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- HIT MAN ON-LINE
- A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors
- Originally published by Paladin Press
- Written by Rex Feral
- In 1993, a triple murder was committed in Montgomery County by a man who was alleged to have used this book, Hit Man, as
- his guide. He was caught and convicted and sentenced to death. Wanting to profit from their loved one's murder, and realizing
- that the murderer himself was too poor to be worth suing, the family of those killed by the hit man sued Paladin Press, the
- publisher of the book Hit Man, saying Paladin Press "aided and abetted" the murder.
- May 21, 1999, Paladin Press settled the case, giving the families of those killed by the hit man several million dollars,
- agreeing to destroy the remaining 700 copies of the book in their possession, and surrendering any rights they have
- to publish and reproduce the work. While the families were successful in profiting from their loved one's death, they
- have not been successful in stifling the book.
- The book was initially published in 1983. 13,000 copies of the book are now in existence. There has only ever been
- one case where the book was associated with a crime, in that case the criminal had recently finished a lengthy
- prison sentence and had a history of prior violent crime. It is our opinion this book has never incited a murder, that
- the settlement of the Paladin Press case was wrong and forced by the insurance company, and that this book, and
- no book, should be banned. We invite the public to judge for themselves.
- That said, here is Hit Man ...
- DEDICATION
- To Those Who Think,
- To Those Who Dare,
- To Those Who Do,
- To Those Who Succeed.
- Success is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity.
- Anonymous
- WARNING
- IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO manufacture a silencer without an appropriate license from the
- federal government. There are state and local laws prohibiting the possession of weapons and
- their accessories in many areas. Severe penalties are prescribed for violations of these laws.
- Neither the author nor the publisher assumes responsibility for the use or misuse of information
- contained in this book. For informational purposes only!
- CONTENTS
- Preface: ix
- Prologue: 1
- Chapter One
- THE BEGINNING
- Mental and Physical Preparations: 9
- Chapter Two
- EQUIPMENT
- Selection and Purpose: 13
- Chapter Three
- THE DISPOSABLE SILENCER
- A Poor Man's Access To A Rich Man's Toy: 21
- Chapter Four
- MORE THAN ONE WAY TO KILL A RABBIT
- The Direct Hit Is Not Your Only Alternative: 53
- Chapter Five
- HOMEWORK AND SURVEILLANCE
- Mapping a Plan And Checking It For Accuracy: 71
- Chapter Six
- OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
- Finding Employment, What To Charge, Who To Avoid: 87
- Chapter Seven
- GETTING THE JOB DONE RIGHT
- Why The Described Hit Went Down The Way It Did: 95
- Chapter Eight
- DANGER! EGO, WOMEN AND PARTNERS
- Controlling Your Situation: 111
- Chapter Nine
- LEGALLY ILLEGAL
- Enjoying the Fruits: 121
- PREFACE
- A WOMAN RECENTLY ASKED HOW I could, in good conscience, write an instruction book on
- murder.
- "How can you live with yourself if someone uses what you write to go out and take a human
- life?" she whined.
- I am afraid she was quite offended by my answer.
- It is my opinion that the professional hit man fills a need in society and is, at times, the only
- alternative for "personal" justice. Moreover, if my advice and the proven methods in this book are
- followed, certainly no one will ever know.
- Some people would argue that in taking the life of another after premeditation, you act as God --
- judging and issuing a death sentence. But it is the employer, the man who pays for the service,
- whatever his reason might be, who acts as judge. The hit man is merely the executioner, an
- enforcer who carries out the sentence.
- There are many, many instances when atrocities are committed that the law cannot or will not
- pursue. and other times when the law does its part but the American legal system is so poor that
- real justice is not served. In those cases, as in cases of personal revenge and retribution, a man
- must step outside the law and take matters into his own hands.
- Since most men are capable of carrying out their threats and wishes only in their heads, it
- becomes necessary for a man of action to step in and do what is required: a special man for
- whom life holds no real meaning and death holds no fear ... A man who faces death as a
- challenge and feels the victory every time he walks away the winner.
- Some men could not kill under any circumstances. Other could kill only in self-defense or to
- protect what they hold dear. One man learns to kill in times of war and spends the rest of his lie
- trying to forget the horror, while his brother may consider all his wartime efforts a justifiable part
- of his past having no effect on his present.
- How many times have you shared a few beers with a group of macho buddies who eventually
- turned the subject of conversation form women and sports to that of guns, ammunition, wars,
- and the killing?
- It seems that almost every man harbors a fantasy of living the life of Mack Bolan or some other
- fictional hero who kills for fun and profit. They dream of living by their reflexes, of doing
- whatever is necessary without regard to moral or legal restrictions. But few have the courage or
- knowledge to make that dream a reality.
- When the bragging and boasting starts, I just sit back and smile as one after the other talks of
- what he would do, and how he would be., if it weren't for family obligations, mortgages and
- corporate jobs.
- You might be like my friends -- interested but unsure, standing on the sidelines afraid to play the
- game because you don't know the rules. Within the pages of this book you will learn one of the
- most successful methods of operation used by an independent contractor. You will follow the
- procedures of a man who works alone, without backing of organized crime or on a personal
- vendetta. Step by step you will be taken from research to equipment selection to job preparation
- to successful job completion. You will learn where to find employment, how much to charge, and
- what you can, and cannot, do with the money you earn.
- But deny your urge to skip about, looking for the "good" parts. Start where any amateur who is
- serious about turning profession will start -- at the beginning.
- PROLOGUE
- HE SLEEPS WHILE THE PLANE IS in flight, having learned long ago that few people will try to
- make conversation with a sleeping man. At 1:35 PM the stewardess awakens him. They are
- about to land.
- He enters the terminal and casually strolls past the embracing couples and reunited families,
- heading directly for the men's room. He is just another of the hundreds of businessmen who
- arrive at and depart from a major city airport on any given day.
- Safe inside the toilet stall, he locks the doors and slips out of the business suit he chose to wear
- on the trip. From his duffel bag he pulls faded jeans, sweatshirt and tennis shoes. Hurriedly, he
- pulls on the clothing. Then, balancing a small mirror on the back of the toilet, he slips a stocking
- cap over his hair to flatten and hide it before pulling on a shoulder length wig. His neatly folded
- suit, shirt and tie fir snugly on top. From a zippered side pocket he takes a pair of tinted, wirerimmed
- glasses and a nondescript hat. In less than ten minutes, he leaves the men's room a
- different man.
- At the row of car rental booths in the airport lobby, a tall hippie in a sweatshirt waits in line to
- rent a car. He does not seem to be inconvenienced by the long lines that are so irritating to the
- other customers. When the girl behind the counter finally gets around to him, he responds
- affirmatively to her offer to help.
- "Yeah, I wanna rent a small car for a few days."
- She take sin his appearance. She has seen his type many times before and immediately
- interprets his use of the word small to mean cheap. She suggests an economy car that is terrific
- on gas and comes with unlimited mileage.
- He explains that he intends to pay cash for the use of the car. She tells him that he may do so
- when he brings the car back, but a valid driver's license and major credit card are required
- identification for security purposes. From an ordinary looking wallet, he pulls the necessary
- identification: a valid North Carolina driver's license and a major credit card, both in the name of
- Alfred Johnson.
- With key in hand, he leaves the car rental booth and goes to claim his baggage. Then he
- wanders to the airport news stand to purchase a city map and some reading materials.
- Seated in the lobby, he checks the map for an address he memorized weeks earlier. Folding the
- map so he can follow it while driving, he exits to pick up his waiting car.
- Afternoon traffic is moderately heavy on the interstate. Exits, side streets and intersections are
- unfamiliar. He drives carefully and obeys all traffic rules. He does not want to become involved in
- any accidents or pick up any traffic tickets.
- Finally, he arrives in the section of town where he will find the memorized address. he drives
- slowly down the street until he has located the apartment complex, then drives on past so his
- interest will not be observed.
- He continues to scout the neighborhood, checking streets and consulting the city map he carries
- for possible escape routes. He notes that the neighborhood is upper middle class; neatly kept
- lawns and sidewalks, with a population consisting of mostly singles and young families.
- Three blocks west of the apartment complex there is a park which has a small pond. One block
- east he finds a large shopping center which has a movie theater and an adult book store that is
- open all night.
- About a mile away, at the point where he exited the interstate highway, there are several chain
- motels and fast food restaurants. he heads back in that direction and pulls into a motel parking
- lot. He jots down the California license tag number of a car parked near the restaurant entrance.
- It is 4:15 PM.
- The motel clerk is disinterested and mechanical in registering him. He fills out the required form
- in the name of Sam Wilcox, gives a fictitious address in Los Angeles and uses the California tag
- number from the car parked at the restaurant. The clerk does not ask for further identification.
- "I'm a late sleeper. I'd like a room on the back side -- away from the pool, if you have it," he
- requests.
- "Will that be cash or charge?" the clerk asks without looking up.
- He lays down enough small bills on the counter to cover two days lodging, "Cash," he answers.
- He drives the car around back, locates his room and takes in his baggage. By 4:45 he is seated
- on the bed studying the contents of a large manila envelope taken from his locked suitcase.
- Using the information from the envelope and the telephone directory, he begins to chart routes
- on the city map. Afterwards, he carefully studies an assortment of photographs taken from the
- envelope. Satisfied, he returns everything to the envelope and locks it away in the suitcase again.
- Wearing a jogging outfit and still in his hippie disguise, he drives to the shopping center and
- locks his car. On foot, he begins a slow jog through the neighborhood. He circles the block and
- carefully scrutinizes the area before cutting into the apartment complex parking lot. The sun is
- just beginning to set.
- The apartments are all identical. Patios on the rear are enclosed with privacy walls. On the front,
- each apartment is separated from the other by an ornamental cedar fence. Two parking spaces
- are reserved at the front of each apartment for the residents' use. Guest parking is clearly
- marked in the center of the parking lot, surrounding a small island landscaped with a few
- scrawny trees and thick bushes.
- He jogs over to the guest parking island and sits down on the curb. Removing his shoes and
- socks, he begins to rub his tired feet. It is 6:47. If his information is correct, the mark should be
- arriving home from work any time now.
- At 6:53 a green Mustang pulls into the parking space in front of the apartment he has under
- surveillance. The car matches the description of the vehicle belonging to the mark. A heavyset
- man emerges slowly from the small car. He is puffing on a large cigar. Judging by his physical
- characteristics and the cigar, this man appears to be the mark. He glances up uninterested, as a
- jogger trots out of the parking lot.
- He jogs back to the motel, stopping at the fast food restaurant for dinner. The clerk
- shortchanges him by five dollars and the hamburger he orders is not prepared to his liking but he
- does not complain. without drawing any attention, he heads back to his motel where he reads
- and watches television until 11:00.
- It is after 11:30 when he swings his car into the apartment complex parking lot. The mark's lights
- are on and his car is still parked in its allotted space. The mark is said to spend most of his free
- time alone at home, staying up late watching television and sleeping in until an hour or so before
- his scheduled time to report for work at a used car lot; it appears that this information is correct.
- He circles the guest parking island and drives back to the motel.
- Early the next morning he is waiting in his parked car with a pair of binoculars and a newspaper
- when the mark leaves the apartment. In the bright morning sunlight he clearly makes positive
- identification. This is his man!
- Using his premarked map, he spends the early part of the day checking out the places the mark
- is known to frequent. Around noon, he drives to the main post office to pick up a parcel he
- mailed to himself the day before. as he drives, he contemplates the various places he has
- checked out. Because of the layout of the apartment complex in relation to the private patios and
- sectioned courtyards, he decides that the best place to make the hit is in the mark's own home.
- Back at the motel, he opens the heavily taped parcel which was addressed to Mark Donaldson.
- There had been no problem in picking up the package, stamped "Fragile -- Precision Machined
- Parts." Today the postal clerk had not even asked for identification.
- Inside the first box is a second box. And inside the second box is a special set of clothing, several
- pairs of rubber gloves, a clean pair of tennis shoes, a new disguise, ammunition, a disassembled
- weapon and a disposable silencer.
- Lovingly he begins to assemble his weapon. With gloved hands, he wipes every part, inside and
- out, for fingerprints. As he loads the clip, he wipes down each of the bullets. he is a man with a
- job to do. He has the tools, he has done his homework, he knows he has the right target and he
- has determined how he will accomplish the job.
- After putting the tools away, he leaves the motel to fill the gas tank on the car. While he is out,
- he steals and out-of-state tag from a parked automobile and replaces the rental tag on his car
- with a stolen tag.
- Back in his room, he dials the airport and gets flight information. Space is available on a flight
- departing at 11:55 PM.
- At 7:00 PM the alarm sounds, waking him from a four hour nap. It is time to get ready for work.
- He dresses in the clothing that came in his parcel. He puts on the clean tennis shoes and a new
- disguise. He puts the hippie disguise, clothing and shows into the duffel bag, along with the tools
- he will be using. When he is all dressed and packed to go, he has a very few important details to
- complete.
- First, he removes the manila envelope from the suitcase and goes over to the bathroom to burn
- all the items it contains over the toilet. One by one, he burns the information sheets,
- photographs, maps and other physical evidence that may prove conspiracy to commit a crime
- and flushes away the incriminating remains.
- He pulls out a fresh pair of rubber gloves and begins tot wipe down the room for fingerprints. He
- knows the room will probably be rented against by tomorrow, but he takes the precaution
- anyway. he puts all the trash, newspapers and magazines accumulated during his stay into a
- plastic garbage bag, along with the room's telephone directory and places it beside his luggage.
- He will dispose of these items on the way to the jobsite. Still wearing the rubber gloves, he loads
- his luggage and equipment into the car, locking it in the trunk, and heads for the mark's
- neighborhood. He will not be returning to the motel again.
- At the shopping center one block from where the mark lives, he parks the car in the crowded
- theatre parking lot and gets out to continue on foot.
- No one is out and about as he walks into the apartment complex parking lot. Protected by the
- cedar privacy fence, he peeks through a crack in the drapes and sees the mark puffing on a cigar
- while he watches TV from a recliner chair. The volume is so loud that he can hear the program
- plainly from his position outside.
- He goes to the front door where he quietly and efficiently picks the lock. The mark is startled by
- the intrusion of his entry but is unable to respond quickly enough. he is helpless against the
- professional.
- The muffled sound of three shots fired in rapid succession goes undetected by the neighborhood.
- The professional has neatly carried out his assignment. Quickly but carefully, he checks the body
- to make sure there is no pule and drags the body to a place in the apartment where it will not be
- easily detected. At the scene of the shooting, he drops a newspaper over the blood that has
- seeped into the carpet. He pockets the three empty cartridges that were ejected from the gun.
- Then, after a quick check of the apartment to make sure he leaves behind no incriminating
- evidence, he exits, locking the front door behind him.
- Resisting the urge to run, he strolls nonchalantly back to the theater parking lot and his waiting
- car. Safe inside, he immediately runs a rat-tail file down the barrel of the gun to change the
- ballistic markings. Then he changes back into his hippie clothing and disguise, unobserved while
- the other car owners are inside viewing the movie.
- he checks the work clothes carefully for bloodstains. Finding none, he drops them into the charity
- collection box at the shopping center entrance, keeping the shoes he wore for disposal later.
- He drives cautiously and carefully to another shopping center several blocks away. He feels no
- panic. It will be days before the crime is detected, days before anyone investigates the mark's
- failure to report for work or answer his door. In the crowded parking lot, he disassembles the
- weapon and removes the stolen tag. Now his only remaining task is to dispose of the weapon.
- He gets back onto the interstate highway and heads out of town. Traffic becomes sparse as the
- city is left behind; now he begins to toss out the small gun parts at irregular intervals, aiming for
- water filled and overgrown drainage ditches. He also tosses out the tennis shoes.
- At a rest area, he walks through the woods and buries the barrel of the gun. He crushes the
- plastic silencer and disposes of the bits and pieces as he drives back to town.
- Just before he reaches the airport, he pulls over to the side of the road and wipes the car for
- fingerprints. He removes and discards the stolen tag, replacing it with the rental tag. He disposes
- of the rubber work gloves and replaces them with a pair of leather driving gloves. Then he
- returns the "clean" rental car to the agency and heads directly for the airport men's room.
- A short time later, a businessman emerges from the men's room and approaches the ticket
- counter for information. His flight leaves in forty five minutes.
- he checks his baggage, a suitcase and small duffel bag, and goes to the coffee shop to wait for
- the flight to be called.
- On the plane he dozes, having learned long ago that few people will try to make conversation
- with a sleeping man. Too all appearances, he is just another businessman suffering from an
- exhausting schedule; no one interrupts his rest.
- 1. THE BEGINNING
- AS A FIRST CLASS MECHANIC, you will become and expert at your profession. Becoming an
- expert entails research -- reading, observing, and asking questions -- as well as development of a
- wide range of physical abilities and weapons expertise.
- The preparations outlined in this chapter should be considered essential prior to any acceptance
- of actual employment. Your keen mental and physical fitness will serve as your edge between life
- and death.
- PERIODICIALS
- Read and reread pertinent articles relating to weapons and techniques that interest you in
- magazines such as Soldier of Fortune, New Breed and Gung-Ho. Stay abreast of new trends and
- developments as well as new gadgets and inventions as they become available. As well as the
- valuable articles, study advertisements and classified sections for a wealth of information and
- sources for supplies and books.
- Check our military newsletters like Military Exchange. Your local library can inform you of what is
- available in this category.
