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Up to no Good
IF you were a country wide famous superstar and got introuble for something that was frowned upon and said to be unamerican, wouldn't you take a step back and review your life? Appearently it is not that easy for everyone. Meyer Wolfsheim, most famously known for throwing the World Series back in 1919, has been against the prohibition of alcohol for quite sometime now. He and many other gangsters are into an illegal business which is called bootlegging where they distribute alcohol and other illegal substances. This business is extremely risky, not only because of the people you have to work with, but the consequences of such a punishment are very severe and could cause someone to spend up
to several months in jail. I had the luxury of sitting down with him the other day to get a little more inside this business and the reasons for doing it. I asked him if he thinks this job is a necessary one, and why he has turned to an illegal way of making money as his only source of income. "It is an easy job that pays very well. The people in it are very wealthy and will pay extraordinary amounts of money in order to get the alcohol they need" , says Wolfsheim. This statement is however true. Probably the most famous local person in this business is a man named Gatsby. He is well known around the area for throwing great parties in which he has a lot of illegal alcohol from his bootlegging business. "Gatsby and I are very good friends and business partners," Wolfsheim was talling me earlier, "I would not have the same amount of money or the same quality of life I have if it weren't for Mr. Gatsby." After we talked about Mr. Gatsby for quite sometime, we started to talk about the possible punishments of this business and what he had planned to do if he were caught