Sleepout 1st appeared in Newport right after prohibition.
He and his brother were Joseph Bauer's 1st choice to open the Arrowhead Inn, in Branch Hill. They did not understand the elite of Indian Hills and failed miserably. The Nason's were then brought in to operate the AI.
The Levison's went back across the river and ran a number of different clubs over the years.
Sleepout had the knack to get along with both the Cleveland Syndicate and the local Independent Ky illegal opperators. (most of the time )
I played poker and gin both with Sleepout. The 1st thing you had to learn playing with him was, he was very very alert when you thought he was "Sleeping Out". I am told Screen Door Smitty learned that lesson the hard way.