- BOOKS
- Books on subjects related to the professional hit man are hard to find. But there are a few
- publishers out there who have the backbone to provide those of us who take life seriously with
- the necessary educational materials. Paladin Press advertises in almost every issue of Soldier of
- Fortune and other publishers offer relevant reading material, available by mail order. Check
- advertisements and classified sections.
- And let's not forget reading for entertainment. With the right attitude and an open mind, almost
- any good mystery or murder story can provide some ingenious new methods of terrorizing,
- victimizing, or exterminating. Sometimes a new poison will be introduced, or perhaps a new
- method for induction. Sometimes the warped imagination of a fiction writer will point out an
- obvious but somehow never before realized method of pacification or body disposal. So don't
- bypass these fictional characters. Chuckle through the trenchcoats and warped personalities but
- test out any new theories you come across.
- DAILY PUBLICATIONS
- A subscription to your local newspaper may be the wisest investment, with the highest return,
- that you will ever make. Each morning as you sip your coffee and scan the local section, you will
- be met with a variety of up-to-date employment opportunities. So study your local paper
- carefully to see who in your area might be your next employer ... or victim.
- Headlines -- Follow closely any news stories about people who have been apprehended for
- contract hits. These stories sell papers, and readers thrive on the sensationalism they create.
- Study details made available for law enforcement techniques, mistakes that led to the arrest, and
- methods the law used to obtain incriminating information. Learn from the other man's mistakes.
- And if he is lucky enough to be acquitted, make a note of the attorney's name in case you ever
- find yourself in the position of needing a good one.
- Drug Arrests -- If the reported suspect posts a heavy bond, he is probably dealing in a big way.
- As soon as he gets back on the streets, chances are he will be dealing again to raise money for
- his defense. His name and address are right there in the paper. Is he worth a drug rip-off, or
- would it be more profitable to contact him discreetly about eliminating that certain witness.
- Political Corruption -- Keep up with gossip. All politicians are expected to be corrupt, but who
- among them is desperate or despicable enough to be willing to pay to eliminate the competition?
- Tried and true methods are accidental death, assassination, or worse yet, political death brought
- on by scandal.
- Divorce -- Follow closely news or rumors of particularly nasty divorce proceedings involving any
- wealthy or socially prominent couple. Chances are, one could use your discreet professional
- services. Or perhaps some not so wealthy acquaintance who prefers not to become entangled in
- messy divorce proceedings may find it a proper time to collect on that old life insurance policy.
- Adjustments -- Thefts, cases reported where the law did not render justice, bogus operations
- that swindle ordinary people out of their hard earned money -- all these are potential
- opportunities for employment. Work for a flat rate or for a percentage of recovery, plus
- expenses.
- Classified Sections -- You can place an ad under the guise of collector and solicit any particular
- weapons you might want. Or scan these ads when you are in the market for new toys and pick
- them up from private owners to avoid registering your weapons.
- Classified sections also announce gun shows, which are an ideal source for all types of equipment
- at competitive prices.
- REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Local City Directory -- If at all possible, get one of these to keep at home. Otherwise, they are
- available in the reference of information section of the public library.
- If you have partial information on a mark, you can usually gather the rest without leaving the
- comfort of your easy chair.. These directories are broken down into three categories:
- Alphabetical by Name: Lists name, wife's name, occupation and employers, street address,
- telephone number and other living in the home.
- Street Address: Lists alphabetically by street and then numerically by house number. If you know
- the mark's address you can also know who lives next door, the type of neighborhood, vacant
- lots, business and so on, all according to the information that was available when the directory
- was compiled.
- Phone Numbers: If all you have is a phone number, look it up in the numerical listing. Then go to
- the Alphabetical listing and Address sections to gather the rest of the information.
- Auto Tag Department, County Courthouse -- Often the books are left out for public use. Look
- up the mark by last name or tag number for address.
- Telephone Directories -- For obvious reasons, it will sometimes be to your advantage to know
- the mark's telephone number.
- But don't overlook the wealth of supply sources available in the Yellow Pages and become
- familiar with suppliers and readily available merchandise. If you live in a small town, get
- directories for any large cities in a 200-mile radius. Their Yellow Pages will be extremely valuable
- if you don't want to obtain supplies locally.
- Maps -- A local city map is a must for planning routes if you are not familiar with the road
- systems. And of course a city map for any out-of-town job is in order.
- A large atlas showing the national road system network is handy not only for planning travel, but
- also for finding nearby large cities and alternative routs to the job.
- Just remember that once you use a map, if you have marked it in any way, it should be
- destroyed immediately.
- Travel Arrangements -- Start inquiring now about the various modes of transportation available
- for out of town jobs. Find out necessary identifications, advance scheduling requirements, and
- time factors involved. File this information away for future use.
- Stop by and ask what your local travel agent can do for you. You will be surprised at the variety
- of services they offer. When you are ready, call and make the necessary arrangements by
- telephone, using a fictitious name. They do all the work in making the arrangements to your
- specifications, and the airline pays their fee.
- Shipping and Routing -- You can take a plane under an assumed identity and arrive at your
- destination in a matter of a few short hours. But how will you get your weapons to the jobsite?
- better start now checking into alternative methods for shipping your tools separately.
- The US Postal Service offers Express Mail to most major cities, and the main post office is
- generally located very near the airport. By disassembling your weapons and double packing as a
- precautionary measure, you can send your tools to yourself under an assumed name (post office
- to post office) and have them waiting for pick up the next morning. Airport mail is not x-rayed.
- If time is not a factor, check into bus line, common carrier or UPS rates and delivery schedules.
- Locating the mark -- An obliging postal clerk will inform you of the several ways of tracking
- down the last known address of anyone you choose to locate as a function of the Freedom of
- Information Act.
- One way is to send one dollar and a written request addressed to the postmaster of the mark's
- last known location. A Freedom of Information Act form will be returned to you within a matter of
- days giving the Postal Service's most recent update.
- Or, you can address an empty envelope to the mark's last known address with your return
- address in the upper left hand corner. Under your address should appear this notation in bold
- letters:
- DO NOT FORWARD
- ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
- Within a few days your envelope will be returned with the updated information. The fee is twenty
- five cents.
- LAW
- The Law Enforcement Handbook for your state should be available through any college bookstore
- where law enforcement classes are taught. If not, STEAL ONE! If such courses are available in
- your area, you may want to audit a few.
- How can you successfully evade the law if you have no knowledge of how it operates? By all
- means, learn everything you can about the law and how it works and how it applies to you.
- Learn what constitutes a good arrest and what abuses or mistakes can make an otherwise good
- arrest null and void.
- I hope you will never have to fall back on the information and knowledge you acquire, but it will
- be worth its weight in gold if you ever have to rely on it. And you will have the added advantage
- of using you knowledge of how your opponents think and operate as you plan successful jobs.
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Check every source available to you for potential information. Even those cheap tabloid
- newspapers sold at the grocery store counter have classifieds that offer fake ID's, interesting
- gadgets, nontraceable mailing addresses, and so on.
- Your public library more than likely has the local newspaper on microfilm, and the information
- section has employees eager to help you find books and materials on the subjects you are
- researching.
- Chambers of commerce will mail out information and maps of their cities upon request.
- And bookstores and libraries have reference books that show all the books still in print and
- available on any given subject.
- Keep an open mind, and sources of information will open up to you, sometimes in the least likely
- places and when you least expect it!
- FITNESS
- Your body should be as fit as your mind. You should be capable of running, jumping, climbing,
- swimming, pushing, pulling or meeting the demands of any other physical requirement
- encountered in your job. This means not only careful attention to exercise and diet, but
- moderation if you are going to partake of tobacco products and alcohol, and complete abstinence
- from any involvement with drugs.
- A man who smokes two packs of cigarettes a day will certainly not be capable of running long
- and hard for any length of time. And his endurance in hand to hand combat situations will be
- severely limited. By the same token, a man who overindulges in alcohol may be taking his own
- life in his hands. The use of cigarettes and alcohol in moderation is acceptable, although
- undesirable, but use of any kinds of drugs is suicide.
- Drugs dull the senses and the reflexes, yet the user feels sharp and alert. His confidence in his
- abilities swells out of proportion. His ego takes over. He sees himself as indestructible,
- incomparable. That image of himself may be the last thing he ever sees.
- I, as a professional, never use drugs, although I will steal them for financial gain, or to use as
- bait or even as an induction agent for some chemical that I know will do an effective job. I don't
- need an unreal "high" that can mar my judgement. There is no margin for error in this business.
- A single mistake can cost you your life, either literally or by providing the evidence to take away
- your freedom. Either way you are just as dead. A professional needs a clear head and
- unhampered reflexes to be able to react properly in any situation. This is equally true whether he
- is performing the job itself or conducting prejob research. If you have to depend on an artificial
- sense of courage in order to carry out your assignment, then this job is not for you.
- COMBAT TRAINING
- If you are afraid of taking a punch, again, this job is not right for you. No matter how careful you
- are, no matter how thorough your research, at some time you will probably have to prove or
- defend yourself physically. Any skills you can acquire are to your advantage.
- You can get expert training in hand to hand combat is you can find someone qualified to teach
- you. Preferably, this will be someone with Special Forces training or the equivalent.
- You will need to know kill techniques as well as survival self-defense, and you won't learn these
- skills at the corner karate school that includes women and children in its classes. Sport karate can
- get you killed in the street.
- You should become so familiar with skills like breaking holds, throws, effective punches to vital
- areas and crippling moves that will come when needed as a reflex action. You should be aware of
- the best barroom fighting techniques. You should be able to fight two men at the same time. You
- should know the best way to disarm an opponent. And more.
- But such skills require real practice with a sparring partner who cant take, as well as give, a good
- punch. In order to teach these methods in the proper way, your instructor will have to take his
- fighting as seriously as you do.
- Veterans with wartime experience and the ability to kill are first choice instructors. Their contact
- with real life and death situations has made them a bit unconventional. Some never again
- conform to the rules of society, and quite a few rigorously keep in top physical shape while
- stockpiling M-60s and hand grenades under the bed in preparation for the next war.
- The same man who can train you in the very best methods of self-defense and combat fighting
- might also be one of your best sources for accessory merchandise. his contact with other
- veterans will give you access to a chain able to locate almost any weapon you might request.
- The veteran with guerilla warfare training will be a walking textbook on silent movement, torture,
- revenge, ammunitions, escape, silent weapons, and a host of ways to kill. And if, by chance, you
- accept a contract where a partner is in order, he may the first man you'd choose to cover your
- back.
- The time needed to acquire the skills of this degree will vary, depending on your physical
- condition at the time you begin training, your aptitude for following directions and your
- eagerness to learn. I have seen an eager student, one who is willing to put in the hard hours of
- practice and full contact sparing sessions, progress very rapidly to the point of capability in less
- than six months.
- MERCENARY SCHOOLS
- Once your fighting ability has been established, you may want to test your news skills at one of
- the mercenary of survival school advertised in the various military magazines. Look for a school
- that can teach you more than you already know, and be prepared for one hell of a workout while
- you build your endurance and skills. An added benefit in attending one of these schools is that
- the people you meet there, like you, take the game of life seriously. Be prepared to meet people
- who have the same interests in weapons, explosives and effective kill techniques as you do.
- Some of them may prove to be very good resources or even future employers.
- AWARENESS TRAINING
- It is estimated that if ten people witnessed the same crime and then were separated before they
- could compare what had taken place, ten different descriptions would be given. People rarely pay
- attention to what is going on around them unless, or until, it becomes of importance to them
- personally. This book stresses the importance of using disguise and false identification to foil
- positive identification. But just as important to your success are your own observation skills.
- Start now developing and exercising your observation powers. Make a habit of studying your
- surroundings. listen when others talk. A man can reveal a great deal about himself through his
- conversation and opinions. make a note of features or habits that make one man different from
- another. Think of the people you know intimately. Can you tell whether they are right or left
- handed? What color are their eyes?
- Sharpen your observation skills.
- FIRST CLASS MECHANIC REQUIREMENTS
- • Expert marksmanship
- • Thorough knowledge and respect for all weapons
- • Knowledge through reading, expert advice and experimentation on accessories such as explosives,
- poison and diversions
- • Knowledge and ability of hand to hand combat
- • Top mental and physical condition
- • Common sense
- EQUIPMENT
- A HIT MAN WITHOUT A GUN is like a carpenter without a hammer. Not very effective. What
- kinds of gun does he use and where does he obtain them? Unless he has a proper false
- identification, he certainly cannot make his purchase from the local gun shop and fill out the
- federal registration forms linking the weapon to himself.
- What other basic equipment will the beginner need as essential tools of the trade. What
- equipment should be added to his inventory later?
- BASIC EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST
- • WEAPONS
- o AR-7 Rifle (or any breakdown type)
- o 3-6 Powered Scope
- o Disposable Rifle Silencer
- o Two Extra 15 or 30 Shot Rifle Clips
- o 22 Ruger Mark I or Mark II Pistol (or any fixed barrel type)
- o Disposable Pistol Silencer
- o Shoulder Holster
- o Extra Pistol Clip
- • AMMUNITIONS
- o Hollow Point Bullets
- o Liquid Poison
- o Wax
- • ACCESSORIES
- o Double Edged Knife With Six-Inch Blade (Like the Gerber Mark II)
- o Disposable Rubber or Surgical Gloves (Flesh Tone Preferred)
- o Handcuffs
- o Ski Mask or Stocking Mask
- o Duffle Bag with Lock
- THE WEAPONS
- The AR-7 Rifle is recommended because it is both inexpensive and accurate. The barrel breaks
- down for storage inside the stick with the clip. It is lightweight and easy to carry or conceal when
- disassembled.
- The rifle has a ridge on top that will easily accept a scope, even though it is not cut for one. Put
- the scope in place, tighten it down, then sight it in. After sighting it in, scratch a mark behind
- each scope clamp to allow remounting of the scope without resighting each time.
- A three to six powered scope is recommended to insure accuracy at up to sixty-five yards. When
- braced, right to fifteen shots should cover a four inch pattern area with no difficulty.
- Get two extra fifteen or thirty shot clips from your local gun dealer or order through one of the
- gun magazines. But never load these clips to full capacity, as they tend to jam when fully loaded.
- When loading the clip before job assignment, be sure to wipe each bullet to remove fingerprints,
- or spray with WD-40 or some other oil.
- The AR=7 has a serial number stamped on the case, just above the clip port. This number should
- be completely drilled out. The hole left will be unsightly but will not interfere with the working
- mechanism of the gun or the clip feed. The serial number can remain on the gun until you
- prepare it for use on the job. After the job assignment is completed, you will be disposing of the
- gun; therefore you do not want any serial number available if, perhaps, some of the discarded
- gun parts are discovered.
- If the serial number is on the barrel of the gun, grinding deeply enough to remove it may weaken
- the barrel to the point that the gun could explode in your face when fired. To make these
- numbers untraceable, use a hammer and chisel or a numbering set purchased from the hardware
- store to stamp them out or make them illegible. make sure your blows go as deep as or a little
- deeper than the existing numbers. Then grind the serial number off slightly. This method will
- keep the true serial number from being raised in any acid tests if the part is found.
- The recommended handgun is the fixed barrel Ruger Mark I or Mark II, again because it is
- inexpensive and reliable. This gun has a ten shot clip that seldom jams if kept clean. The gun can
- be easily broken down in the field, which helps when disposing of it after use.
- Extra clips are a must for both the rifle and pistol and should be carried as a precautionary
- measure. Hollow-point bullets are recommended because they deform on impact, making them
- nontraceable. As an added precaution, you can fill the hollows with liquid poison to insure the
- success of your operation.
- Using a handheld one eighth inch drill, enlarge the hollow point openings. Fill the hollows with
- the liquid poison of your choice, then seal with a drop of melted wax.
- TO test your guns and ammunition, set up a sheet of quarter inch plywood at distances of two to
- seven years maximum for your pistol, and twenty to sixty yards maximum for your rifle. Check
- for penetration of bullets at each range. Quarter inch plywood is only a little stronger than the
- human skull. Find the maximum range for both your rifle and your pistol. Also, test your weapons
- under various weather conditions and determine how wind, rain and snow affect your range and
- accuracy.
- Close kills are by far preferred to shots fired over a long distance. You will need to know beyond
- any doubt that the desired result has been achieved.
- When using a small caliber weapon like the 22, it is best to shoot from a distance of three to six
- feet. You will not want to be at point blank range to avoid having the victim's blood splatter you
- or your clothing. At least three shots should be fired to ensure quick and sure death.
- You can judge when death has occurred by observing the wound. When blood ceases to flow,
- the heart has stopped working. Check for pulse at both the wrist and throat as an added
- precaution.
- If you must do your shooting from a distance, use a rifle with a good scope and silencer and aim
- for the head -- preferably the eye sockets if you are a sharpshooter. Many people have been shot
- repeatedly, even in the head, and survived to tell about it. Close kills enable you to determine
- right away if you have successfully fulfilled your part of the contract; distance shots may mean
- waiting around to read the morning papers.
- In either case, as soon as possible, run a rat-tail file or wire cleaning brush down the ore of the
- gun to change the ballistic markings. Do this even though you intend to discard the crime
- weapon, And make sure you carry away and discard all shells that were ejected as the shots
- were fired.
- If, for some reason, you just can't bear to part with your weapons, there are five parts that will
- require immediate alteration, and this alteration can only be made once in the life of the gun:
- Using a rat tailfile, alter the gun barrel, the shell chamber, the loading ramp, the firing pin and
- the ejector pin.
