I don't really see what good it does to say "let's not lynch empking now, let's lynch him tomorrow". That just makes it more likely that a mafia bookie might get a kill off of it.
Besides, from a psychological standpoint, I think empking-scum would be more likely to try to claim vig to get out of trouble (instead of some other fake claim) if he himself was the mafia bookie. Scum love to tell half-truths whenever they can. If he is the mafia bookie, then we want him dead today.