CRIME: I Ain't Never . . .

The Senate's Kefauver investigating committee visited the City of the Angels last week and sought out its most aggrieved blue-jowled cherub, roly-poly Gambler Mickey Cohen.

From the minute he entered a crowded courtroom in Los Angeles' federal building, Mickey was the star of the show. Wearing a natty brown suit, brown tie and deep black scowl, he faced a whole battery of newsmen, photographers, movie cameras and tape recorders. Said Mickey proudly: "I could spit on the sidewalk and it would make headlines." For five hours, without notes and without much help from his two lawyers, he answered questions put...

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