Editor's Note Call me a silly skeptic, but I have a hard time taking the word of a professional killer seriously. That's a prejudice I picked up 30 years ago while covering the Cook County Criminal Courts for a Chicago newspaper.
Professional criminals lie.
Some snarl when they do it, some mumble, but at least a few are as earnest as Gary Cooper or Oliver North. As it happened, cops and prosecutors respected Pops. He was a stand-up guy. When caught, he would admit that, yes, he was a professional burglar. But his truth-telling was exceptional.