“What about Monk?”
“He will show up here. Later.”
“We’ve got to be careful about that.”
“Yes. Leave it to him. He understands.”
WHAT had become of Monk Thurman?
That question still perplexed gangdom on the second day after Hymie Schultz and Four-gun Spirak had been placed on the spot in the New Yorker’s apartment.
The disappearance of a reputed killer was not an unusual event, so far as the police were concerned; but it was something new to the men of the underworld. The only fact that accounted for the evanishment of Monk was his lack of gang connections in Chicago.
Very few mobsmen knew him. Two of them — Schultz and Spirak — were dead. Two others — Genara and Anelmo — were laying low for reasons of their own. They still had hopes and intentions of putting Monk on the spot, but they were waiting to see what might develop.
The right man to get Monk Thurman was Mike Larrigan. It would be poor business for two of Savoli’s killers to interfere too quickly.
Even Nick Savoli was somewhat puzzled by Monk’s disappearance, yet he was also pleased.