Manuscript/Mixed Material [The Letter]
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Image 1 of [The Letter] ICAN STUFF 6tv TB LETTZR JDStradling 826 S Wabas Chicago Broke No They aint all broke on Madison Street Maybe youre the kind that thinks because a guys panhandlin he aint got...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 2 of [The Letter] JDStradling money under any circumstances Well one night he was goint through Hutcheson Kansas on a rattler when three young fellers scrammed from the State Reformatory there Massey and three other boes...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 3 of [The Letter] 3 JDStradling his line He was always in rags just an old scare crow guy that nobody ever took a second look at And remember there were times when the bee used...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 4 of [The Letter] JDStradling I aint sick Well a lot of people around here got to thinkint about Jake He had to kick off to get attention except from the cops The fourteen thousand was...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 5 of [The Letter] 5 J D Strad ling human interest bit that was all Jake rated in the papers after sixty five years on the stem Sammy Litchel was kinds like Jake in some ways...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 6 of [The Letter] JDStradling rolling stones without any address And they think theyre the genuine article like Jake Massey who dont have no use for Relief Thats for chumps who dont know how to get...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 7 of [The Letter] 7 JDStradling headed for the loop where hes liable to get picked up in five minutes But it was too cold for the cops I guess There were only a few poeple...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 8 of [The Letter] JDStradling cant take it For a minute I sure suspected you of somethin Well theres only one thing I can think of now says Sammy Look We gotta do something Okay says...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 9 of [The Letter] JDStradling for the night see The bed is only a dot without even a blanket but there is an old tin stove They crack up same rubbish and build a fire which...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 10 of [The Letter] 10 JDStradling Yeah Hither they found it or its hid where nobody would think to look I remember he went foolin around be hind the old bureau there Lets see So they...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 11 of [The Letter] 11 JDStradling gonna sneak in no washroom after you aint seen me at Desplaines Ill keep it for safe keepint And Bill is a big guy see Sammy is just a little...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 12 of [The Letter] 12 JDStradling good practise Put em up white boys he says and they try to poke holes in the roof He comes forward and takes the saw buck right out of Bills...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 13 of [The Letter] 13 JDStradling Just to be sociable well all go in Well they went in again There wasnt no one there of course But the cop takes a look around and sees somebody...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939
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Image 14 of [The Letter] 14 JDStradling old Jakes money were liable to get ten years And like I said Bill was kinda dumb He did forget all about it By and by theyre out and Sammy...- Contributor: Stradling, J.D.
- Date: 1939