- Each one of these items leaves its own definite mark and impression on the shell casing which, if
- any shells happened to be left behind, can be matched up to the gun under a microscope in the
- police laboratory.
- When using the file, make sure that you scrape the part on each listed item where it makes
- contact with the shell.
- Personally, I feel that any weapon used to commit a crime is disposable. If you consider the
- value of a gun to be higher than that of your personal freedom, you'd better leave that gun at
- home.
- A subject of primary importance is where to purchase the weapons you use on job assignments.
- As suggested in Chapter 1, you can often pick up throwaways from people who advertise in the
- classified section of the newspaper. Just be sure that any weapon you use on a job cannot be
- traced back to you by the person you purchase it from. Gun shows offer a wide variety of tools
- and weapons useful in this line of work. Usually no registration is required. At most, they may
- ask to see your driver's license. And with so many dealers present vying for your business, prices
- may be competitive. Flea Markets, private gun collectors, veterans who hoard and stash a variety
- of interesting toys, and bargain hunter magazines are other possible sources.
- If you must obtain a weapon through legal channels (signing registration and the like), it might
- be wise to pay some beggar or wino ten or twenty dollars to present his driver's license and do
- the signing before you disappear with the gun.
- AN IMPORTANT WORD ABOUT REVOLVERS
- Although revolvers are often depicted as being a favorite tool among hit men, they are not
- recommended by this pro. Revolvers cannot be effectively silenced. The open cylinder allows
- gases to escape, thus making some noise. When fired, gas is forced around the cylinder in a 360
- degree circle, thereby throwing powder all over the person who fired the gun.
- An automatic, on the other hand, is tightly sealed so that when it is fired almost all the powder
- residue is forced into the silencer, where it is trapped. This prevents the powder from escaping
- and covering the person who fired the shot. Some residue will come out from the automatic's
- ejection port, but only a very small amount. If a shell catcher is used, the powder residue will
- become trapped inside the catch bag.
- Remember that a silencer will affect the range and accuracy of your gun. Once the silencer is in
- place you will have to resight to maintain accuracy.
- BASIC ACCESSORIES
- A duffel bag or some other method of inconspicuously transporting your tools to the jobsite will
- be needed. Preferably, it will have a lock. It should be large enough to hold your pistol,
- disassembled rifle and several small accessory items. These items should be kept assembled in
- the bad in a safe hiding place, wiped clean of fingerprints and ready for use.
- Inside the bag should be several (at least dour or five pairs) of flesh-tone, tight-fitting surgical
- gloves. If these are not available, rubber gloves can be purchased at a reasonable price in the
- prescription department of most drug stores in boxes of 100. You will wear the gloves when you
- assemble and disassemble your weapons as well as on the actual job. Because the metal gun
- parts cause the rubber to wear so quickly, it is a good practice to change and dispose of worn
- gloves several times during each operation. A small tear in the thin, worn rubber can lead to a
- hole, leaving behind a partial, identifiable fingerprint at the most inopportune time. Never dispose
- of the gloves worn on an assignment in the vicinity of the job. Although your fingerprints may
- have been covered while you worked, they are clearly and distinctly obtainable by turning the
- found gloves inside out. I know a fellow or two who learned this lesson the hard way.
- LEather gloves are not to be considered as a job tool. The leather has the same, individual,
- distinct characteristics of the human fingerprint. If you have to use leather gloves, destroy them
- immediately after the job. If found in your possession, they can convict you as quickly as a set of
- your own fingerprints.
- Your bag should contain a few pairs of cheap handcuffs, usually available at pawn shops or army
- surplus stores. These, two, are throwaways, and may be needed to restrain the mark while you
- gather information that has been requested by the employer before you pull the trigger.
- The knife you carry should have a six inch blade with a serrated section for making efficient,
- quiet kills. Your physical training and combat techniques, outlines in Chapter 1, should have
- taught you where to strike.
- The knife should have a double edged blade. This double edge, combined with the serrated
- section and six-inch length, will insure a deep, ragged tear, and the wound will be difficult, if not
- impossible, to close without prompt medical attention.
- Make the thrusts to a vital organ and twist the knife before you withdraw it. If you hit bone, you
- will have to file the blade to remove the marks left on the metal when it struck the victim's bone.
- A rolled up ski-mask can be worn inconspicuously as a knit cap until the time to intrude on your
- victim. Then, pull it down to cover your features. A stocking mask may also be used, but may
- prove a bit awkward. And the distorted features created tend to shock people, whereas the ski
- mask is not so monstrous.
- You will want to complete your bag with a few minor accessories like an inexpensive pen-light
- from the drug store flashlight department. This will be of extreme value as you pick locks or
- search darkened rooms. Remember to hold your hand over the beam of light as you direct it.
- Throw in an ice pick, a large screwdriver and a flat-bladed knife like a putty or hook knife for
- gaining entry through locked doors, windows, or sliding glass doors.
- You may not need all these items on any one job, but it will be to your advantage to have them
- in case they are called for.
- EXTRAS
- After the basic equipment has been assembled, the following items can be added to your
- inventory as they are called for or as you can afford them.
- If you are seen by some observant witness, it will be to your advantage if the description he
- gives the authorities is completely inaccurate. Using your imagination, you can totally change
- your appearance by using wigs, false beards, wash-in hair color and other disguises. Get books
- on theatrical make-up from magic shops or then public library and start to experiment with the
- many ways professionals completely change their looks. Learn to use wigs, false tattoos, scars,
- black eyes and the like to fool your observers. If a man has an unsightly wart on the end of his
- nose, that is what everyone will remember about him, not the color of his eyes.
- A mark in hiding who expects to become a target may not open his door to you, but he very
- likely would respond to a request for help from a woman or old person who came calling. Along
- the same lines, props like repairman, medic and police officer uniforms may get deadbolts
- unbolted and guards let down.
- Some people will argue that a professional will not stoop so low as to play games with disguises.
- It may be great fun to fool people about who you really are, but it is certainly no game. By using
- disguises and changing them regularly, a professional has added freedom of movement. If the
- disguise is easily changeable -- that is if he can get out of it and into another quickly -- then he is
- time and money ahead.
- A man who calls himself a professional and would walk up barefaced and blow someone away
- with witnesses lurking about is only fooling himself. If you are going to take such great care in
- the selection and preparation of your tools, why risk being clearly identifiable? Indeed, the use of
- disguise and props while you carry out your assignment is highly advisable.
- CLOTHING
- Dress, as well as disguises, should be coordinated according to the job setting. A hippie would be
- totally out of place in an office complex among men in three piece suits. A clean-shaven, well
- dressed young man would be out of his natural element among a group of bikers. A feeble old
- man with a walking cane and a bag of groceries, on the other hand, might fit in almost
- anywhere. Dress to blend inconspicuously with your surroundings.
- You might start with a basic pair of dark coveralls. Except in certain circumstances, camouflage is
- out. Black, dark brown or olive green clothes do not stand out and will probably appear at first
- glance to be a mechanic or delivery driver's uniform. The many large pockets provided will
- enable you to easily conceal rubber gloves, extra clips and other tools. The bulkiness will even
- allow for concealment of your weapon. And underneath, you can wear your street clothes for a
- quick change after the job is completed.
- Recon of night work, where you do not intend to have your movements detected, call for
- camouflage or night suits. Be sure to fit this apparel to terrain and weather conditions. You
- wouldn't dress in black like a ninja to move about on a moonlit night or on a snowy white
- background. Neither would you wear light clothes to move about in dark alleys or against dark
- backgrounds. and if you are the only one running around in camouflage garb, you are more than
- likely to draw attention to yourself.
- UNINVITED ENTRY
- Following is a template for lock picks which will allow you to make a completely adequate set of
- picks out of ordinary hacksaw blades ground to shape on your workshop grinder:
- THE STANDARD PICKS
- Notice that one has slightly less angle at the tip. These two are the most commonly used.
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- THE TORSION BAR
- Notice the small site-down at the tip to allow for different sized key slots. A large, thick hair pin
- makes a good torsion bar.
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- LOCK PICK DIRECTIONS
- 1. Insert the pick all the way into the lock, facing up.
- 2. Place the torsion bar in the bottom of the lock, facing down. Exert a slight amount of pressure
- on the torsion bar in the direction the knob turns to open the door. (on the doors, if the knob is
- on the right, it turns to the right. If one the left, it turns to the left.)
- 3. Use only one finger to exert pressure on the torsion bar while you jiggle pick up and down (no
- more than an eighth of an inch at the most) and work the pick all the way back out of the lock. If
- you exert too much pressure or try to force the lock, you may freeze it or break the pick. The
- tumblers inside the lock must be bounced into place.
- 4. Each time you remove the pick, you must release the pressure on the torsion bar and begin
- again.
- In a short time you should become an expert at opening common door locks. Padlocks will hardly
- take any time at all to master. Deadbolts may take a little longer, but they are well worth the
- time and effort.
- You can also use ordinary channel lock pliers to open most deadbolts. By twisting the lock and
- breaking the retaining bolts, you can use a knife point or pick to turn the bolt and gain entry.
- Auto part stores also carry a handy little gadget called the Slim Jim that will enable you to get
- into almost any locked automobile in a manner of seconds. These are inexpensive and come with
- an instruction booklet depicting the methods for entering different makes and models.
- SURVEILLANCE
- The walkie-talkie, or two way radio, if it is a really good one, can be an indispensable tool when
- working with a partner. A good set is expensive, but has the range and ability for communicating
- through walls and over long distances -- up to two miles at least. It will also have a volume
- control as well as a code "beeping" device.
- The vast array of available surveillance equipment and the rapid advances in technology in this
- field are mind boggling. The old microphones and reel-to-reel tape recorders that had to be
- stored nearby are a thing of the past. Now you can plant a bug less than the size of a quarter
- and sit in you car two miles away while you listen to the action on your car radio. If you are
- interested in these James Bond tactics, start collecting catalogs and prices now for future use.
- One fellow gave a girl who lived with his mark a pretty barrette he found on the floor in a bar.
- The girl took the barrette home and left it on the dresser. Unfortunately for the mark, who
- eventually met his demise, the "found" barrette concealed a micro-transmitter. The hit man was
- able to collect enough information on their activities to plan a successful hit.
- Bugs offer some fascinating alternatives to the old standby method of sit-and-watch. Check into
- them as well as the electronic bug detectors, which are now easily accessible. Think of the kinds
- of information you could assemble with just a micro-bug and a voice-activated micro-cassette
- recorder, and think how hard it would be for someone without proper detection equipment to
- discover.
- Of course, no surveillance equipment would be complete with a good pair of binoculars. The best
- have a rating of 10 x 50 or higher for night vision, range and clarity.
- Even a small micro-cassette recorder can come in handy while you are doing your prejob
- research and will take the place of pen, paper, and fumbling in the dark.
- MISCELLANEOUS
- An air gun (one with pump, not spring, action), will come in handy on a number of occasions.
- You can use pellets to knock out lights or to create diversions. Or, you can make your own darts
- to carry a fast-acting poison to the mark or to his noisy watchdog.
- From time to time you may need a method for climbing to or from high places. Twenty feet of
- knotted rope (measure after knots are tied) can come in handy for climbing to second floor
- balconies or coming down from a roof. Tie one end in a high branch of a large tree and practice
- until you can scale it easily.
- Of course, the tools you use will vary from job to job. Some you will find yourself using again and
- again, while other suggested items will never be called for. Stock your inventory according to
- personal preference and need.
- LUXURY ITEMS
- As you move up the ladder of professionalism and become accustomed to success, you may want
- to increase you inventory with several toys that will make James Bond envious. Among these
- may be cleverly designed attachT cases with concealed weapons activated by a button on the
- handle, fancy cameras, Star-Light scopes, Laser bugging equipment, electronic gadgets and the
- like.
- Of course, your selection of weapons will grow and you may even have a secret vault in your
- home to conceal your collection of fully automatic toys like the Mac-11, M-16, tranquilizer guns,
- hand grenades and sophisticated exploding devices.
- You will be able to afford the best in false identifications and obtain real uniforms and badges for
- various state and federal law enforcement agencies to aid in the performance of your contracts.
- Throwaway cars and boats may even become common and you even own your very own plane,
- through legal methods explained later.
- Money talks, and for every need you have, there is a man out there who is willing to fill it for you
- for a price. That's how you got started, remember? But money buys a lot more than material
- things. Money can buy smart attorneys, judges, alibis, and even time, if necessary. The
- possibilities are endless for the smart man who plans his moves carefully, is mentally and
- physically prepared and doesn't leave any trails as he performs his highly paid services.
- THE DISPOSABLE SILENCER
- IN THE COURSE OF PUTTING this book together, while disguising myself as a writer I chanced to
- interview a former law enforcement officer with twenty seven years experience for his opinion of
- how a perfect hit would go down. It was the opinion of this officer of the peace that the perfect
- hit would start with the purchase of a nondescript automobile, then driving, with tools in tow, to
- the jobsite.
- Once there, he would follow the mark until a routine was established and probably waste the
- man in a public place with a blast from a double barreled sawed-off shotgun. Then he would
- throw the gun down and drive away while the bystanders were in a state of mass hysteria.
- Even if he got caught with the shotgun in his hands, he argued, they would not be able to prove
- that the blast from that shotgun was the murder weapon since shotguns are untraceable.
- Obviously he has not kept in touch with new investigative procedures and techniques, for it is
- now known that each shotgun makes an individual and distinct spread pattern and the gun most
- certainly can be matched as the murder weapon.
- "Why not hit the mark in his own home?" I inquired innocently.
- "Oh, I'd never hit a guy in his own house," he answered, "Too many witnesses .. you know,
- family ... nosy neighbors and the like."
- What about a small caliber handgun with an attached silencer?" I asked.
- "Well," he answered, "You would have to carry the handgun concealed, and that's against the
- law. But the shotgun, if it were a legal sized shotgun, you could carry that right in the window of
- your pickup truck on your gun rack. And I'd never touch a silencer. Boy! They'd burn you if you
- got caught with a thing like that!"
- I concluded the interview pretending to be in awe of his wisdom, while inside I was amazed by
- the ignorance behind his reasoning. Why on earth, I thought, would a man worry about breaking
- gun restrictions when he was en route to commit a murder.?
- Yet, I felt comforted by his viewpoint. For his opinion probably represents the way a goodly
- portion of law enforcement officers think.
- There have been many times when an amateur has just walked up to his mark on the street,
- blown him away in the midst of a crowd, ditched the gun in a garbage can and gotten away with
- it. But the whole procedure lacks professionalism and the risks are much too high.
- The professional is on call to kill. He not only provides the employer with his gun, but with his
- expert knowledge, discretion and ability to carry the assignment off without needlessly
- endangering anyone but the mark.
- The silencer is one of the most important tools a professional will ever have. The silenced
- weapon, when fired, will not draw attention. Lack of attention means more time. Time means
- getting the job done right. The panic, the pressure, is absent. There are many books available on
- the subject of making your own silencers. Most of the methods used require machine shop tools
- and the ability to use them with precision accuracy. This fact alone has put a lot of would-be
- professionals out of the game, or at least back into the ranks of amateurs.
- On the following pages, you will learn how to make, without the need of special engineering
- ability or expensive machine shop tools, a silencer of the highest quality and effectiveness. The
- finished product attached to your 22 will be no louder than the noise made by a pellet gun.
- Because it is so inexpensive (mine cost less than 20 dollars to make), you can easily dispose of it
- after job use without any great loss. Future silencers will cost even less to make, since many of
- the materials will not be used up in the first application.
- Your first silencer will require possibly two days total to assemble (including drying time) as you
- carefully follow the directions step by step. After you make a couple, it will become so easy, so
- routine, that you can whip one up in just a few hours.
- When it's done, no need to take it out in the woods to try it out. Just stack some magazines or
- newspapers in a box and shoot to your hearts content in the garage. Believe me, it's that good.
- Just remember, as I mentioned before, to resight your gun after the silencer is in place. And
- when you do go out in the woods, experiment to test how your range is affected. You will lose
- some distance, and this must be taken into consideration later, when planning a hit.
- DISPOSABLE SILENCER DIRECTIONS
- The directions and photographs that follow show in explicit detail how to construct a silencer for
- a Ruger 10/22 rifle. The same directions can be followed successfully to construct a silencer for
- any weapon, with only the size of the drill rod used for alignment changed to fit inside the
- dimension of the barrel.
- The following items should be assembled before you begin:
- • Drill rod, 7/32 inch (order from a machine shop if not obtained locally)
- • One foot of 1/4 inch brake line from auto parts
- • One quart of fiberglass resin with hardener
- • One foot of 1-1/2 inch (inside diameter) PVC piping and two end caps
- • One yard thin fiberglass mat
- • One roll of masking tape
- • One 1/8 inch drill bit
- • One 3/16 inch drill bit
- • Handful of rubber bands
- • Three or four single inch razor blades
- • One sheet 80 grit sandpaper
- • Six small wood screws
- • One box steel wool
- Cut a 10-inch section from the brake line. See figure 1. Drill a set of 1/8 inch holes down the
- length of the tube going in one side and out the other. The holes go all the way through. Notice
- in the photograph that the holes begin 1-1/2 inches from the end of the tube that fill on the gun.
- Next, take a 3/16 inch drill bit and enlarge the holes. See figure 2.
- Using masking tape and keeping the tape as free of wrinkles as possible, mask off about six
- inches of the gun barrel and the end of the barrel. Use only masking tape. Duct tape is too thick
- and would make for an improper fit. See figure 3.
