Poker History: George McGann: Gambler, Con Man, Kennedy Assassin??

[Bill Murphy]

Great stuff, Johnny.

Cowboy Wolford and/or TJ wrote a lot about George. One time a guy busted George playing headup, George pulls out a pistol & takes everything off him, guy then says, "George, this is gonna leave me awful short. Could you loan me a couple hundred?", which George preceded to do. Guy didn't care because he knew he'd evetually win it all back.

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George McGann told me a lot about Jerry James who he knew. James was on America's top ten most wanted. James robbed other outlaws all over the south. When the word hit the gambler's gravevine that James was in town, joints closed and folks stayed armed and indoors. George said that when I got robbed at a poker game, it would be Jerry James. James was later a leader in the New Mexico prison riot where thirty-nine were killed. He befriended Jimmie Chagra in prison at the behest of our government and James gained valuable information.

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Jesus Christ. Talk about a meeting of the minds. I wonder if Jerry James was the one who robbed the cockfights down in Florida that Slim wrote about.

You youngsters orta read up on that New Mexico prison riot. One of the most underrated, forgotten things of all-time. Once they got the list of rats outta the warden's office, they were going cell to cell. Couple guys got their heads sawed off by barbwire, etc. Place was pretty much rubble after it was over.