were supposed to have attended the lunch with Moretti on the day of his murder but canceled that morning when Lewis contracted the mumps.
4 Robert Kennedy was actually employed by Joseph McCarthy during his time as a Senate staff member of McCarthy’s subcommittee investigating Communist sympathizers.
5 Despite gangster testimony from Costello as well as Meyer Lansky, there is no firm evidence that Joseph Kennedy was a bootlegger. His father was a liquor importer before Prohibition and Kennedy obtained legal import rights for several brands of spirits once the law was repealed. It should be noted that today the Kennedy family denies that the patriarch was involved in any criminal activity.