- Then place the drill rod down the barrel to keep the brake tube aligned. This perfect alignment is
- extremely important.
- If the drill rod you purchase is a little too large, as sometimes happens, put it in a drill and using
- a file and sandpaper (80 grit), turn down the first six inches until it will fit inside the gun barrel. I
- operate the drill from the floor with my foot, letting the rod spin between my knees as I reduce
- the size. Check regularly until you achieve a perfect fit. If you grind the rod too small, cut it off
- and start over. Fit must be tight with no play. See figure 4.
- Wrap glass mat around the gun and tube three times. Secure it with string or rubber bands every
- half inch to keep it tight and in place. The glass should be wrapped about two inches behind the
- sight and up to the first hold on the tube. See figure 5.
- Now mix the resin. About a shot glassful will do. Mix it two or three times hotter than the
- package directions.
- Brace the gun in an upright position and dab the resin into the glass cloth with a stubby brush.
- Keep dabbling until the cloth is no longer white but has become transparent from absorption of
- the resin. See figure 6.
- As soon as the glass is tacky to touch without sticking (times differs according to weather
- conditions and humidity), it is time to remove the piece from the barrel. Move fast!
- First, take a razor blade and cut a notch behind the sight so the piece can be removed. Then
- push on the glass to slide it off. Do not pull on the tube. See figure 7.
- After removing the gun barrel, peel out the tape and allow it to finish hardening. You must work
- quickly. If you let the glass harden too much on the gun, you will have to cut it off and begin
- again.
- USe a grinder and 80 grit sandpaper to smooth the hardening rough surface.
- NEzt, grind the sides down about halfway, but do not grind past the point where the front of the
- sight makes contact. See figure 8. Cut it down until the barrel fits easily and snugly.
- Stand the glassed inner tube upright in a vise.
- Mix a small amount of resin and use an eyedropper to fill in any interior holes or air bubbles until
- the solid fiberglass is level with the steel tube end. This will give the junction of the steel inner
- tube and glass coupling added strength. See figure 9.
- Clean the eyedropper with acetone.
- Cut the PVC tube to desired length. This one is eight inches. See figure 10.
- Drill a large hole in the center of one cap, making it large enough to fit on the glass end to the
- point where the sight makes contact.
- Then drill small holes all around the cap at the bottom, as shown, with a 3/16 bit. See figure 11.
- Wrap masking tape around the cap to cover the holes. See figure 12.
- Stand the cap with the inside tube inserted into a vise. Get the cap level and straight with the
- tube.
- Cut a lot of 1/2 inch square pieces of fiberglass matting and fill the cap with it up past the level
- of the small holes.
- Mix resin and pour it over the cut glass to a point about 1/4 inch above the holes and allow it to
- dry before removing the cap from the vise. Don't worry about any resin that leaks out around the
- base hole. Resin fills the small holes, making the tube strong enough to take the blast when you
- fire the gun.
- When the inside is hardened, turn the assembly over and add glass around the backside of the
- cap for added strength as shown. Avoid getting resin in the opening where the barrel fits. See
- figure 13.
- Place the finished cap and inner tube on one end of the PVC tubing that has already been cut to
- size. Center the inner tube as you look in the open end of the PVC.
- Now drill a 1/8 inch hole in three place around the tube about 1/4 inch from the lip of the cap.
- Take the inner tube out and enlarge the holes in the cap to 3/16 inch. See figure 14.
- Replace the inner tube and tighten it down with three small wood screws.
- Trim the inside tube down until it extends about 1/2 inch beyond the outside PVC tube.
- Sharpen one end of the drill rod to a point and use as a punch. Stand the tube up with the solid
- cap down. Then drop the drill rod down the inner tube to get a true center mark. See figure 15.
- Find a drill bit a little larger than the outside diameter of the inner tube. Remove the cap and drill
- the hole.
- Replace the cap on the open end of the PVC and drill three 1/8 inch holes around the cap as
- before for wood screw.
- Grind off any inner tube that sticks out. make it flush with the face of the cap. See figure 16.
- Unfold the sections of steel wool and roll between palms to make strands as shown.
- Feed the strands into the silencer tube in a circular motion, packing the wool tight with a stick.
- Do this until the tube is completely full. See figure 17.
- Replace the end cap with the three screws. See figure 18.
- Paint the finished silencer black and attach it to your weapons. You may want to ensure proper
- alignment by wrapping tape or placing a hose clamp around the extension behind the sight. See
- figure 19.
- THE FINISHED PRODUCT
- Your finished product is whisper-quiet, the way a silencer is supposed to be! It is inexpensive,
- effective and reusable for over four hundred rounds before you will need to repack.
- This little tool is so easy to make that you will feel no pain when you crush it to bits and throw it
- away.
- TO KILL A RABBIT
- IT WOULD TAKE VOLUMES and volumes to list the many ways men have devised to exterminate
- one another, and I am sure you have already started to accumulate quite an extensive list of
- your own personal favorites.
- Some very good books are available on this subject and even television, movies and fictional
- stories are out to teach you a new trick or two! but be careful. Some of the methods depicted are
- only theories of an imaginative writer and do not work in reality. so be sure that any method you
- choose is a proven effective one.
- In Chapter 2, much detail was given concerning the effective use of the pistol and the rifle in
- making a kill. Although several shots fired in succession offer a quick and relatively humane
- death to the victim, there are instances when other methods of extermination are called for. The
- employer may want you to gather certain information from the mark before you do away with
- him. At other times, the assignment may call for torture or disfigurement as a "lesson" for the
- survivors. Your assignment could call for suicide or accidental death may be the order. It may, or
- may not, be important that the body disappear. There are ways to put off discovery of the body
- and ways to make it disappear completely.
- Books that deal with these subjects are available for your information, but the following
- techniques are personal favorites.
- EXPLOSIVES
- I will be rare to get a request for someone to be taken out with a bigger boom than that created
- by your 22. If you get such a request and don't know how to handle explosives properly, you'd
- be better off passing up the job.
- Here, again, much data is available on making homemade explosives, but these directions should
- be pretested before actual use. Quite of the few directions I have found product nothing but an
- unsatisfactory fizzle.
- Also, beware of the ability of the authorities to trace explosives. Sources for these supplies are
- limited, so make sure the components you have are untraceable.
- The only time I can think of that explosives might be in order is when several marks will be
- together in one place at one time, and you might be able to get them all with one shot. Notice
- that I stress the word might. Shrapnel doesn't always kill. So in the aftermath, it will be your
- responsibility to enter the area and make sure that the desired result was accomplished.
- Survivors are not good for business. And since explosives tend to attract immediate attention,
- you will have to work fast and take extreme added risk.
- Personally, I prefer discreet one-one-one contact and tend to avoid anything that draws
- attention. If explosives are the only alternative I military C-4 plastics or a military issue hand
- grenade (baseballs; the pineapple kind is obsolete). A hand grenade, properly placed, can give
- the desired results in a one-on-one situation. For instance, a grenade placed beneath the mark's
- car directly under the driver's seat with a wire leading from the pin to the drive shaft will work
- wonderfully. Just make sue the mark is the only one who drives the car or you may blow up
- some innocent victim. Messy mistakes of this type are not only a professional embarrassment to
- you and your employer but they tend to alert the mark of your intentions and bring the
- authorities out in full force.
- I once witnessed the destruction of a small stone house by means of a simple fertilizer bomb.
- The readily available components of it make it untraceable and it worked so well that all that was
- left was part of the foundation and a large, gaping hole where the bomb had been.
- To make a fertilizer bomb, purchase a fifty pound bag of fertilizer from your garden center. Get
- the kind with the highest nitrate content you can find. Next, buy one pound of black powder from
- a gun shop that sells reload supplies. Then, get 10-20 feet of waterproof fuse from a hobby shop
- that sells model rockets.
- Place the gunpowder inside a jar which comes with a screw-on lid. Drill a hole in the lid and slip
- one end of the fuse through tying a knot in the fuse to keep it from slipping out of the jar. Screw
- the lid on the powder filled jar.
- Under the bag of fertilizer place the powder filled jar cap side down. Extend the fuse and light or
- use a cigarette as a delayed igniter. RUN LIKE HELL~
- Dynamite is nice and can be picked up from many building sites or roads under construction. But
- during storage the sticks have to be turned over regularly to prevent settling of the nitro. And the
- blasting caps necessary to make it go off are so tricky that just by walking across the carpet
- enough static electricity could be created to blow you away.
- As I said in the beginning, unless you know what you are doing, stay away from requests for this
- kind of extermination, or the life you take may be your own.
- ARSON
- Arson is a good method for covering a kill or creating an "accident." When properly set, the fire
- will appear to have started from natural causes and arson will not be suspected.
- Fire investigation has become a science in recent years, and authorities and professional fire
- fighters can learn a great deal about the fire and its origin by a study of the scene.
- Before you try to fake a fire, know how to do it properly. For instance, lots of the new carpeting
- on the market is now fire retardant, as there are many other sympathetic materials. So rather
- than start a fire in the middle of the room, start it under an electrical appliance or from a stove
- burner that has "carelessly" been left on, or some other likely spot.
- Don't ever use gasoline or other traceable materials to start your fire. Woodgrain alcohol is you
- best starter because it burns away all traces.
- One good fire in an area that will create a lot of smoke from burning materials is preferred. Fire
- investigators can trace the origin of the fire, and two flames started simultaneously will
- immediately arouse suspicion.
- It is not the flame that kills most victims of a fire, but the inhalation of smoke. A fire victim will
- have smoke present in his lungs. Therefore, if this is your choice of extermination, your mark
- should be unconscious, but breathing, when the fire is set. Make sure that no scratches or
- bruises point to foul play. And remove the batteries from all smoke detectors with gloved hands
- before you set the fire.
- Never hang around to watch the fire you set. Police have been known to photograph the crowd;
- that's how a lot of pyromaniacs get caught. Don't let your curiosity get the better of you!
- BARE HAND KILLS, KNIVES, AND SILENT WEAPONS
- All of these are primarily self defense methods or tools. Who wants to take a chance with his
- bare hands or a knife in a one-on-one confrontation when a gun is so much quicker, cleaner and
- more effective and gives you so much more leverage? A mark may risk a chance at defending
- himself against your personal onslaught, but that cold steel with the silencer attached shows
- right away that you mean business and gets instant respect.
- However, skillful knowledge and use of these abilities is desirable and recommend. There may
- come a time when you need a silent method for eliminating a mark in a crowded area, or a way
- to quiet a bodyguard as noiselessly as possible in order to get the mark.
- As in all kill methods, be sure of your proficiency before your life depend son it. Stay in top
- physical condition, practice regularly until the moves become automatic and study pressure
- points so you will know where to strike and how much force to use for desired results.
- an ice pick hidden against your arm as you casually stroll past an unsuspecting victim in a
- crowded place can e used to strike him a powerful kidney blow without interrupting the natural
- swing of your arms as you pass.
- Movies and fictitious stories like to show the cutting of the victim's throat as a slice from ear to
- ear. However, this is not the best, or preferred, method.
- Using your six-inch, serrated blade knife, stab deeply into the side of the victim's neck and push
- the knife forward in a forceful movement. This method will half decapitate the victim, cutting
- both his main arteries and wind pipe, ensuring immediate death.
- As described earlier, the proper way to make a kill with the recommended knife is to twist the
- blade before withdrawing it from a vital area. The serrated edge will make an open, gaping
- wound that cannot be closed to stop the bleeding.
- You combat instructor should be able to teach you a wide variety of skills with silent weapons,
- when to use them and where to strike. You will develop your own personal preferences and style.
- There will hardly be a time when you will kill with your bare hands unless you use your ability for
- self-defense. A knife may be called for on occasion, and should be carried with you on all your
- assignments in case it is required. Silent weapons are specialty measures which require skill an
- talent for effective use.
- In any case, the object is to get to the mark, complete your assignment, and get out, as cleanly
- and as quickly as possible without drawing any unnecessary attention.
- POISONS
- Poisons are sweet, silent and effective, and some leave no traces. Poison is one of the hit man's
- best friends.
- If you know your mark's habits well enough, the desired result can be achieved while you are
- sitting miles away. If you make personal contact for their introduction, poisons will give prompt,
- guaranteed results.
- Because there is so much government regulation, effective poisons are getting harder and harder
- to come by. The recent Extra Strength Tylenol scare didn't help matters. Yet, there are sources
- still available for your use.
- At the local library, a very helpful assistant led me to a reference section, where I copied down
- the name and addresses of several large chemical suppliers (You don't want "industrial"
- chemicals: they are janitorial supplies.) I obtained phone numbers from information and called
- the numbers systematically until I found the one that carried the products I wanted. Under the
- guide of HM Research and Development, I ordered the minimum amounts required and sent
- along a money order for faster processing.
- Later, I went so far as to have a company letterhead made and sent inquires on certain
- chemicals, minimum ordering requirements and costs to the suppliers on my list. The letter went
- something like this:
- Dear Sirs:
- Our firm is interested in obtaining small quantities of the following chemicals for research
- purposes only. Please send a quote on minimum purchase requirements, costs and delivery.
- Sincerely,
- Jow Blough
- President
- With the information and catalogs I received from the suppliers who responded, I started a file
- for future reference.
- Newspapers and magazines often feature articles on newly discovered toxic substances and as
- warnings about misuse of everyday toxic chemicals.
- Recently there has been quite a stink about dioxin, a chemical waste material who's disposal the
- Environmental protection Agency has not handled satisfactorily. it is claimed that two ounces of
- this pure waste in powder form, if set off by a small blast into the air we breathe, could wipe
- pout the entire population of a large city. Poison for thought, isn't it?
- One of the luckiest sources for poisons that I ever stumbled across was an air-head who worked
- in the laboratory at a local hospital. This fellow would steal, smuggle out and deliver almost
- anything I could request in exchange for a bag of dope.
- You might often find such a source for yourself, but don't use him too often. His chances of
- becoming careless in his efforts to satisfy his habit are great. You don't need someone of this
- character telling anyone who he steals the stuff for.
- A chance visit to the local garden supply turned up a wealth of unexpected information. The first
- surprise was a booklet covering the poisonous plants, insects and reptiles of my state. The book
- went into amazing detail about the potency of each poison, the lethal amount, and the resulting
- effects. I spent days scouting the woods and garden centers, picking up plants to break down for
- my stash. I smashed seeds, dried leaves and ground berries until the wee hours of morning,
- placing each small bottle with a tight cap and label.
- Carolina or yellow jessamine, for instance, is in the same plant family that produces strychnine
- and curare. All parts are toxic. Aside from a variety of side effects, death is brought about due to
- stoppage of breathing.
- The flowering oleander is another good one. All parts are very poisonous. Final effect is
- unconsciousness, respiratory paralysis and death. People have been poisoned by using the
- branches of this plant to skewer meat or stir food. Even the smoke of burning oleander is
- poisonous.
- Pokeweed, or inkberry, is entirely poisonous, but especially the root. About two hours after
- eating, vomiting and purging begins. Death is said to be caused by respiratory failure.
- One thoroughly chewed castor bean seed will cause death within two weeks from uremia, with
- symptoms beginning up to three days after ingestion.
- The fruit pulp of the chinaberry tree is especially poisonous. Toxic alkaloids attack the nervous
- system and cause death by paralysis.
- The list goes on and on ...
- At the same garden center, I chanced to survey the wide assortment of chemicals available for
- the do-it-yourselfer. my favorite (and one that is highly recommended by several other
- connoisseurs) is nicotine. A product called black leaf 40 contains 40 percent nicotine. Nicotine is
- on the restricted drug list and cannot be legally purchased in pure form. Boil this liquid until all
- the water evaporates and you will be left with a thick, lethal syrup. I prefer injection into the
- bloodstream via dart or poison-filled bullet. Placing it directly on the skin has never gotten any
- results.
- If you live in a coastal area, you might have read recent newspaper warnings against eating the
- common blowfish (also known as puffer). It seems that the bladder of this saltwater fish contains
- tetrodotoxin, a poison which is 150 thousand times more potent than curare. If the bladder is
- accidentally broken during cleaning and the meat contaminated by its contents, eating the fish
- will bring about blocked nerves, causing all muscles to stop working. The victim stops breathing
- and dies within minutes. There is no known antidote, and the victims of such poisonings are
- often diagnosed as having died from food poisoning.
- If you don't live in a coastal area where you can easily obtain one of these wonderful sources of
- deadly poison, why not ask you local pet shop owner to order one especially for your salt water
- aquarium.
- Of course, all your poisons should be tested prior to actual use. Because there metabolisms most
- resemble that of man, try small amounts of the poisons you collect on mice and rats. Dogs and
- cats can withstand much greater dosages than humans and are not a good choice for valid
- testing. After you have tested your poisons for effectiveness and established your favorites you
- are ready to go to work.
- The Mafia is said to have coated assassins' bullets with garlic juice, supposedly fatal if it enters
- the bloodstream, though safe to ingest. If this is true, than how much more effective will it bot to
- fill your hollow point bullets with the liquid poison of your choice to ensure a job well done?
- Dip your knife in the lethal drug. Star tips, darts and ice picks become doubly effective when
- used in combination with poison. Soak the mark's tea bags in the potent additive. Empty his
- medication and refill all capsules with milk-sugar except for one loaded dose. Let your
- imagination soar!
- The Poor Man's James Bond sold by Paladin Press, give recipes for potassium cyanide and
- sodium cyanide, both lethal granules. Effects of these poisons were tested for us by a few
- previous users of Extra Strength Tylenol.
