Jake Randolph in "Bourbon On The Rocks" Pt. 192

Striker was on Diamond’s payroll. That’s why he got so hostile toward me when he found out I knew Milton Dunn. He was afraid Milton might have seen him there at the club and told me about it. I wished Milton had seen him and told me about it. This might not have escalated to this point if I’d known about Striker sooner.

Now it was imperative that I speak with Harrigan alone. But convincing him that his partner was on the take was going to be like trying to defang a bad tempered king cobra with a severe toothache…