I Woke Next to the Corpse by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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would be out of action and unable and afraid of trying to get him, set up someone else to make it appear that they had done their job. The authority flunkies can’t help but show their admiration for their prey; one who is doing exactly what they wished they had the nerve to do. He probably spent the rest of his life as a respected politician in Indiana. It’s even easier to steal from the public than it is banks.

Some Dillinger quotes:

"Why do I rob banks and police stations? He he. That’s where the money is.”

“OK, boys; let's go make a withdrawal."

"I rob banks for a living, what do you do?"

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"What do you expect me to do about it?"

"No; small timers get into it, and ruin it for everyone."

"They're not going to get me."

Right now I’ll just have to settle for hoping that the big muckety-mucks send the Galupo brothers to burn me, but that’s just wishful thinking. They’re not hatchet men. I’d make those nancies float like their brown breaded tropical fish. Right in the fucking water.

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