- Poisons offer a quiet alternative to things that go boom in the night and are well worth the effort
- it takes to accumulate and test them.
- Rumor has it that Jake T was causing friction for some boys who brought in illegal substances on
- the West Coast of Florida. Old Jake wanted a big piece of the action and started throwing his
- weight around. Something had to be done before Jake upset the apple cart.
- A professional was brought in.
- "I don't care how you do it," said the big boss, "But it has to look natural. We don't want the
- heat on our backs because some asshole with an overgrown ego doesn't know how to mind his
- own business."
- The professional followed old Jake discreetly for a few days, checking for clues, habits and
- behaviors that would help hymn make a decision on how to accomplish the extermination.
- He had watched Jake travel about town in his four-by-four pickup with the shotguns hanging in
- the rear window on the gun rack. He had picked up Jake's rather loose routine. The only thing he
- knew for sure was that wherever Jake went, he was always chewing on the end of a toothpick.
- With that clue, he carefully soaked a toothpick in the contents of the bladder of a blowfish he
- picked up at the beach. After it dried, he placed the toothpick in a conspicuous place on the dash
- of Jake's truck, within reach of the steering wheel, and removed the other toothpicks that were
- lying about.
- About two days later, as Jake was getting out of his truck, he dropped dead. Cause of death was
- determined to be food poisoning.
- ACCIDENTS AND SUICIDES
- It takes a lot of knowledge and common sense to efficiently fulfill a request for an apparent
- accidental death or suicide. An autopsy and police investigation can reveal a great deal about the
- accident and/or how the victim really met his death.
- For instance, a body found lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs will have bruises, broken
- bones, and marks. Unless you know how to fake these results or bring about certain death from
- a real fall, you had better not get involved.
- If the employer is requesting accidental death to collect double indemnity on an insurance policy,
- have him read the fine print again. many times these policies also pay double for violent deaths,
- so a foiled robbery or a burglary may be more in line with your abilities.
- Faked suicides are very tricky too. A left-handed man will not shoot himself with his right hand. A
- man who jumps off a building to his death will not hit the pavement twenty feet from that
- building. Distance alone will indicate whether he jumped or was thrown. A person with a phobia
- for heights would choose a suicide method other than jumping from a building., And many a
- hanging has been discovered to be a result of foul play because the knot was tied in the wrong
- direction, or because there was no evidence of a ladder or other way for the victim to get his
- head into the noose.
- Contrary to popular belief, most suicides do not leave notes. Usually these people are so
- depressed that all they want is out. So if your mark is not visibly depressed and all seems to be
- going right with him in the world, immediate suspicion may result from his death.
- If you are qualified to fulfill a suicide or accidental death request, you should charge more for the
- hit based on your superior knowledge and abilities.
- MAKING A RELUCTANT VICTM TALK
- At times it will be an imperative part of your job assignment hat you extract certain information
- from the mark before he meets his fate. Most people will tell you anything you want to know,
- even when they are sure they are about to die, just to buy a few extra seconds or minutes of life.
- But there are a stubborn few who will take their secrets to their graves rather than break, even in
- the face of death. Sometimes you can pretend to bargain with these obstinate martyrs, even
- though you fully intend to carry out your contract once you receive the desired information.
- I had the opportunity to accompany a master of persuasion on an assignment a few years ago.
- Although small in stature, this full-blooded Indian was ruthless in obtaining the information he
- came for. The mark was a much larger man, outweighing the Indian by more than eighty
- pounds. With my help, we subdued the giant, stripped him to the waist and tied him into a
- wooden arm chair.
- "Talk," ordered the Indian.
- Silence.
- The Indian pulled an ice pick from his pocket.
- The giant looked from the point of the pike to the Indian and then to me, as if begging for my
- intervention. I shrugged my shoulders in a helpless gesture.
- The Indian circled the giant slowly. Suddenly he stopped and inserted the tip of the pick into the
- giant's upper arm about a quarter of an inch. When he withdrew his pick, there was a sickening
- little popping sound as blood spurted from the wound for a second, then stopped.
- "Talk," repeated the Indian.
- More silence.
- Several stabs later, the giant was quivering like a jellyfish, his body like a pincushion, while the
- Indian was getting more and more into his work.
- Suddenly he grew tired of the ice pick game. With a malicious grin, he pulled a pair of pliers from
- his other hip pocket and gave me a sly wink. Pointedly, methodically, he began with the giant's
- little finger on his left hand and crunched each knuckle slowly with the pliers. It seemed to no
- effort at all on his part as the soft bone gave way under the force of the simple tool. he ha only
- gotten to the third finger when the giant began to cry like a baby and spill his guts. The Indian
- listened, asked a few questions, then unstrapped the trembling giant and set him free. The big
- man raced for the door and into the night.
- I'm not sure, but I think the Indian was a bit disappointed that it all ended so quickly. But the
- stain on the front of his pants showed that he had enjoyed himself tremendously!
- There is no end to the various ways of torturing a mark until he would tell you what you want to
- know, and die just to get over it. Sometimes all it takes is putting a knife to his throat. not from
- behind with the blade across the throat the way they do in the movies, but from the front where
- the tip of the blade creasing the soft hollow of the throat, where the victim can see the gleaming
- steel and realizes what damage it would do if it fully penetrated.
- Most people would much prefer the compassionate quick release of a bullet to the slow torturous
- death of being cut and watching their own lifeblood seep from their body. And even facing death,
- they tend to want to leave the body behind to be whole and dignified instead of a mutilated,
- unrecognizable corpse.
- You may threaten, bargain, torture or mutilate to get the information you want, and you must be
- prepared to use whatever method works.
- HOW TO GET RID OF THE CORPUS DELICTI
- If disposing of the body becomes part of your job assignment, you should charge a hefty
- additional sum. The risks you take in carrying out the request and the extra time you spend with
- the corpse are certainly deserving of higher compensation. There are many options, and the one
- you choose will depend on the circumstances of your particular job and location.
- If you have a really strong stomach, you can always cut the body into sections and pack it into
- an ice chest for transportation and disposal at various spots across the countryside.
- Or, you can simply cut off the head after burying the body. Take the head into some deserted
- location, place a stick of dynamite into the mouth, and blow the telltale dentition to smithereens!
- After this, authorities can't use the victims' dental records to identify his remains. As the body
- decomposes, fingerprints will disappear and no real evidence will be left from which to make
- positive identification. You can even clip off the fingertips and bury them separately.
- Orf course, there are many easier and less gruesome methods for disposing of the corpse. We all
- know the story of how the mob buries the body in the still of the night in some footer for a
- multistory building where cement is to be poured the next day.
- Or the one about tying cement blocks to the body and dumping it into the river. But there's a lot
- more to it than that. If you choose to sink the corpse, you must first make several deep stabs
- into the body's lungs (from just under the rib cage) and belly. This is necessary because gases
- released during decomposition will bloat these organs, causing the body to rise to the surface of
- the water.
- The corpse should be weighted with the standard concrete blocks, but it must be wrapped from
- head to toe with heavy chain as well, to keep the body from departing and floating in chunks to
- the surface. After the fishes and natural elements have done their works, the chain will drag the
- bones into the muddy sentiment.
- If you bury the body, again deep stab wounds should be made to allow gases to escape. A
- bloating corpse will push the earth up as it swells. Pour in lime to prevent the horrible odor of
- decomposition, and lye to make that decomposition more rapid.
- Quicksand, the open sea, caves in isolated areas and abandoned wells are all potential places to
- get rid of the body.
- Preplan your actions. Know what you're going to do with the corpse before you pull that trigger.
- be flexible enough to make sudden changes in your plan should some unexpected predicament
- arise.
- DEALING WITH MAN'S BEST FRIEND
- You've probably heard the saying, "There are many ways to kill a rabbit." A greater problem for
- the hit man is finding a way to silence a barking dog. An overzealous dog in the neighborhood,
- and more particularly, the mark's own canine, presents a problem that must be dealt with. If you
- can get to the dog without too much risk to yourself, you can feed it ground glass in raw
- hamburger a few days before the hit; the animal will die a slow and miserable death.
- Unfortunately, the ultimate demise of his best friend and protector may put the mark on guard
- for your impending arrival.
- As I stated before, dogs can take much larger amounts of poison than a man's fragile system can
- handle. You will have to experiment to come up with the best available poison and the proper
- dosage, which may mean a definite decrease in the canine population of your own neighborhood.
- Poison placed inside a capsule and buried in a ball of meat is one method to use. However, this
- means waiting whatever time it takes for the poison to get into the dog's system to do its work. I
- have found that if the dog gets a taste of the poison, he may spit the meat out or that some
- poisons will cause him to throw up his stomach contents in a very short time. And some pets are
- so finicky that they will eat carefully around any pill or capsule, leaving it as evidence in the
- bottom of the dog dish.
- Shooting a dog will create a loud and continuous string of yelps and howls that may alert the
- countryside, unless you are an expert marksman and can shoot to kill with one shot. The best
- spot to go for is right behind and under the ear where the brain is located. Even then, be
- prepared for that one long yelp before death occurs. In fact, almost anything you do to a dog will
- bring out that resounding, attention drawing yelp.
- A house dog and family pet will normally keep a distance between you and him while he barks
- his head off to alert his family that danger is present. An attack dog, on the other hand, should
- charge ferociously. The only advantage of coming face to face with an attack dog is that once he
- sinks his teeth into something, the barking will stop. If you know an attack dog is on the scene,
- bring material to wrap your arm to prevent his breaking the skin when he makes his attack. As
- he charges, offer the wrapped arm and let him sink his teeth into the material. Once he has a
- good, tight hold, place your free forearm on the back of his neck as a brace. Then jerk the arm
- he is biting up and back quickly to break his neck. Or, you can just as easily cut his throat while
- you have him in that position.
- a hypodermic needle filled with poison or a poison tipped dart shot through a blow gun seems to
- give the best results.
- HOMEWORK AND SURVEILLANCE
- THE ABSOLUTELY MOST ESSENTIAL part of any successful operation is accurate information.
- Even with the finest weapon and the most sophisticated equipment available, without accurate
- information you'll be all dressed up with nowhere to go. Or, worse yet, you may crash the wrong
- party.
- HOMEWORK
- Only a fool will rush right into a job without doing his homework. You have to know your target,
- whether it's a job for hire or a personal endeavor. Every scrap of up-to-date information you can
- gather inconspicuously should be assembled and studied to guarantee the success of you
- operation. Information requirements will vary, depending on the type and difficulty of the job.
- Even the most minute, seemingly unimportant detail can be just the very item you need.
- Everything your employer knows, you should know.
- The best way to gather the necessary facts to plan your job is to use an information sheet as a
- guideline so nothing will be left out. You can have your employer fill it out himself, but you will
- get better information (once you have a bond of mutual trust and price has been agreed upon) if
- you ask the questions and fill it our as he supplies the information.
- UNtil you actually do the job, the information sheet is just harmless data. However, if it falls into
- the wrong hands and you go ahead with the job, it could very well prove conspiracy. So keep it
- in a safe place away from prying eyes and nosy snoopers. After you do the job, the information
- sheet, along with any photos, maps, diagrams, house keys and other paraphernalia will become
- incriminating evidence linking you to the crime. So memorize and get rid of all your information
- before you leave to do the job.
- The best way to rid yourself of this evidence is to burn it all, crumble the cooled residue, and
- scatter it in the wind. If you burn it indoors, flush it down the toilet. But make sure you are not
- near any smoke detectors or you may have company at the most inopportune time. Just see that
- all this information is done away with in some manner that will inhibit its reconstruction.
- On the following pages is a sample information sheet to show the depth of the information
- required to plan an efficient, successful job. Each job will be different, so the categories will carry
- in their importance. For instance, if a man lives alone, it may become important to know is he
- has a dog who will bark, warning the owner of your impending intrusion or alerting the
- neighborhood that something is amiss. If a man lives with several other people, however, it may
- become important to know his regular routine and where he hands out when he is not at work or
- at home.
- Your thinking, pattern and technique should be flexible and imaginative. You may want to
- develop your own information-gathering system based on your personal needs and preferences.
- Using this information complete on the sample form;, we come to the following conclusions:
- Items 1,2,3,5 and 24 supply physical information to enable positive identification of the mark.
- Edward Nathan Jones (AKA Eddie or Fat Boy) can be mentally pictures as a middle-aged,
- overweight man who is more than likely too out of shape to make any positive effort to defend
- himself against our onslaught. The photograph supplied will help greatly in making a positive
- identification. However, if the photo were not available, the indicated mole, scar and habitual
- cigar would be of great benefit, along with the detailed physical description.
- Items 9 through 20 and 23 give clues to his emotional makeup. Our mark is basically a loner. He
- lives alone, has few friends or outside interests, preferring to remain within the confines of his
- apartment watching TV during his free time. He is a heavy drinker, although he does not abuse
- any type of drug. The that he is a homosexual will preclude the sudden appearance of a
- girlfriend. It was stated in item 23 that he is afraid of sexual contact of any kind since his brush
- with the law eight years ago. He may be jut a bit paranoid, since he does keep a loaded weapon
- close at hand in the apartment. His previous fighting ability will more than likely pose no threat,
- since his excess weight will slow him down considerably and make him short-winded.
- Items 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 25,and 26 indicate again that his lifestyle precludes heavy
- traffic flow at the place where he lives. Although his job is an unimportant one and he drives to
- and from work alone, a study of the drawings in items 25 and 26 as well as the photos provided
- make the apartment the initial choice for making the hit. The fact that he does not deal of
- partake of illegal drugs and that he has no known sexual pastimes shows that he will usually be
- found alone. The absence of burglar alarms or watchdogs would indicate that he feels relatively
- safe within the confines of his apartment, relying only on his own abilities and the loaded .38 for
- self-protection. Since his own car is the only one usually present in the reserved parking area, a
- quick check of the tag numbers should be enough to verify he is alone before you make your
- move.
- Items 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 20 offer potential methods for making the hit.
- Items 7 shows that he travels to and from work alone. A well-planned "traffic accident" or "hit
- and run" might be in order. Or even a well-placed rifle shot from a distance.
- Item 11 might inspire some other type of accident in the home while the mark is under the
- influence of the alcohol he is known to drink heavily. Or, some really good poison, like cyanide,
- might be added to a bottle of wine he has chilling in the refrigerator.
- The negative responses to items 12, 13, 14 and 15 rule out "Accidental" death due to drug
- overdose. IF he were a drug dealer, a fake rip-off might have been used as the cover. Or
- perhaps he would have indulged in a bad bag of dope.
- Since he has no dealings with women, item 16 is of little help. A woman would be no use in
- keeping him occupied or luring him to the spot of your choice.
- Item 20 might be a good alternative. If the mark has a bad heart, the mere presence of a
- venomous snake in his bed or mailbox might bring about an immediate heart attack.
- Based on the overall picture, however, quick, silent entry and the muffled blast of your .22 is the
- preferred route. The mark's physical attributes, his emotional makeup and his lifestyle would
- indicate that it might be days before any foul play is detected. The layout of the apartment
- complex and the position of his apartment make it an ideal place to make a hit.
- The decision has been made.
- You may have noticed no personal information was requested from the employer as to why he
- wanted the hit performed. neither was their any reference to the employer, his name or location.
- It is not necessary for you to know why the employer wants the mark taken out. If he tells you,
- fine. Otherwise, don't ask. The employer is the judge. You are merely the executioner. Your job,
- once the information is provided, is to study it to arrive at your own conclusions as to how the
- job will be accomplished or whether additional information will have to be obtained on your own.
- Give the employer what he has paid for: the cleanest, most efficient and professional services
- possible.
- SURVEILLANCE
- Surveillance can be a tedious and sometimes boring part of your job. It can mean sitting in
- sweltering heat or freezing cold for hours on end while you try not to look conspicuously out of
- place or draw attention to yourself. It means hoping to gather enough information to put
- together some ideas of how the mark thinks and acts so you can plan when and how to make
- your move.
- When a complete packet of information is supplied by the employer at the time you make the
- contract, surveillance can be cut down to a few routine checks of places the mark is known to
- frequent and a couple of runs to establish positive identification and correct addresses. If for
- some reason the employer cannot provide the information required for advance planning, of
- course the fee he pays and the expense money advanced will Ben higher to cover the extra risks
- and time involved in assuring success of the job.
- The key here, as always, is discretion. The use of disguises will enable you to move about more
- freely. It is much to your advantage that no one recognize your true identity or remember your
- actual description.
- Surveillance techniques vary from job to job, depending on the area where the mark lives and his
- personal and social habits. A man in a large city will be much easier to watch or tag that a man
- in a small town or rural community. In the city, you blend with the crowd and the crowd tends to
- mind its own business. In a small area, an outsider will immediately inspire curiosity.
- In some places, an unusual car parked on the roadside with a lone man seated behind the wheel
- for an extended period of time may have terrified mothers reporting its presence to the
- authorities. In other places, the same man could sit in the same car all day and no one would
- give him a second glance.
- The object is to check the conditions that exist on each particular job before you formulate your
- plan. No matter how high your IQW, or how sharp your weapon skills, if you lack basic common
- sense, you won't make it as a professional in this field.
- One fellow I know accepted a contract on an old country boy who has known to be a big drug
- dealer. The mark was always on the go and never in one place at the same time twice. And
- traffic at the mark's home was heavy, moving in and out in a steady stream. The hit man
- followed the mark for several days and never could establish the proper time or place to make a
- quiet hit. Finally, in frustration, he got into his "good OLE country boy" outfit and knocked on the
- mark's front door.
