I Started Rooting - You Know, Sticking Up Joints - With Some Older Guys. By Now I Had Gotten A Taste Of What The Racket World Really Was - The Glamour, The Way They Dressed, The Way They Always Had A Pocketful Of Money.

I started rooting - you know, sticking up joints - with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was - the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money.

Mickey Cohen

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I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.

Mickey Cohen

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