GAMBLING: The Big Mistake

¶Gambler Frank Erickson, who looks like an aggrieved pig and dresses like an advertising executive, could see his mistakes now. He never should have taken his office out of his hat and moved into a fancy Park Avenue office, complete with an accountant and neatly kept records. He never should have said anything to those Senators down in Washington.

¶His biggest mistake was made when Arizona's Senator McFarland yelled at him "You do violate the law?" and Erickson blurted "yes" in a startled squeak. Four days later, Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan seized...

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