This Con Man Can Help You Have A Better 2015
The sign on the pool hall wall said:
“$200 to Any Man Who Jumps Over My New Pool Table.”
$200 in 1931 was a lot of cash and Alvin was determined to get it. A poor kid born in the Ozarks he would go on to cheat Al Capone for $500, cross paths with Harry Houdini, Babe Ruth, Minnesota Fats and even have Damon Runyon write a character based on him in his book, “Guys And Dolls.”
Alvin looked at the pool table and immediately went across the street to a cheap hotel. He grabbed a mattress out of a… Read the rest
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