Sam told us that the guy what engineered the game was a swell party an' a big boy in politics, finance, society an' ever'thin' else.

He could afford to pay, but he didn't want to be seen in the job.
Nobody but Sam ever seen his face.

Sam used to be in politics some.

Jest before we left New York to come up here, the swell guy comes around to Davy's with another guy fer final orders.

See?
It was as cold as h---- as the dickens--an' the two of 'em was all muffled up so's we couldn't get a pipe at their mugs.