| Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET handsome Is handsome does case of mind over mattress BILLY at a spaghetti salon I 1 got to talking with a reformed bootlegger who is currently the mister big of a big whiskey company what do you hear from the mob I 1 asked anything that would fill up three sheets of copy paper the ine fo former artner man of E extinction thought theres rh eres one story I 1 dont remember seeing in print he said its about an old man named ron aronowitz Ro who ran a candy 3 store ore on the east side around the time me dutch schultz was buying his first delivery trucks one night as the storekeeper was about to lock up a hoodlum stepped into the shop and pressed a gun against the old mans middle hide rne me somewhere he said the old man knew better than to argue with a revolver chos chasing you billy llly rose y he ask asked ed as he opened the trap door which led to the cellar some fellas from jersey when they got to the basement bollowitz Ro Rol lowitz pointed to a couple of old mattresses near the coal bin lay down he said and ill make a sandwich A minute later the storekeeper had rol rolled led man and mattresses into a bundle and tied it up with a piece of old clothesline AS ME STARTED back up to th the e store a couple of men guns in hand came down the stairs what cha doln doin in the cellar asked one 1 banken Bank ln the furnace said the old man the gents from jersey poked around in the trash barrels examined the coal bin and then came to the rolled up mattresses ill throw a bullet bulle into them for luck said one of them you been seea fedin too many movies movi elo said faid the other lets leff try the roof the mobsters went upstairs and bonowitz heard the door bang he banked the fire and waited in his tore store until he saw the men climb into a car and drive off then he went back down and untied the mattresses matt you dono done fine pop said foe fugitive taking a wad of bills out cut of his pocket tell me when to stop countin count ln Jn 11 such money I 1 dont dons take sake said the she old man ya kin have anys anything bing yr yd I 1 want said the she gang gangster ifer make 0 o with wish better yet make three wishes like in them fairy stories well sald said the storekeeper 1 I hearin hear in a couple weeks some guy from the west side Is opening a candy store store on the next cock block he aint gonna open said the hoodlum hoolulu m keep the man who sells me my chocolate syrup all of a sudden he wants a 15 per cent markup mark up Ill discuss it with him chances are get a reduction one more wish to go this time make it good ell I 1 can think of said excepting maybe like botell to teu me how infelt it felt when you was in the mattress THE GANGSTERS lips tightened youra makin fun of me pop 11 he said and I 1 dont like it I 1 wanted to pay ya oft off nice filce and proper bul busl effic nce e ya dont want it that way maybe I 1 better try some thin else i tens later as per phone instructions from tho the hoodlum a black car drove up and aronowitz Ro was pushed into the back seat the car headed north and kept going until it parked near a wooden bridge somewhere in westchester the driver took some chains irom from the luggage compartment put a heavy piece of scrap iron on the old mans middle and then lashed his legs to his chest so the metal was wedged in between throw to him over when I 1 fount count three sq ined d the she hoodlum hooi luni one two the old man braced himself and wondered who would wind mind the she store the next day suddenly the gangster grinned he walked over and began to undo the chains now you got your answer pop he said aid how I 1 felt when I 1 was in the mattress |
