05-10-2008, 07:03 PM
I learned from google searching that there was a book written about the area where Honest Joe's Pawnshop was located, Deep Ellum in Dallas. Apparently, the pawnshops there, about a mile away from Dealey Plaza, were part of the criminal syndicate controlled by Benny Binion. When I searched Mary Ferrell's website, I pulled up this little jewel:
First page: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...elPageId=2
You can pull up the various pages on the frames to the left or view by clicking "next". Notice this interesting tidbit at page 6:
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...elPageId=6
Benny Binion, alleged head of Honest Joe's loanshark network, was well acquainted with Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover's friend Clint Murchison of Texas, and numerous politicos in Nevada.
First page: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...elPageId=2
You can pull up the various pages on the frames to the left or view by clicking "next". Notice this interesting tidbit at page 6:
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...elPageId=6
Benny Binion, alleged head of Honest Joe's loanshark network, was well acquainted with Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover's friend Clint Murchison of Texas, and numerous politicos in Nevada.
"History records that the Money Changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance." --James Madison