- "Charlie 'round?" the hit man drawled as he spat a mouth of chew on the ground.
- "Naw, he ain't here," came the reply.
- "Reckon I could catch him over at Pete's Bar4?" our friend inquired as he bent to wipe the dust
- from his cowboy boots.
- "Maybe later. He's out at the packing house right now," the young man informed him. "I 'spect
- him to come back by here 'bout five or six o'clock."
- "Thank you much, "our friend said, tipping his hat politely. "Just tell him Clyde stopped by and I'll
- be seeing him later."
- Back in his pickup truck, "Clyde" drove to the packing house he had surveyed earlier. he knew it
- was a cover for transporting the drugs cross-country. The decision now was whether to hit the
- mark here, or wait until later when he was known to be visiting Pete's Bar.
- Luckily there was a vacant parking spot to the left of the mark's car. he turned the radio on and
- country music filled the air. Leaning his head back against the seat, he pulled hi hat down to
- cover his eyes as though he were napping. He was still in that position when the unsuspecting
- mark bent to unlock his car forty-five minutes later.
- The muffled sound of three shots to mark's head went unnoticed by the workers in the packing
- house. The body was not discovered until several hours later when the shift ended. By then, our
- friends was safely miles away. A difficult hit had been successfully completed!
- If you expect your surveillance to entail tedious hours of watching and waiting, there are some
- things you can do to make yourself more comfortable during that time. If it's cold out, dress
- warmly and carry a blanket to cover yourself so you won't have to run the car to keep the heater
- going. Pack a thermos of coffee or cold drinks and some food so you won't have to leave your
- position when you get hungry. Bring a portable radio of cassette player so you won't drain your
- car battery. Don't bring any reading material. You can't watch and read, although a book or
- newspaper may be used as a prop. To fill the time, you make check out books on cassette from
- the library and listen while you watch.
- Fill your tank before you start out. You never know when the mark may be on the move, and
- many a tail has been lost because the tank ran out before the mark did.
- If you can afford them and are able to get inside to plant them, quarter sized bugging devices
- are not available that will pick up conversation up to two miles away on an unused radio
- frequency. The bugs can be planted in the house, inside a frequently worn jacket, inside the car,
- and so on, giving you the leverage of knowing what is going on from a perfectly legitimate spot
- within a two-mile radius.
- Binoculars, infra-red photography, Star-light scopes and bugging devices all have their time and
- place. Unfortunately, nothing will ever replace the basic sit and watch technique.
- At night, perhaps circumstances will allow you to approach a little closer to take a peek, or even
- go inside for a preliminary investigation. But don't ever take risks gathering information that may
- not be necessary. Use common sense!
- Remember these important rules: If, for any reason, you can be placed at the jobsite by
- witnesses, scratch that job for a later time or eliminate it altogether.
- If you are working out of town and get a traffic ticket, Call the job off.
- If you are doing surveillance and the cops come to check out your reason for loitering in the
- area, call the job off.
- If you run into a neighbor or repairman while you are snooping around the mark's house, Call
- the job off.
- Don't let any little detail link you to the victim.
- OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
- YOU'VE READ ALL THE suggested reading material, you've honed your mind, body and reflexes
- into a precision piece of professional machinery. You've assembled the necessary tools and
- learned to use them efficiently. Your knowledge of dealing death has increased to the point
- where you have a choice of methods. Finally, you are confident and competent enough to accept
- employment. Where do you start?
- Placing advertisements in military and gun magazines may get results .. but not the type you are
- after. The only response one fellow I know got was a personal visit from the FBI -- which
- certainly is not conducive to the preferred low profile. Even though he used a post office box, Big
- brother was able to track him down with little effort. I do not recommend that you use this
- method of solicitation, or that you respond to these ads.
- Your best bet as a beginner is to of through a personal acquaintance whom you trust and who is
- capable of paying for your services. This person will be aware of your interest in weapons, your
- combat training and your unconventional attitude. If he has a problem that needs solving,
- approach him gently to see how serious he is about getting it taken care of. You may start out as
- a bodyguard, courier, or messenger. DO whatever it takes to build your credibility. Based on his
- opinion of your trustworthiness and abilities he may recommend to you someone who can take
- advantage of the services you offer, even though he may not have an immediate need. You will
- find that most of your jobs will come as a direct result of personal recommendations from
- previously satisfied customers.
- Use the reference materials suggested in Chapter 1. Your local newspaper will offer a host of
- potential employment opportunities. Even a local gossip source. How many times have you heard
- about someone who has been burned and is eager of revenge?
- In most cases, it would be very unwise and unhealthy to use the direct approach on your first
- contract, especially if the prospective employer is someone you don't know on a personal basis.
- Neither are telephone contacts or written communications advisable.
- Be suspicious of anyone who approaches you directly about any illegal activity, unless, of course,
- that person has alre3ady established a bond of trust. And remember that moving too fast can
- scare away a potential employer with ready cash in his pocket.
- If you've heard or read of someone capable of paying for your services and with a definite need
- you can fill, but you don't personally know that person, there are a few ways to make yourself
- available inconspicuously. If possible, have a mutual acquaintance introduce you to him or her.
- The mutual acquaintance should be someone who has already established a bond of trust with
- the prospective employer so that his acceptance of you will be as good as a personal
- recommendation. If no mutual acquaintance is available, study the potential employer's habits
- and find a way to make yourself known to him. If he often visits the same bar, for instance, you
- can make it a point to become a familiar face in the crowd. Whenever possible, make it a point to
- introduce yourself, gain his confidence (don't be pushy) and tactfully bring the subject of
- conversation around to his problems and needs. Using common sense and food intuition, you will
- know when the time is right to offer your discreet services, and he will recognize your
- professionalism.
- The most important thing to keep in mind is the financial capability of the prospective employer.
- Your very first question in considering any employment opportunity is: Can this man pay for my
- professional services?
- If you are in this line of work because of the power you feel when you make a kill or because you
- have a reckless, daring nature and get a thrill from flirting with death, keep these personal
- reasons to yourself. As far as the employer is concerned, you are only in it for the money.
- When the subject is finally broached and the conversation gets down to the nitty gritty, listen to
- the man as he talks. Check him out to see if you really want to become involved in his personal
- affairs.
- Is he full of hot air -- just a big talker -- or is her serious about eliminating his problem?
- Does he have the personal courage to carry out, or have you carry out, the solution he is after?
- Will he be overburdened by guilt and remorse afterwards?
- Is he cautious in his conversation? Is he appraising you just as hard as you are appraising him?
- How tough is he? Will he break under pressure and point a finger at you?
- Does he brag or tell stories "Out of school"? If he tells you about other hits he's fronted or starts
- to name names, he talks too much. Forget him.
- Does he come right down and ask you to make a hit for him before he has determined your
- qualifications? If so, he may be asking people all over town. you don't need that type of
- conversation following a prospective mark around.
- During that initial conversation, you both should be mentally asking these questions of each
- other. but no actual conversation about a contract or the identity of the mark should be
- discussed unless unusual circumstances make it proper.
- Let a short period of time go by, if possible, before your second meeting. Use this time to analyze
- your potential employer and decide whether you are willing to risk offering your services.
- Follow your gut feelings. If the man acts earnest and sincere, if he meets all the questions you
- have posed in your mind while you talked, if he seems on the up and up and yet you still have a
- gut feeling that something is just no right, follow your intuition and back off.
- The employer should have a healthy respect for your ability and be aware of the consequences
- should he decide to cross you. At the same time, a man with that kind fi money to spend can pay
- someone to waste you/ If he's too condescending, your intuition should tell you to pass.
- At the second meeting, gently maneuver the conversation to the real purpose of your visit. You
- may want to initially operate under the guise of knowing someone else who may be willing to
- fulfill his needs. If he tactfully asks if your services are available, you can just as tactfully request
- information about what he wants done. He should be willing and able to provide you with all the
- information you need to do a clean and efficient job, and a price should be agreed on.
- Prices vary according to risk involved, social or political prominence of the victim, difficulty of the
- assignment, and other factors. A federal judge recently brought a price of $250,000, for example.
- A county sheriff might bring $75,000 to $100,000.
- In some cases, your employer may expect to receive hefty benefits from double indemnity life
- insurance clauses. If so, you should be notified in advance that this is an "insurance job."
- Is the intended victim close enough to the employer that his being the beneficiary will arouse any
- suspicion? Is the policy an old one, or one he recently purchased and wants to collect on? Is the
- amount to be collected way out of proportion to the victim's lifestyle and means?
- Consider these question before you accept the job and get your money up front! Otherwise, you
- may be standing in the bread lines while you wait for the money to come through. Or your
- employer may have long since become a prime suspect in someone's investigation.
- Depending on the benefits of the insurance policy, it is not uncommon to collect one-fourth to
- one-half of the expected monies for your services.
- The risk is all on your shoulders until the job is complete. Your contract amount should be at
- least enough to hire the services of a good attorney if anything should go wrong. It is not
- recommended that you take any contract that pays less than $30,000, and that is working
- mighty cheap. To work for any amount less would be amateurish, There are guys all over town
- who will kill a man for $50 to $5000. And the people who hire these thugs usually get exactly
- what they pay for.
- There are two good reasons for setting a $30,000 minimum for your services. First, the risks
- involved are high. You could become injured or lose your life while attempting to carry out your
- assignment. But worse yet, you might make some mistakes that will cost your freedom or bring
- capital punishment as the penalty. A fee of $5,000 or even $10,000 will be of little consolation as
- you wait helplessly behind bars.
- Second, because the risks are so high and employment opportunities are limited, the money you
- earn should be sufficient to carry you over until your next job comes along. Unless you live in a
- very large city like New York or Chicago, you will want to limit the number of jobs you do in your
- own hometown. Most hit men like to limit contracts to one or two a year, for obvious reasons.
- It is a good idea to have your employer promise to cover any legal expenses as part of your
- agreement. This can be done through a discreet arrangement with his attorney, should those
- legal services become necessary. This acts as a sort of insurance for both of you.
- You should receive expense money up front on all jobs. This money is separate and not included
- in the contract amount.
- Expenses generally run between $500 and $5000, depending on the type of job and the job
- location. The money will cover travel, lodging, food, accessories such as disguises and equipment
- (since all of these things are disposable), and will enable you to replace any throwaway weapon
- you use on that particular job. Any amount leftover belongs to you. But don't cut any corners
- trying to make an extra buck. Give the man the most professional job his money can buy.
- Generally, the method used to make the hit is at the contractors discretion. If the employer
- requests that a certain method be used, making the job more difficult and dangerous by your
- being obligated to follow his explicit instructions, you are entitled to ask for a higher fee.
- "Accidental" death and "suicides" are included in these special requests, as are disposing of a
- body, arson, and so on.
- In most cases, it is common to receive half o the contract amount and all expense money up
- front, and half upon satisfactory completion. Of course, these monies are to be paid in cash/
- At the third meeting, the employer should provide you with an envelope containing the
- assembled information requested, expense monies and the contract amount according to your
- agreement. Your acceptance of this material and monies from your employer represents your
- acceptance of his offer for employment and his acceptance of your ability to do the required job
- in an efficient and timely manner.
- The employer, in most cases, should not know exactly when the actual hit will take place. He
- may, however, give you a deadline based on his personal needs. Otherwise, you should inform
- him that the deed will be performed "within thirty days" (or whatever time frame you have
- established based on the information provided.)
- In addition to his not knowing exactly when the hit will take place, he should not know how it will
- take place unless the method to be used is a specific part of your agreement. Afterwards., he is
- not entitled to any details of how the actual job went down. It is better for both of you if the only
- information available to your employer is the same information made available to the general
- public.
- If the employer is a close friend of business associate, your relationship should continue in the
- usual fashion without interruption. It is best for both of you to continue with your usual life
- patterns.
- If you normally visit one another's homes, continue to do so. If you meet for lunch or play golf
- on occasion, continue to do so. If you usually frequent the same bar and share a few drinks,
- don't start treating one another as strangers now./
- Keep things the same as they were before you made your death-dealing partnership. Don't
- arouse suspicion or start gossip.
- If the employer is someone you hardly know and this is purely a business venture, work out
- some code of contact when the job is complete so the employer will know you are ready for
- payoff on the remainder of your contract money. The code can be as simple as a telephone call:
- "Hello. Is Margaret Smith there?"
- "I'm sorry, you have the wrong number."
- Once you have completed your part of the agreement, the majority of the risk and responsibility
- is transferred to the employer -- and he has as much to lose as you do. Just remember, a
- satisfied customer may be your best source for future employment opportunities.
- GETTING THE JOB DONE RIGHT
- At the beginning of this book you read an account of an actual hit going down.
- as you probably noted, most of the detail concerning the events covered concerned the efforts to
- conceal the true identity, avoid public attention, and make sure no incriminating evidence was
- left behind.
- The kill is the easiest part of the job. People kill one another every day. It takes no great effort to
- pull a trigger or plunge a knife. It is being able to do so in a manner that will not link yourself or
- your employer to the crime that makes you a professional.
- Public assassinations are sometimes necessary but are messy and draw immediate attention.
- Quiet, one-on-one confrontations are much to be preferred, especially when your skills and
- expertise give you a distinct advantage in the situation.
- Why did our hit man choose to fly and rent a car when other methods of t4ransportation were
- available?> Why go to all the trouble to use elaborate disguises and keep changing false
- identifications? Why register at the motel for only two days and pay cash in advance>? Why let
- an incompetent desk clerk get away with overcharging him for food and improperly preparing his
- order?
- And why, after the job was completed and he knew he had plenty of time to make his escape,
- did he go to so much trouble to dispose of a perfectly good weapon, disguise and a pair of shoes
- that he could possibly have used again>
- Of course, no two jobs will be handled the same, but the following pages will explain why the hit
- man in this case chose to act as he did... and why the crime remains unsolved.
- PART ONE: GETTING THERE
- Your expense money, down payment on the contract and complete information about the mark is
- in your possession. Photographs were provided, and enough information is available for you to
- make a tentative plan for the assault.
- THE INFORMATION
- Study the information sheet. Memorize floor plans, descriptions and details. Then, if you feel
- confident that you won't need to refer to the data again, destroy it in a manner that will prohibit
- restoration.
- If you feel you may need to carry the data with you to the jobsite, mail it yourself and carry the
- unopened envelope. Even law enforcement officials should be leery of opening sealed mail
- without probably cause and the necessary legal documents.
- Then, just before you leave to complete your assignment, open the envelope, review the
- contents and destroy in the manner described above. If something goes wrong as the job goes
- down, you certainly don't want the authorities to find such incriminating evidence in your
- possession. Your employer wouldn't appreciate carelessness on your part much either.
- TRANSPORTATION
- The next task to be faced is getting yourself and your equipment to the jobsite.
- Any travel agent will be happy to make arrangements for travel, lodging and a car rental for you
- at now charge. Simply call a travel agency, give a false name, tell the agent your destination,
- when you want to leave, and ask for an open return flight home.
- The travel agent will want your phone number to call you back when the information you request
- is assembled. You can get around giving out your number by telling her you are using a
- neighbor's telephone or that you're going out for the afternoon and will call her alter in the day
- to get the information. This way, the agent will see your face for only a few brief minutes when
- you go down to pay cash for your tickets, which will be prepared in the false name you gave.
- There will be no record of your true identity, phone number or address, and airlines don't require
- identification for tickets paid in cash.
- However, identification is required for car rental, so don't make such arrangements through a
- travel agent. And don't make motel reservations in the same name used on your flight tickets.
- you need not make it any easier than necessary for anyone to identify you between your point of
- departure and the crime scene.
- If for some reason you cannot fly, you may have to drive. Trains and buses are much too slow
- and the trip would tire you considerably. but if time permits, train and bus may be the safest
- method available. In any event never use your own automobile as a means to getting to the
- jobsite. A rental car would work best.
- Car rental agencies require a valid driver's license and one major credit car as identification even
- when you pay cash. This is a security measure for them to guard against theft. So if you plan to
- rent a car, even for cash, a fake or stolen set of identification is in order. (Make sure you get a
- car with unlimited mileage and a trunk for locked storage).
- Obviously, your risk factor is greatly increased when you drive. Even a minor violation can place
- your location at a particular time, so the driver's license you use must match the name on the
- rental contract just in case. God forbid that you should become involved in an accident! But
- should any situation occur where your face has been clearly seen, placing you in the area where
- the hit is to go down, either cancel the contract immediately or put it off for a while. Your
- employer will understand and will be grateful for your precautions.
- When using a rental car, always carry enough cash to cover any major breakdowns that may
- occur. Even though the agency normally foots these bills, this is a part of the price you pay for
- anonymity.
- Sometimes it is good to cover your trail by flying into a large city a few hundred miles from
- where the hit is to take place. You can rent a car there and travel to the job location. If you
- choose to travel this way, steal an out of state tag while you are out-of-state. Stolen tags only
- show up on the police computer of the state in which they are stolen. You will use the tag to
- replace the rental tag when you go to make the actual hit. In that way, any suspicion or checks
- on the parked car will not Ben traced back to the rental agency or to you.
- TRANSPORTING YOUR TOOLS
- You can't work without your tools, and you can't count on being able to purchase them when you
- get to where you're going. Even with proper false identification, there may be residency
- requirements or waiting periods, so you need your own, dependable selection of weapons from
- home.
- Of course, you'd never get through airport security with a gun on your person. But you can carry
- one in your luggage if you notify airport personnel in advance and it will be stored in the cargo
- compartment. Otherwise, you may have some embarrassing questions to answer as that suitcase
- does through airport x-rays. But even if you get permission to pack your gun in your luggage,
- how will explain that little sound muffling tube that is attached to the barrel.
