If the merchandise is rare, the demand is high, the price is huge.....................
There have always been poor boys in the city and even some in the country who would ‘give it up’ for cash. These boys are brothers from Central America so they were doubly isolated with no where to go. Not like being one of the gashouse gang who nursed a sore butthole for a few days to get enough cash to bet on a nag in the 4th at Aqueduct.