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... Matty , " Stupid , don't let anybody do that . Didn't I tell you I got everything fixed ? " I would have run the guy right out , but Matty was a legitimate man . He got scared to death and folded up . This union guy told Matty that he ...
... Matty , " Stupid , don't let anybody do that . Didn't I tell you I got everything fixed ? " I would have run the guy right out , but Matty was a legitimate man . He got scared to death and folded up . This union guy told Matty that he ...
Page 168
... Matty owed me when I went in with him , I'd say I laid out around $ 15,000 to go into the business . We had to buy all kinds of special machines for things I never heard of , like for bottom stitching . These specials cost money . Matty ...
... Matty owed me when I went in with him , I'd say I laid out around $ 15,000 to go into the business . We had to buy all kinds of special machines for things I never heard of , like for bottom stitching . These specials cost money . Matty ...
Page 169
Peter Maas. lected the money for Matty . The numbers guy tells me that Matty has been playing all this time , and that's where the money was going . I take out what's owed me and give the rest to Matty . Then I give him a slap in the ...
Peter Maas. lected the money for Matty . The numbers guy tells me that Matty has been playing all this time , and that's where the money was going . I take out what's owed me and give the rest to Matty . Then I give him a slap in the ...
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