Carlos _ | Oe oe a Lee me tell you what you hav® don® for yourself in the ©. _ last fw days. a ee | nee an First of all you med? a binding 1°gal but Verbal contract» with m°®, in front. of witn®ss®s and ask*d m@ to giv® you h®lp wh®n you n@9ded it and mon®y wn®n you n®°d®d it at a-c®rtain pric®. I r®spond®d imm@diat®ly and did what. you ask*d m® to do, and aft®r working 2 days, —_- -at night and Carly in th® moring, all of a-sudd®@n you don't n®°d your |... - friend, his h°lp or mon®y. Th® pric® of th® airplan® wnt up a thousand dollars, now that th® airplan® was plac*d in a saf® spot and : “you got what you wantd. | ’ anism, as Cv°ryon® knows, is wh®n youtr® caught doing som*thing, you MW54756.- Décla:32263970. Page 380°) oa Co S*cond of all I got. suspicious of your und®r-th®-tabl®. — d®al- wh®r®by I had to put-up all of th® mon®y in Cash and’all you had to put up was a p®rsonal ch®ck-you said th® man would g®t suspicious if h® got a C®°rtified Ch®ck for th® full amount-No man g®ts suspicious ‘of a C®rtified Ch®ck-I call®d your bluff, Carlos and I. caught you lying- you wer® going to mak® a s®parat®? d®al of th® pric® of th® airplan® and put th® cash-my cash-in your pock®*t and THN want to split it down . - the midd@l-you wouldn't put up any cash-just conv@rsation, wh®n it cam®. | ‘tim? for von to k°°p your word and your part of th® bargain-wh®n it ~ cam® tim® for you to put up your mon®y-you didn't and wouldn't. IO. -want®d to do busin®ss in a busin®ss lik® fashion-I put up my cash- -.. you put up your cash-you tak? it to th® Bank {so that I- would know-. You’ would know and Doc would. know it was a cl@an d®al) hav® a C®rtified. Check mad®-to. Doc and w® would g°t a Notoriz®d bill of sal*, which © ~ is. strickly. good busin®ss. oo - Sos a . Wh°n you wouldn't put up you cash mon®y and wer® caught _in your own sch®m?-you b®cam® v®ry indignant~your best d?fens? m@ch- :  attack-anything and. anybody. It was then that you brok® your V@rbal. — -  eontract and tri®d to shaft your frifnd and cut m® out of th® d®al- -- you brok® your word, your trust 1st. and shot m®* out of th® saddi*- -» me -. You obviously thought .mor® of th® possibl® mon®y you'd mak® and. br®aking vour word and trust, than you did of a FRI“NDSHIP. I hav® lost a-long, old. fri®nd and a pl®asant frifndship b®caus® you dontt know how to honor your word-and I don't lik® that on® _ DAMN bit-not at all- Friends, food fri®nds, ar® too Hard to com? by and you can always t®1l who your fri®nds ar® wh®n it com®s to som®= body k®*ping his word, V@rbal Contract, or Mon®y- 7 0 ?
Page 200 re You plac®d mon®y and. your prid® (in e*tting caught ) abov? , fri®ndship-& y°ars-That's all right with you I gu®ss, caus® youtll aav? 10 ®xcus?s why you n°v°r consid®r®d m°® a fri®nd to d°f®nd what — you did or tri®d to do to me-Mayb? w? n°v°r wer® friendly, th® only — c°ason you cam® by °v°ry day was th® s°v°ral thousand dollara youtv® nad® off m* in th® last y°ar or SO. C -60 hav? it your way, Carlos, you never wer? a man of your word-it tak®s a man to do what h® says h® will, or b® som®wh®r® wh®n you say you'll b® ther®-you'tr® still a boy-but not a-man-I n@v®r hav®, or anyon® ®1s*, °v°r admit your'® wrong or appologiz® for any mistak®s =. b°caus® you don't know how- Now youtv® got what you want, but you sur® hav® narrow®d down your fi®ld of fri®nds and r®sp®*ct of oth®rs. Youtv® don® what =. * you hav® to do b®caus® that's th® only way you know how. I hop® you mak® a lot of mon®y, b®caus® Judy and th® kids could us® it. Judy will hav® to go along with you b®caus® sh® has. to and do®sn't know th® r°al r®ason . why you did what you did. - ne es Dontt black®n my doorway with your pr®s®nc® and I hop® I n°v®r s®* you again at th® airport or Club and if I do~youtd b*tt?r not mak® any MOR™ public thr®ats.on m®&, my lif®.or kids, and stay from my — airplan@s-In th® past you hav® always mad® viol®nt thr®ats against | p®opl® you thought had don® you wrong and what you w®r® going to do to th®ir airplan’s (sabatog®). That is a F°d®ral & Civil off*ns® as you know. a and if you ®v°r want to b*com® a US Citiz®n, don't consid®r what you always think about. It could b® th® mistak® of your lif? and mayb® some- body *1s*s. | -T hav® instruct®d all hang®rs to k®*p my aircraft lock?d, — r®port anyon® tamp°ring with my airplan®s, and ramp offic®rs to k®**#p — an ®y® on my. plan®s. Dontt °v°r think about touching on® of my airplan’s or damaging on®, or r®moving anything, or trying to cost m® any mon*y, | b°caus® what vou do may cost som®on® P1ses life-and. dontt call m® and- thr®at°n m® "Saving I'll n°v*r liv® to ®njoy it" etc. And if yourt® - r°ally smart, which you ar®ntt you'll k*°p your shady busin®ss trans- actions to yours°lf and stop badmouthing m2 and ®v®ryon® ®1s®, b®acus®. ther? ar® liabl® and sland°r iaws in th® U.S. and Louisiana which can: | hold you r®sponsibl® for any charact®r damag®- In short " what 3k. > - + New you ow? m® som® mon*y on that d®al you pull®d,. How ar® you going to pay it? Pay m® in cash b®for® th® 19th and w°tll call it~ Squar® or I'll hav® to. us” oth®r l®gal m*thods of coll*cting it. To. . p?li®v? you'tr® all paid up.to this dat® 15 April. 