On Crime
Mortimer served as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps from 1942 to 1943, then returned to New York City and began a collaboration with Jack Lait that produced several bestselling crime books. Following that success, Mortimer began lecturing on crime and communism, and at one point attempted to tie popular singer Frank Sinatra to the Mafia and the Communist Party. The two men had a confrontation in Hollywood on April 9, 1947 outside Ciro's restaurant, resulting in the arrest of Sinatra the following day on a battery complaint, after Mortimer accused Sinatra of throwing a punch.
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