Studs Fedora speculated that Bennett and Lotts met to discuss the real estate deal over cocktails--but the conversation went sour somehow. Maybe Lotts refused to sell, and maybe Bennett got a little more emphatic than he intended...
Studs recalled the properties Lotts had bought up before his death. He described the plot plan in the city archives, for a huge rebuilding project...and how it had Bricks Bennett's name all over it. M.T. Lotts' lots meant lots and lots...of money.