64. Incid®ntally, - what did you.do with th® brak® lining- you w°r® suppos*d. to put on 78U2 You'didntt put a full s®*t of lining on 1ik® I-paid you for. Things 1ik® | that, and th® tim®-you charg“d m2 6 hours of labor for 1 hour of work, ~ ‘mad®. m® always suspicious of any d°al I mad® with you. I paid you for , *v@ry. hour you work®d-Sur® I had to bargain lik® h®1l with you and you'd add on hours you didn't work and:Itd hav® to do my b®st to knock off what I could but.you: always got what you ask°d for and wer? happy with th? ch®ck you got, b®caus® you chastd cash*d it and daily cam® back for mor®-— _ ao)
Pag® 3B oo “You also got lit®rally thousands of dollars of flying tim? | wnd it did not cost you on® r®d cont , for fr2*-tru® a lot of it. may hav® *"n going back and forth from Moisant or up.to zk Miss. but you always” rot paid-not what you want°d but I didn't always g°t what I want®d-many © , tim® I'd tak® my tim®, airplan® and gas to g*t you an insp*ction so | you could f£°°d your family-but you can, and did, kiss ali of that goodby®, °° | Sarlos,. | So a oe a - . > Now as.to what you originally ask?d m®.to k®®p quiet I k®pt ...- ees ay word-until you brok® your word and trust first- th®n and th®n only did. [I fly up to Doc and t°1l him I'd s°°n th®.182 flying by th® ranch-I ask*d him point blank, what th® sal?s pric® of th® airplan® was and if h®td. . | hav? told m? $7,000, I'd hav® com? and apologiz®d to you‘and off*r?d you. ny mon*y-I told Doc that or fri®ndship d°p?nd®d on his answ°’r- H® told m? +" th®r® was not sal®s pric®, h® hadn't figur®d it out y®t and you'd n®v®r d@cid?d on a pric? to s®ll or to fix it up-so you 1i®d again and I caught... you-But you brok® your trust. first-not m?-and wh®n you did I felt that r°l-. .. ®as?d m® from any promis® I mad® you-b°sid®s I wasn't doing it for spit®-I- tri®d to sav® a fri®ndship and also find out if you wer? lying as you . usually do-I kn®°w th® answ°r without °v°r b?ing told. You r®main®d tru® to form. B° car°ful what you say to my fri®nds and yours about how you tshaft?d m°", b®caus® you'll only b® hurting yours*iffand d°grading .. a yours°1lf furth°r. You'll mak® a f®w bucks off th® airplan® now that you... got m® out’ of your d®al-But it won't b® that much-th®r®'s a lot mor® work © a and mon®y to it tnan youtv® figur®d. And th°n you hav? to s®ll.it.  Th®r?'ts -. : still parts and labo, to msid*r. But if and wh®n you do s*ll it, and 0 00 you will, and th® mon*ys' sp*nt-th°n What? Whotll b® your n°xt fri®nd 92. youtl] doubl® cross-wh°r® will your n°xt fri®nd com® from? What own®r -  * will you 1i° to an t®11 it cost.$8,000 to r?®pair.wh®n you know it only costs $2,000? I know your answ*r. Th® H*11 with it-I don't car® that's . th® kind of p®rson you ar®-you don't think of anybody ‘but, yours°lf- ae in busin®ss or at hom®, or at Play. Go. find anoth®r "FRIPND" Io cantt = afford you Carlos. You did m* a favor, actually,. by ch®ating m° or. ©. trying to ch®at m®-I'v® got my mon*y and you don't. hav® it-I'm thankful .. for that now-you could hav® had m® for $4500 inst@ad of a coupl® of Hundr@d. if I didn't find you trying to cheat m®-Fortunat®ly, I was too smart for =. that, by insisting on s°°ing you mon®y go with my mon®y in on® ch®ck to a th® own®r for th® RAL sal®s pric*’-which you. back®d out of-b®caus” you kn€w os if Doc saw $7000 for his airplan® h?'d k®®p it and you couldn't put the extra mon’y in your pock®’t. No you rfally, didn't shaft m?, you tri®d to | but it didn't work-you got'm® for som® tim® and mom®y but as you. know, - | | I'll g&t it back-But you'll n°v’r hav’ our fri€ndship back, which I rally ©. Valut-If you dontt b’li®v® it-look at th® siz® of this 1’°tter-I wouldn't: . ordinarily hav? wast®d my tim®-but I did-appar®ntly all I hav? &v®r been doing with you is wasting m® tim® with you- But you ar® what you ar®..-... Carlos and that's. a damn sham°- Page 38200
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