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Melvin Belli — Part 9
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va flowing, Byron ‘tie. i
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be sumssup.in.a dam-;
stlit “he: uses‘a “blackboard. :
3 ‘lists’ ‘SO-many. thousands of;
ss Mars? for: ‘this$loss’ and that
and: strikes’ a ‘grand’ total. ;
Od rca-there was “method ’ in .
his? additions. cs eet
bee 3
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“given free flight to his fancy 4
, for: the ‘spectacular, 2:
"with: his ‘third: wife: at. 57,-he
‘three’ floor: ‘flat ‘building,’ he
owns ‘on Telegraph |
Juror. Corrects: Addition |
A San: Francisco; Superior
‘Court judge’ became“so trans-
fixed with’ the itemized list of
damages that when Belli struck
-the-total ‘with: 2 flurey of challt
urist’ exclaim
an en nm "tm ean.$200, 000,
” Every mor. ning: “his secretary
gives him: ‘10, ‘brand new $10,
bis. | 23 > gene
“A man has-to have walk:
ing around money,” he ex- |
‘plains. slipping” them. into cr
Solid: Silver. ‘money. clip.
-: He confounds “wine waiters
‘with: his> knowledge of vine!
ages. —
He. drives. a Rolls Royce ‘but
; repainted —
‘black,
4
a
yiafter all, even,
houlda’ -be boring."
: For: ‘night: 4ime* and: nipp
an: ‘Francised* daytime “wear
-he “prefers”.a crimson lined
cape rather..than:a. .Chester-
‘field, “welvet~ collared topcoat}
t. ff his black’ Homburg.
it itis An his Office .and-
athe has really
* Raising = his .‘sé¢ond- family
Hill . in
ence
Theintarior oF the home is
\done- in the" ¥eveis
--crimson
to black ‘~~ jor the Gold’. uh
Sarr coat “One bui't-n
bookshelf is” ‘of spec cial ir te igor
‘est>“tt—irolds:: “the volumes: K
‘has written,. more than’ a sods
ranging from. frothy, bits
Li
sapere omar meres epee eee tes eee
pro ;
ae % ve" mi dé: more :than:$
“000. out: ‘of that‘oneé,”-he +
New: ‘Orleans=3: :
‘A. Philadelphia‘: tra Pat
-yer, William: Sweeney, nov pest.
iNew -York,:oneceé ‘visited #
|
‘
Belli building: After sury
ithe garish interior of Bel
ifice. ‘complete ‘with 100-yeal
‘reached by. sliding down .1 1: ‘.
“man’s brass pole, : wr Svee. « ;
wandered ‘into: the strees;
viously’ suffering from shewe
- “Tf this was in Philadelplat
he muttered, “the man we" “|e
ve disbarred.” —_
That has occurred io th? eth: |i
ies committee of the Cai iornia,
State Bar Association at: tin: US, |
too, but: nothing has bee done}
‘about it~
As for” the American Bar As.
sociation, Belli says:° °° ~
“T hang that: certificate over|
the bow! in the wasn rooin.”
yl
Ruby ae ‘no “ordinary! said, Jac,
counsel to'.ry to. win freedom
on the grounds, che was* insane
‘when “he ; fired “the fatal ‘shot
that killed: the alleged tiller
of President Kennedy.” i
-And it is’also certain heyon3 ||
a reasonable’ doubt that- Mel- “f
vin ‘Mouron Belli will: provide! |
.Ruby: with more’ than’a: con i
etent defense, tei
[ie always’ gives his eient
hat defense. They have hur.
dreds of thousands of dolt ar |
to prove it. ~ :
And those who ‘ox! 2}
that resulted win :
ments meav nui 4.
Mouron Belli ‘but they
him; and fe:r him. : .
He accepts, giatiiuc ree At
spect, -and fear as his ij
i dus 4
-but is not everwhei 7 oy. i# sf
reward:te a ate
Re ry .
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