- If time allows, you can ship everything UPS or by bus or common carrier, with pickup at the
- terminal by the addressee (fictitious name) when you arrive. Or, you can use Express Mail -- next
- day arrival guaranteed -- post office to post office, which may or may not require ID by
- addressee at time of pick-up.
- However you choose to transport your weapons, pack them well! Use a metal, foam-lined box or
- two or more cardboard cartons packed one inside the other as your shipping container.
- Disassemble guns and other metal parts and roll them in soft cloth, newspapers, or clothes you
- plan to wear on the job. Include several extra pairs of rubber gloves and clean work shows,
- unless you plan to carry these items with you.
- If you are driving and for some reason have no choice but to transport these dangerous tools
- with you in a car, pack well as above and gift-wrap or prepare as if for mailing. Carry the
- wrapped box in the locked trunk of the car, out of public view, to prevent theft or suspicion. If
- the package is small enough of it inside a large suitcase or metal footlocker, use a combination
- lock as a double safety precaution on your outer container. Authorities and crooks alike are
- known for confiscating keys; however, a search warrant with probable cause may be necessary
- for the authorities to get you to open the combination lock.
- Note: Every item you use on a job should be considered disposable Then you won't have to
- worry about how to ship these items home again.
- THE TRIP
- You are enroute. Your tools on the way via Express Mail. You are travelling under an assumed
- name.
- Everything you purchase is paid for in cash. Anything you buy is a necessity -- food, lodging,
- transportation. You will use only bills in small denominations, not crisp new one hundred dollar
- bills. You don't want to draw any attention to yourself or become memorable.
- You are working. This is your job and you are a professional. You will purchase no gifts or
- souvenirs, nothing that ma7y point a finger to your locations along the way. This means
- specifically items like pottery labeled "Made in Mexico," shells marked "Souvenir of Florida" and
- the like.
- You will not become involved with women -- on any level -- while you are on assignment.
- Women have an eerie way of memorizing quickly and in fine detail any man that shows a sexual
- interest in them. Save pleasure for after business.
- You will not drink, even socially, nor will you take any drugs or stimulants. If you need artificial
- courage, you should try some other career.
- You will make no long distance phone calls. The phone company computer will be recording the
- numbers dialed.
- You will be careful of the food you eat and the water you drink. You don't want a case of food
- poisoning or dysentery to hamper timely accomplishment of your assignment.
- You will not draw any unnecessary attention to yourself in any way. You won't over- or under-tip.
- you won't be drawn into any memorable conversations. You won't exhibit any rude or
- argumentative behavior. Your profile will be low and nondisruptive for the duration of the
- assignment. Though inside you are like a wild animal stalking his prey, others may view you as
- yet another passive wimp! Let them.
- If the waiter is too slow, be patient. If the clerk doesn't give back the right change, forget it. If
- the food is bad, don't eat it. Don't let any little incident cause anyone to remember your face
- later.
- PART TWO: DESTINATION
- The excitement is building as your plane comes in for a landing. Where will you stay, and how
- will you get there?
- Unless you know your way around and can use mass transit to your advantage, you will probably
- need to rent a car. Nothing flashy, and in a solid color. Ask for a city map at the rental agency or
- purchase one at the airport newsstand if one was not provided by the employer.
- A place to stay is the next priority. It can be any motel, fancy or cheap, but it should be in close
- proximity to the jobsite to prevent excessive travel. In fact, if you can find one within walking or
- jogging distance of the hit, you can forego the car rental and taxi to the motel (not to the
- jobsite!). Just don't over or under tip the driver or get into any extensive conversation with him.
- This is where a disguise can come in handy.
- Check into the motel using a fictitious name. Identification is not required when you pay cash.
- Register for only two days maximum. If you stay is to be longer than two days, change motels
- and use another name. When you register, use a made-up tag number to correspond to the
- fictitious address you give.
- If you are in town six days, you will have used five different identities -- one for the plane tickets,
- one for the care rental, and three different names used at three different motels. This should
- cause some real headaches for anyone trying to pin down your exact location. Especially if you
- keep changing your appearance as you change your name.
- If you are using a car, keep driving to a minimum. In a strange area, your risks of traffic
- violations and accidents increase tremendously. Just remember, while you are out, to "borrow" a
- tag for use when you are ready to make your move.
- Of course you will have to call for your equipment if you preshipped it to yourself. And you will
- have to drive, jog or stroll past the places your mark is known to haunt( no pun intended!) After
- these initial checks you can determine whether you will stick to your original plan or if changes
- are in order.
- Before you leave to do the job, and each time you change motels, you will thoroughly wipe down
- your room so it will be clean of fingerprints. Make sure you leave no personal items behind that
- will be proof of your presence. This is a precautionary measure.
- As you dress for the job, certain precautions should be taken. Clean tennis shoes should be worn
- during the job, because the ones you wore before may have traces of soil from your home town
- which will leave an important clue for the investigators. The shows don't have to be new, just
- clean. And since the police can take impressions to ascertain height and weight of the criminal, it
- doesn't hurt to wear a size larger shoe than normal or even add a weight belt to throw off the
- investigation. Soft soled tennis shoes are quiet and good for running, should the need arise.
- Clothing, of course, will have to suit the area, particularly if the job is to be done during the day
- or in a public place. For night work, you can wear your regular clothing under a pair of overalls if
- the coveralls will not arouse suspicion in the area.
- Wipe down your weapons as you assemble them. Even the inner parts of your guns must be
- wiped to remo0ve any prints that were left behind during the last cleaning.
- Wipe down each bullet and wear rubber gloves as you load the clip. Just in case you leave
- behind an empty cartridge, you don't want your fingerprints emblazoned on the casing.
- After loading the clip, discard that pair of gloves. Do not leave them in your room, but throw then
- away along the way., Handling the clip may have weakened the thin rubber from contact with
- metal parts. If they are too weak, or if just a tiny hole or tear has begun, it might become large
- enough to leave an incriminating partial print at the scene of the crime.
- With your luggage and your duffel bag containing your tools in the trunk of your car, the room
- wiped clean of any clues to your existence, your plan of action firmly in mind, you are ready to
- go. Your knowledge, guts, reflexes and professionalism will see you through.
- When the time is right, make your move. Quietly. Efficiently. Whatever method you choose.
- The secret. now that the deed is done, is to stay in total self Control. Don't panic! Don't hurry!
- Wait until you know beyond any doubt that you have accomplished your assignment. Check for a
- pulse at both the wrist and throat. Drag the body out of the line of view of windows and doors,
- so discovery will be delayed. Cover any spots of blood with carefully dropped newspapers or
- clothing so that, too, will not be visible and arouse the suspicion of anyone peeking inside.
- Be absolutely positive that the mark is, indeed, dead. You don't want to rush out too soon and
- have to wait around to read the morning paper to see if your mission was successful, or read
- that he survived and sought medical attention.
- Take a few minutes to calmly survey the scene for any evidence that you might have left behind.
- Pick up those empty cartridges that were ejected when you fired your gun.
- Did you remove your gloves for any reason?> I hoe not! But many a man has been caught
- because he thoughtlessly removed his gloves after making the kill to help himself to food or drink
- from the victim's refrigerator.
- If the hit was supposed to look like a burglary, mess the place up a bit and take anything of
- value that you can carry concealed. if course, you can't keep anything. These items will have to
- be ditched along with your work clothes and weapon, But any cash you find is yours to pocket.
- Exciutement made you a bundle of nerves>? If nature calls, try to control the urge. One man
- was actually convicted by the print he left on the victim's toilet seat. It seems he had this scar ...
- If you have to take a piss, flush the toilet with you gloved fingers. You can't imagine how many
- idiots will remove their gloves to facilitate the operation of the sipper to take a pee. Without
- thinking, the flush before pulling the gloves back on ... leaving indisputable evidence to convict
- them on the flush handle. And believe it or not, the toilet handle is one of the primary sources for
- prints during the investigation.
- Check the victim one final time to make sure your part of the contract is complete before you
- leave the scene. Then make your exit, usually through the front door. Even if someone sees you
- casually leaving the victim's house, he has no idea for the reason of your visit or what you have
- done. And you disguise will conceal your identity.
- Walk, don't run, to your car or whatever your planned destination might be.
- The first thing you should do when you reach the car is change into another disguise and get out
- of those work clothes. Check them for bloodstains. If there are none, you can toss them into a
- charity collection box or trash bin. If the victim's blood is on those clothes, they must be burned
- or buried.
- Of primary importance now, too, is changing the rifling of the murder weapon. This should be
- done before you leave the crime scene. That way, even if you get picked up or stopped with the
- weapon in your possession, its ballistics will not match the bullets you left behind in the mark.
- Now move your car to some other location where you will not attract attention as you switch the
- tags and disassemble your gun.
- when you are driving, stay calm and obey all traffic rules. Toss your gun parts out at intervals or
- in various locations about town. From them in lakes or waterways. Bury or sink the gun barrel and
- silencer in different spots. Crush the plastic housing of the disposable silencer before you discard
- it.
- The shoes you wore should be discarded as carefully as your weapon. You might have left
- distinct parts behind that will end up as plaster casts. Toss them separately at intervals along the
- highway. Ever see a single te4nnis how lying in the road? Now you know from whence it came ...
- Hide, bury, burn, toss -- but, in any event, do away with every tool and article of clothing that was
- near the scene of the crime. Even you rubber gloves. Remember, they may have powder residue
- on them, and they most definitely have your fingerprints on the inside!
- If you are flying home, stop and wipe the car for prints and wear driving gloves as you return the
- car to the rental agency.
- If you are driving home, wash the car and vacuum the interior <IMMEDIATELY< I>when you
- arrive at your destination. Remember why you wore clean tennis shoes? Well, foreign soil from
- the jobsite is now in the car's interior. It's in the air filter, too, so make sure you clean that as well.
- Sound like a lot of unnecessary trouble and precaution? Perhaps. But it's the overcautious who
- remain at large.
- Take, for example, the case of the federal judge slain in Texas in 1978. The contract was for
- $250,000 and was paid on schedule. The hit was made, fulfilling the contract -- but the contractor
- was soon apprehended. How? Undisguised, this so-called hit man took a taxi to the jobsite. The
- taxi driver fingered him! Why? See if you can tell me.
- PART THREE: THE AFTERMATH -- GETTING A HOLD ON YOUR EMOTIONS
- You made it! Your first job was a piece of cake! Taking all that money for the job was almost like
- robbery. Yet here y7ou are, finally a real hit man with real hard cash in your pockets and that first
- notch on your pistol.
- Some people would say that a hit man is an emotionless, cold-blooded killing machine that he
- has no fear and no belief in God. On the contrary, a hit man has a wide range of feelings. He may
- be excruciatingly tender towards his woman. He may be extremely compassionate towards the
- elderly or disabled. He may have a strong aversion to the useless killing of wildlife. He may even
- be religious in his own way.
- What the professional lacks is remorse. He feels no guilt.
- I'm sure your emotions have run full-scale over the past few days or weeks.
- There was a fleeting moment just before you pulled the trigger when you wondered if lightening
- would strike you then and there. And afterwards, a short burst of panic as you quickly looked
- around to make sure no witnesses were lurking.
- But other than that, you felt absolutely nothing. And you are shocked by that nothingness. You
- had expected this movement to be a spectacular point in your life. You had wondered if you
- would feel compassion for the victim, immediate guilt, or even experience direct intervention by
- the hand of God. But you weren't even feeling sickened by the sight of the body.
- The first few seconds of nothingness give you an almost uncontrollable urge to laugh out loud.
- you break into a wide grin. Everything you have been taught about life and it value was a fallacy.
- A dirty rotten lie!
- Life is notyou know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your own life is just as frail and valueless.
- What you have done could just as easily and unexpectedly been done to you, despite your
- fighting ability, your weapons expertise, your efforts to protect yourself. The realization is both
- sobering and shocking.
- Like a machine, you do what is necessary to cover your tracks. As you leave the scene, that first
- burst of cool night air hits you and panic sets in. You have to force yourself to resist the urge to
- run!
- It took only ten minutes to casually stroll to the victim's house. Covering that same distance back
- to your waiting car seems to take ten hours! Are people watching you from behind those closed
- drapes, memorizing your description as they dial the police? Can they hear the pounding of your
- heart above the noise of their television sets as you struggle to control your breathing and make it
- even?
- Once inside the safety of your automobile, you change you clothing and disguise and alter the
- gun barrel as quickly as possible. Then, both hands gripping the steering wheel, you drive. Your
- eyes are constantly searching the roadside. You can't afford and accident, traffic violation, or
- even to miss a turn in your planned route. you struggle to keep the speed of the auto within set
- limits. Like you feet, the car seems to want to run.
- With the disposal of each piece of evidence, your fear eases. By the time you arrive at the airport,
- you begin to feel silly about your unnecessary panic.
- On the trip back home, you begin to think of the shocking realizations about the real value of life
- that you experienced after pulling the trigger professionally for the first time. Your own life takes
- on new meaning. Never again will you strive to accumulate wealth. Instead, you will pack the time
- you have with the things that make life enjoyable, interesting and exciting. You will live each day
- to the fullest. The acceptance of the valuelessness of life has give your own life value.
- After you have arrived hoe, the events that took place take on a dreamlike quality. you don't dwell
- on them, you don't worry. You don't have nightmare. You don't fear ghosts. When thoughts of the
- hit got through your mind, it's almost as though you are recalling some show you saw on
- television.
- By the time you collect the balance of your fee, the doubts and fears of discovery have faded.
- Those feelings have been replaced by cockiness, a feeling of superiority, a new independence
- and a new self-assurance.
- Your biggest problem now is learning to deal with your ego.
- DANGER -- EGO, WOMEN AND PARTNERS
- NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU have your act together in other ways, the whole show can come
- tumbling down when it's shaken by any one of three interferences: ego, women and partners.
- Let's look at these -- first things first.
- EGOS
- Now that you're back home after your first rendezvous with destiny, everything seems to have
- changed.
- The people you have suddenly become so aggravatingly ordinary. You start to view them as an
- irritating herd of pathetic sheep, doing as they are told, doing what is expected, following
- someone, anyone, blindly. You can't believe how dumb your friends have become, and your
- respect diminishes for people you once held in awe.
- You too have become different. You recognize that you made some mistakes, but you know what
- they were, and they will never plague you again. Next time (and you know there will be a next
- time), there will be no hesitation, no fear.
- Your experience in facing death head-on had taught you about life. You have the power and
- ability to stand alone. You no longer need a reason to kill.
- When the guys all get together and the bullshit starts to flow, you find it hard to listen to their tales
- of how tough they like to think they are., Their threats to "get" this person or that become as
- irritating, yet harmless, as a swarm of gnats on a hot summer afternoon.
- You stifle the urge to tell them how life really is. you control your anger at their pretension of being
- capable of carrying out the threats they make. you resist the impulse to laugh at the statements
- they take so seriously.
- Your friends sense your irritation but don't understand what has set you apart. You begin to shun
- social gathering and bullshit sessions. You spend more time studying and accumulating and
- testing your tools while you wait for the next job opportunity to present itself.
- You find yourself making it a point to become on friendly terms with anyone who can be of use to
- you. Anyone who you feel has something worthwhile to offer in the advancement of your career.
- Your mind is like a sponge, you eagerly soak up any rumors about available weapo0ns, new
- combat techniques and the like.
- Like the great white shark, you have become an lone predator. Your ego is the greatest burden
- you will carry from this day forth.
- You have feelings and emotions that you might need to share with some understanding person.
- The things you have learned about life are important. you may wish to pass them on to someone
- you care about. When the bullshit starts to flow, you may feel compelled to set the record straight
- and tell those morons how it really is. When someone starts to brag in confidence, about
- something he's done, the intimacy of the moment, the shared confessions, may inspire you to do
- a little bragging of your own. Or you may want to overawe some new woman in your life with your
- masculinity and you feel the urge to shock her just a little by hinting at your true profession.
- Start now in learning to control your ego. This means, above all, keeping your mouth shut! You
- are a man. Without a doubt, you have proved it. you have come face to face with death and
- emerged the victor through your cunning and expertise. You have dealt death as a professional.
- You don't need any second or third opinions to verify your manhood.
- Don't brag. Don't boast. Don't hint at what you know or what you have done. Don't confide in your
- girlfriend, your wife, or your best buddy. Only insecure bores must build themselves up by other
- people's opinions.
- The way you use and display the money you made will also be a reflection on your ego. If you
- have never before had this much cold hard cash at one time, it may be burning a hole in your
- pocket. Should you let it flow like water, in keeping with your decision to enjoy yourself while you
- can instead of accumulating wealth?
- Part of that money should be put away for living expenses and overhead. You never now how
- long you will go between job, and you do need to stock up on the best equipment available. Some
- of it can be spent purchasing items you never could afford before. But the things you can buy of
- have special limits.
- Unless you have additional sources of income to justify large expenditures like a new home,
- paying off an old mortgage, or a new sports car, don't spend any of your earnings on big items of
- this type. Big expenditures arouse suspicion, not only of your family and friends, but of the IRS
- and the authorities if you should ever come under investigation.
- Sure, it would make you feel good to walk in and pay for a new $2,m500 stereo set with hundred
- dollar bills. And flashing around that kind of money in a bar might get he immediate attention you
- desire from the best looking woman there. But control is the key now. It is far better to have a
- wallet filled with old twenties than questionable new hundred dollar bills.
