Meet the man who survived 5 murder attempts (to the frustration of his killers)
Tony Marino was preparing a deadly sandwich of rotted fish, broken glass, carpet tacks and metal shards.
This should finish him off, Marino thought grimly as he pressed down the bread on the toxic slathered mix.
The door swung open. An elderly man stumbled into the bar with a tipsy grin on his ruddy face. His name was Michael Malloy. He was barely sober, having just woken up from his drunken bout last night. He was an alcoholic — jobless and homeless to boot. By all rights, he should be feeling miserable. But on this early morning, he had every reason to be happy.
Last week, Marino, the owner of the bar, had granted him an open-ended tab. He could drink whatever he wanted in the bar — for free. Malloy had been drinking himself into oblivion every night at the saloon ever since.
Malloy plopped himself unsteadily into a seat by the bar, waiting with muddled anticipation for his first drink of the day. Marino pushed the plate of sandwich towards Malloy. A complimentary dish, he said. On the house.
The rotten stench of the sandwich was so strong that it could be smelt across the room. But Malloy was so sodden from last night’s drinking that he didn’t notice. He was delighted instead. More free food. The last…
