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Page 49
... his shower stall ostensibly to bathe , knotted one end of the cord to the shower head , and tried to hang himself . ... but an exception was now made in the hope that I might help dissuade him from trying to take his life again .
... his shower stall ostensibly to bathe , knotted one end of the cord to the shower head , and tried to hang himself . ... but an exception was now made in the hope that I might help dissuade him from trying to take his life again .
Page 54
When this strategy completely backfired , they continued to hammer away at Valachi , endlessly trying to catch him in a contradiction about his own past in order to discredit his memory , then attempting to prove that he had been ...
When this strategy completely backfired , they continued to hammer away at Valachi , endlessly trying to catch him in a contradiction about his own past in order to discredit his memory , then attempting to prove that he had been ...
Page 207
What I mean is there is a lot of animosity among the soldiers in these Families , and one guy is always trying to take away another guy's numbers runner or move into a bookmaking operation or grab a shylocking customer .
What I mean is there is a lot of animosity among the soldiers in these Families , and one guy is always trying to take away another guy's numbers runner or move into a bookmaking operation or grab a shylocking customer .
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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