:54:02
and collecting the money
from theaters,
:54:04
At a certain time every day,
the checker or the sweeper
:54:07
would go to the manager
of the particular theater,
:54:11
and he would say,
''Our take is 50 percent,
:54:15
''And we want it now, in cash,
:54:18
Give us the money now,
or else.''
:54:22
(Peter Manouse)
I was on my way
down to Nashville,
:54:25
And the reason
l went to Nashville
:54:26
was l wanted to buy
these Goo Goo candy bars.
:54:29
Goo Goo, chew it,
taste it, sweet milk
:54:31
(Manouse)
I was gonna buy
a bunch of them
:54:33
and just, you know,
market them
:54:34
and see if
I could get it going,
:54:36
Well, on Saturday night,
I decided I'd just go out,
:54:38
And I met a couple of guys
from New Jersey,
:54:40
They were a couple of
ltalian guys.
:54:41
l happen to be a Greek,
:54:43
so ltalians and Greeks
are like cousins.
:54:44
I gotta have a Goo Goo,
how 'bout you?
Goo Goo
:54:48
They wanted me
to go to work for 'em
:54:50
uh, baby-sitting
Deep Throat,
:54:53
And they sent me over to
the Lamar Theater in Memphis,
:54:57
And that's where it all began,
:55:01
And as people walked in,
I would count 'em in,
:55:04
Then I would go down
through the theater crowd
:55:06
and I would count the number
of people in the theater
with a little clicker,
:55:10
You know,
those little things,
:55:14
A checker. That's what l was.
:55:18
(Manouse)
I--I was just a
simple checker, I had no power
:55:20
l had no rank, nothing.
l was just an employee.
:55:25
Nobody was hurt.
:55:26
And, uh,
the only ones that got hurt
:55:29
was, uh, one of our checkers
in New Orleans.
:55:32
Uh, he had $60,000
and he disappeared.
:55:35
The money disappeared
and they found his body in
the back of a pickup truck.
:55:41
(Shipley)
A theater manager
refused to pay,
:55:45
And the next thing I know,
I heard
the theater burned down,
:55:49
I'm not saying
they would do somethin',
:55:52
But l did have a Colt .45
with the hammer back
:55:55
in my belt.
:55:57
They had people
that--that would do things,