Day 1 Clues for Last Night At Smokey Joe's
Can You Solve The Murder?
CLUE BOARD - DAY 1 The Last Call at Smoky Joe's
Tommy Russo's New Wardrobe
Original Case Here
From Nico's notes:
Talked to Mickey Torrino at the track today. Mickey's been booking bets for twenty years—knows every degenerate gambler on the South Side. Asked him about Tommy Russo.
"Tommy? That hothead's been bleeding money for months. Owes half the bookies in Chicago." Mickey scratched his belly and lit a Lucky Strike. "Then three weeks ago, boom. Shows up with five grand cash. Pays off everybody, tips me a hundred like he's Rockefeller."
"Where'd he get it?"
"Said he came into some family money. His sick aunt finally croaked." Mickey's laugh was ugly. "Funny thing though—I saw Tommy's aunt Rose at Mass last Sunday. She looked pretty lively for a dead woman."
Tommy's been flashing cash and wearing cologne that costs more than most people's rent. But dead aunts don't usually make loan payments.
Question for Day 1: Where did Tommy really get the money? And why lie about a dead aunt who's still breathing?
Tomorrow: We dig into Frank's side hustle at The Velvet Room. What exactly happened at those "private parties"?