Indeed. But I have no doubt whatsoever that they had at least one late night visit from "friends" of Teddy.
Was the father (Joe Kennedy) still alive then? I’ve hard and read that he was most definitely not a nice guy, and if he was alive then, I’m sure he used every means available to protect his son (including anything devious).
There is a story around here about a little old lady that had a house on a corner lot in one of the larger towns in Suffolk county and the sitting (Democrat) police chief stopped by to see if he could put up a yard sign. She said no. About 45 minutes later a marked police car pulled up with three uniformed policemen. They put up the yard sign and told her she better leave it up "if she knew what was good for her." The case was settled in court and the sign was removed but nobody ever knew what happened because the local paper refused to cover it because it wasn't news.
That's life as usual here in the peoples republic