Yeah,he screwed it up. Corn Pop died in ‘58 after a melon ball incident. His Brother, Sugar Pop took over briefly before going to prison. Sugar Pop couldn’t swim, so Joe’s encounter had to be with the next in line to head the Wilmington chapter of the Milkmen gang. That would have been Lucky Charm.
This must be around the same time Joe had to disappear a pothead named Rice Krispy, for selling weed to the swimmers he was being paid to protect.