Redemption and Legacy The Story of Easy Eddie and Butch O'Hare
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I'll tell youtwo short stories. The first is set in the 1920s. It's a true story. There was a man in those days called Al Capone . I don't know if you know the name, but he was a very famous gangster . He dealt in illegal trade alcohol, gambling, tr afficing , drugs etc and he was a very violent man. And he had a friend known as Easy Eddie, who was a lawyer . And Easy Eddie had a great talent. He knew exactly how to bribe, persuade or threaten to get what he wanted . for example, he would bribe judges, police sergeants, jurors, witnesses. And what it meant, at one point, to give you an example, Al Capone beat a man to death with a baseball bat in a restaurant that was filled with over 100 people and there was not a single witness willing to come forward to testify against Al capone . And that was down to the skills and threat of Easy Eddie. So Al Capone recognized his abilities and he gave him everything. Cadillacs, jewellery. At one point he gave him an e...