MOB RULE: (above) Billy Wilkerson with Frank Sinatra, left, in 1955. (Image: NC) A former gunrunner and bootlegger with Mafia ties, Billy Wilkerson built Las Vegas from a dusty backwater into a glittering resort and may have played a role in mobster Bugsy Siegel’s murder. He discovered Lana Turner, made Clark Gable a superstar for […]
