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Because I was under twenty - one , the judge could have sentenced me to the Elmira Reformatory for eighteen months . But my lawyer told me to go in front of him with a strut . That way he would figure me for a tough guy and send me to ...
Because I was under twenty - one , the judge could have sentenced me to the Elmira Reformatory for eighteen months . But my lawyer told me to go in front of him with a strut . That way he would figure me for a tough guy and send me to ...
Page 68
It took him two months to recover . “ The thing that saved me , ” he says , " was all that work I did with the sledgehammer at Sing Sing . I was in real great shape . ” But his near - fatal wound was just the first episode in a star ...
It took him two months to recover . “ The thing that saved me , ” he says , " was all that work I did with the sledgehammer at Sing Sing . I was in real great shape . ” But his near - fatal wound was just the first episode in a star ...
Page 272
After three months he had a falling out with the girl and headed upstate , stopping in the village of Wingdale , near the Connecticut border . He remained there for another month , then bought a trailer and went into Connecticut .
After three months he had a falling out with the girl and headed upstate , stopping in the village of Wingdale , near the Connecticut border . He remained there for another month , then bought a trailer and went into Connecticut .
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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