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On The Matter Of Lester Diamond: ...


... why wasn't he whacked?
Rothstein-Rosenthal was not too different from the gangsters for whom he worked; should he be given credit for having scruples?

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

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Good point. If he was that obsessed with Ginger and that jealous he would have had Lester taken care of, you would think. Maybe he was just warning her because he knew she and Lester had a long history. As she told him at their wedding, me and Lester have been together since we were kids. So he may have had a soft spot because of that.

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Maybe Ace didn't want to further piss Ginger off by having Lester killed? She'd have known it was him or his 'associates'?

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I think Ace just wasn't a killer, even though he wouldn't have done it himself.

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