The Mafia was looking for a new man to make
weekly collections from all the private businesses that they were
‚protecting.‘ Feeling the heat from the police force, they decide
to use a
deaf person for this job, figuring if he were to get
caught, he
wouldn’t be able to communicate to the police what he was
doing.
In his first week, the deaf collector picks up more than
$40,000. He
gets greedy, decides to keep the money, and stashes it in
a safe place.
The Mafia boss soon realizes the collection is
late and sends some of
his thugs after the deaf collector. The thugs
drag the guy to an
interpreter.
The right-hand man says to
the interpreter, „Ask him where da money
is.“
The
interpreter signs, „Where’s the money?“
The deaf collector signs, „I
don’t know what you’re talking about.“
The interpreter tells
the main man, „He says he doesn’t know what
you’re talking abo
ut.“
The main man pulls out a .38 and places it in the ear of
the deaf
collector. „NOW ask him where da money is.“
The
interpreter signs, „Where is the money?“
The deaf collector
signs, „The $40,000 is in a tree stump in Central
Park just east of the
big fountain.“
The interpreter’s eyes light up, and he says to
the thug, „He says he
still doesn’t know what you’re talking
about, and doesn’t think you
have the guts to pull the trigger.“