- Just remember: you are secure within yourself. You don't need to impress anyone else in any
- way, shape, or form.
- If you have been living in a small, unimpressive apartment, stay there for the time being. Later
- you will learn meth9ods for legally changing your lifestyle to fit your income. But the changes
- must be gradual, not overnight, conspicuous moves. If you have regular job, keep working at it for
- a while to substantiate the source of the money you are spending.
- The money you made is rightfully yours. The risks you took, the dangers you faced, and the fact
- that you carried it all off successfully prove you earned it. But unless you have always carried and
- flashed large sums of cash and enjoyed the finer things of life, free spending and extravagant
- purchases now will arouse suspicion and start tongues wagging.
- In short, don't change your lifestyle dramatically unless you can justify your sudden increase in
- wealth.
- WOMEN
- because of their uncanny ability to get into places and situations a man might find hard to
- duplicate, because of their deceitful, "game-playing" natures, and because a woman can be twice
- as vicious as a man, a woman can be a better hired executioner than a man.
- Fortunately for the world, a woman usually makes only one man her target, and the nesting
- instinct quickly takes her off the street and ties her down to the little world of babies, laundry and
- housework she creates and protects for her own. Unfortunately, even a hit man cannot deny that
- what women have to offer is a basic necessity.
- A married man who becomes a hit man for hire, or a single professional who alter ties the knot of
- matrimony, faces a whole set of woman problems peculiar in themselves. Once a woman
- becomes the proclaimed property of one man, she feels it her duty to ward off other predators,
- whether real or imaginary, through suspicion, jealousy, accusation, or even by becoming her own
- detective to protect and preserve her rightful place. A married professional is then placed in the
- predicament of either telling his wife everything -- or nothing. And either way, she will have to be
- a very understanding woman.
- For if she knows too much, she could become his own enemy on the face of the earth and may
- someday have to be eliminated in the name of self-preservation.
- And if she knows too little, her suspicious, jealous nature could lead to more snooping and
- following and conjecture on her part than is healthy -- for either of them.
- I read an account in the newspaper recently about a man who was accused and later convicted of
- murdering the state's witness against him in another trial. It seems he lured this witness into
- taking a ride with him under the pretense of having no hard feelings about the testimony that was
- about to go down. instead, he took the would-be state's witness to desolate rock quarry, blew his
- head off with a shotgun close range, and then tossed him into an alligator filled pit.
- From another spot, he called his wife to come get him. In the car on the ride home, he told his
- wife about what he had done, bragging about his cunning to lure the mark to his death. The
- sympathetic wife listened, glad that the death of the witness would surely save her husband from
- spending time in prison.
- Later, the only person the wife told about the incident was her mother. And the only person the
- mother told about the incident was her son.
- A few months later, the wife caught her husband in bed in a compromising situation in the family
- boat with a naked woman. She fired a few shots over the heads of the two lovers and the police
- came.
- In her hurt and anger at his infidelity after making her an accomplice to his crime, she told the
- authorities about the murder.
- the moral of the story is that if you choose to be tied to one woman, make sure she is capable of
- being your partner in crime. Share with her the fruits of your joint efforts equally and keep
- reminding her in subtle ways that, if detected, her part in any conspiracy is just as great as yours.
- Never let your roving eye of hunger for a little something strange on the side come to her
- attention. Woman are highly emotional, rarely rational creatures. Is ten minutes of pleasure worth
- your life at the hands (or tongue) or an irate spouse?
- In the true story above, the man who killed the witness and confided in his wife probably really did
- love his wife. He probably would've never considered telling the woman on the boat about the
- murder, The first thing he didn't count on was getting caught with the other woman, and the
- jealous rage and accusation that ensued. The second things he didn't count on was his wife
- confiding in her mother -- and her mother confiding in a son -- all of which came out in testimony
- at court, resulting in his conviction.
- Ideally, a professional hit man will remain single. He will either purchase his sexual pleasures or
- participate in impersonal one night stands. his involvement with woman will only be on a sexual
- level. He will not live with them nor will he let invade his privacy. In most cases, they won't even
- know his real name.
- And he will never
- As a man, I appreciate as much as anyone a good-looking body and a warm, willing smile on a
- woman. As a professional, however, that seems to have lost some of its thrill as I've moved on to
- bigger, more exciting and more dangerous prey.
- PARTNERS
- Ironically, the best professional partner you can have is a woman. But she has to Ben a full-time
- partner, and she has to have the following qualifications:
- 1. Good looks and a seductive attitude
- 2. Superior intelligence
- 3. No children or close family ties
- 4. Total dedication to you
- 5. A totally vicious nature towards :outsiders"
- 6. No conscience
- 7. The mental and physical capability of defending herself and pulling her own eight.
- From such a woman, you can expect:
- 1. The ability to get almost any mark based on her good looks, seductiveness and willingness to go to
- any lengths to help you.
- 2. The intelligence to help you plan successful jobs and to provide you with continuously stimulating
- conversation and companionship.
- 3. Sex on a regular basis without danger of blowing your cover.
- 4. An unflinching back-up due to her emotional attachment to you.
- Unfortunatly, not too many such women exist. And those who do will be hard to find since, by
- necessity, they will be as cautious and untrusting as you are.
- Some women have these latent qualities, but are in need of someone like you to bring them out
- and perfect them. If you are interested in forming such a relationship, check for lone women who
- sign up for mercenary training classes,. visit gun shows, and now their weaponry. Or look for her
- among those hearty, fanatical individuals who make up survival groups. She could be anywhere,
- though, so while you're feeling a good woman up, feel her out also -- if you're interested in adding
- a permanent partner. And good luck!
- Assuming you have been fortunate enough to find your HMIW (Hit Man's Ideal Woman), you will,
- from time to time, require a partner to assist you on a particular job. The need may arise due to
- the mark's use of bodyguards or other defensive procedures, an inaccessibility that must be
- overcome through diversion, or even language barrier.
- Whatever the reason, the partner you select will be a man you can trust and who can be
- depended on to cover your back. He will meet the same rigid requirements you have set for
- yourself and will not be lacking in basic common sense. He will be discreet and not a braggart.
- He will be self-assured to the point that you won't have to worry about his ego. He will be totally
- business-minded while doing business and will not be sidetracked by women or other pastimes.
- And when the job is going down, he willingly pump one or two of his own bullets into the mark to
- ensure equal responsibility.
- Whgether male or female, you partner is equal to fifty-fifty compensation. Everything should be
- fifty-fifty. Equal pay for equal risk and equal responsibility. This is an insurance measure for both
- of you.
- Generally, a professional prefers to work alone. But when a partner is required, the same caution
- must be used as in controlling one's ego and electing one's woman. "Patience is a virtue," my
- grandmother used to say, and patience is something a hit man needs plenty of. Not only will you
- require3 patience while you are stalking your prey and waiting for the right moment to make your
- kill, but also in areas like feeling out the potential employer and looking for a suitable partner. You
- may be on pins and needles, anxious for the next job to come along or for a partner you can trust.
- These things don't come overnight. If you meet someone who seems as radical as you, test him
- over a period of time in your own subtle way to see if he really measures up. Gut first impressions
- can't be relied on here.
- Give him a while to prove himself,. See how free he is with his conversation. How much does he
- know about weapons? Is he emotionally stable? How does he handle his personal life? Is it a
- shambles of bad relationships and creditors knocking on his door>
- How a man thinks, lives and acts is just as important as his marksmanship and fighting ability.
- And many an insecure fool needing to prove his manhood will give the impression of being
- capable to assist you. Beware!
- LEGALLY ILLEGAL
- Foresight is better than hindsight, an old saying goes; which is why all through this book I have
- stressed the importance of covering your trail as you carry out your job assignment.
- Disguises, false identification, constant movement, all may have seemed extreme. But are they?
- Indeed not! Such "extremes" can mean the difference between a professional job and beginner's
- luck.
- The professional walks away from his job with confidence and has no need to look back. The
- amateur hurries away looking back over his shoulder and lives in fear that he might have left
- some clue behind to bring the authorities calling at his door.
- LEGAL IDENTIFICATION
- False identification plays a very important role in covering one's trail, and using them requires a
- certain flair for dramatics. You must be just as comfortable with your assumed identity as you are
- with your own. You will have to learn to confidently display your false credentials so you will not
- arouse suspicion.
- Where do you get these false identifications?
- There are several good books and sources available on the subject. you can order them from
- several dealers who advertise in magazines or newspapers. You can find a "source" of stolen IDs
- of your own. Or, you can make them yourself.
- I have a friend who has his own profitable business. He "borrows" the stash of big drug dealers
- and ships the goods out of state to sell. He says it's his way of helping the local authorities keep
- the home front clean.
- Every time he hits a doper, he relieves everyone present not only of his stash, but also any
- weapons, cash, jewels and other valuables that he can carry away. HE figures that since it's
- legally considered armed robbery anyway, he may as well of the whole route with gusto!
- From him I am able to purchase, at substantial savings, many throwaway weapons as well as a
- wide assortment of various identifications. I prefer to use out-of-state papers and he does hi best
- to provide them for me. He knows I'll pay top dollar for sets -- that is, driver's license, major credit
- cards, social security cards an the like -- all issued in one name.
- The first thing I have to do to make the sets I purchase usable is to replace any photographs of
- the real owner with a photograph of myself. Using a sharp razor blade, I separate the backing
- from the card as carefully as possible () providing there is backing). Then I very carefully remove
- the photograph that appears on the form and substitute a passport or appropriate sized picture of
- myself, using the appropriately colored background. I attach it with a small bead of clear drying
- glue from the back side.
- Once the photograph dries into place, I take a photograph of my new identification and take film
- to a guy I know who has an enlarger. He blows up the finished, one-piece identification to the
- proper size and I carefully cut it out and glue the backing that came from the original into place on
- the back of the photo. Then I cover the entire document in clear acetate so it looks like the real
- thing. Bending and twisting the finished product takes off the new look to make it look more
- authentic.
- I then store my sets of identifications in a safe place until I need to use them professionally. And
- when I do use them, it is for identification purposes only. Never make any purchases on the
- stolen credit cards. Clerks generally don't verify credit card accounts only for verification. What
- shame that careless use of a stolen credit card should make short work of what might have been
- a profitable career!
- If I use any identification sets on a hit, those sets are immediately destroyed as their use ends.
- Burn the cards or cut them into bits and bury or scatter in the wind. It's just another part of
- covering your trail.
- LEGAL MONEY
- In Chapter 8 I emphasized the importance of controlling your ego and being careful how you
- spend you newly earned money.
- As a professional, you have th4e option of keeping a low profile and living a quiet life requiring
- only the basic necessities; or, by constructing dummy corporations and "laundering" the monies
- you earn, changing your lifestyle completely.
- One time-tested and proven method of being able to legally use the monies you earn without fear
- of discovery does not require a great deal of business knowledge or sophistication.
- For many years, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Guatemala, Panama, and other small,
- poverty stricken countries shat do not tax their own impoverished citizens have lifted their
- countries standard of living and created jobs and business for their people by supplying us
- foreigners with tax havens to launder our illegal money., And they offer ironclad protections to us
- against snooping US officials and agencies.
- The procedure is really quite simple: You form a corporation in one of these countries and put
- your illegal monies into that corporation. Then you form a legal US corporation as you business
- and Borrow the money you need to get going from the foreign corporation you have previously
- set up., The stiff fees you pay to the foreign government for this privilege insure the privacy and
- protection of true ownership.
- Le'ts say your legal American corporation is a land development company, because you want to
- invest your laundered monies into real estate. A Foreign corporation in the Bahamas (your own
- secret corporation) has agreed to lend you funds to back you new American corporation.
- From the money you acquire from the loan, you will meet your legal business expenses. You will
- pay rent on your office space, utilities, phone, salaries and so on. As an executive, your salary is
- bound to be a large one. Those working with you will also require large salaries commensurate
- with their abilities. What executive could function without a personal secretary?
- As an executive, you will more than likely have an expense account and a company car. The car
- will have to be a really fine one to impress business associates and clients alike. You may also
- have a profit sharing plan retirement benefits, or group insurance.
- With all this legality behind you, now you are free to wheel and deal in the real-estate of your
- choice. When tax time comes around, you will do what every patriotic American does, fill out your
- tax return. On that return, you will take all the legal deductions for your business expenses,
- interest payments on the loan you got from that big Bahamas corporation and an assortment of
- small business elated deductions you are allowed as you participate in American free enterprise.
- You have become part of the system. You money and your lifestyle are above suspicion. Your
- lifestyle is justifiable by your legal income. Your time cannot be unaccounted for. busy executive
- do their business on the golf course, in jet planes, from their homes and quite often from out of
- town. You are no longer obligated to punch a clock or account for your working hours or
- absences.
- From a financial point of view, you have become totally, legally, illegal.
- LEGAL AID
- By their own admission, law enforcement officers clear only a little more than 20 percent of the
- reported crimes in a given year. Less than half of those suspects arrested are ver convicted.
- Fortunately for those of us who support ourselves from outside the law, the American justice
- System is so bogged down in technicalities, overcrowded jails, plea bargaining and a host of
- other problems, that even if charged with a serious crime, we can rest assured that the law is on
- our side and rarely that of the victim.
- But what do you do if you happen to get picked up for questioning?
- Most important, remember that you are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law,. Some
- people feel guilty until they can prove their innocence. Never assume this type of attitude, even if
- they catch you with the barrel of the gun still smoking.
- You are under no moral or legal obligation to furnish information that may incriminate you.
- The first thing you should do is find out whether you are being formally charged with a crime. If
- you are, demand your right to an attorney to guide you during questioning, and keep quiet until he
- arrives.
- You should already have a good attorney picked out. The attorney should be a good criminal trial
- attorney, and not one who prepares wills or corporate papers or handles divorces. Preferably, he
- will be just a bit crooked (as most successful lawyers are). Although expensive, if he can save
- your hide, he is worth the price, whatever it might be. A good attorney will never plead his client
- guilty, nor will he accept any bargain that will get you time in prison. He knows that his job is to
- keep you out
- You can divulge name, rank and serial number, but absolutely no personal information. Find out
- right away if you are being formally charged with a crime and what the charge is. If you are not
- being formally charged, there is a restriction on the length of time you may be held. And if you
- charged, usually you have a right to post bond and a speedy hearing before a judge to set that
- bond amount. This is where it pays to have set aside a bit of that cash. Unless you are a very
- accomplished and skillful liar, offer no information at all. Do not trap yourself in a web of lies and
- alibis.
- Even though it is illegal, law enforcement agents are known for entrapment. Beware of being
- baited! During the interrogation they may toss bits of information based on they think things might
- have gone down to see if they can get a reaction. They may try to make you break by making you
- angry. Or they may tell you how this is the most professional job they've ever come across and
- try tog et your ego to talk for you.
- Don't aid them in building a case against you. It is their responsibility to provide enough proof to
- build a case that will stand up Is court. And even if it gets that far, those twelve jurors still have to
- be convinced of your guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt.
- If you have covered your trail, used fake disguises and fake identifications, and if there is no trace
- of a weapon to be found, they will have a hard time proving you were at the crime scene.
- Remember, it's not up to you to prove that you were not there -- it's up to them to prove that you
- were
- If you are caught in the act at the scene of a hit, of course that's another story. Against, you will
- not aid the authorities in any way, although you will be a model prisoner. With the evidence
- available to formally charge you with the crime, it will become paramount for them to prove your
- motive. They will offer plea bargains, deals, protection and the like to influence you to lead them
- to the man who hired you.
- Your high professional ethics will obligate you to protect the man who is your employer. Your
- failure to do so will cut off any future job opportunities in this field. Or you may find that you,
- yourself, have become the mark.
- But aside from this, be aware that these bargaining officials have already slotted you as an
- undesirable. you are capable of performing cold-blooded murder for a fee, a far cry from the
- crimes of passion they usually handle. To them, you are not fit to be part of organized society.
- So you can bet your life, literally, that any protection they may offer will good only for the duration
- of their investigation and the trial proceedings that follow. They have neither the manpower not
- the funds to protect the likes of you forever and really don't care what happens to you after your
- usefulness is expended.
- I read an account in the newspaper recently about a man who turned state's evidence for police
- protection and his own freedom. Oh, they let him go, all right. But the protection ended right after
- the trail. SO here he is, on probation, but at least a free man., And what happens? He gets
- stopped on the street and frisked by detectives who discover a gun on his person. When the man
- explains that he carries the gun for "self-protection purposes only" since police protection has
- ended, they don't pay too much attention. Instead, they put him away on a technicality, as they
- knew they could, after having used him to get to the real targets of their first investigation.
- Even if you provide the authorities with nothing and still end up serving time in jail, beware of
- other inmates who may bribed to pump you for information about the details of your particular
- crime.
- Recently while Jimmy Chargra was serving time in jail for drug trafficking, another inmate, also a
- convicted felon, was offered $250,000 and a parole for obtaining taped information to convict
- Chargra of hiring the hit man who was convicted of killing Judge "Maximum John" Wood.
- Fortunately for Chargra, he did not brag or boast to his fellow inmates about his criminal career
- and was acquitted of the charge.
- Under the guise of a writer, I queried a law enfo4rcement officer about the use of "plants" in the
- prisons and jails for the purpose of gathering information.
- "Sure we do it," he said.
- "But isn't that entrapment?" I asked naively.
- "Well, you can't use that in court," he admitted.
- "Would you mind giving me an example of how it works?" I asked.
- "Well, in my case, for instance I used to get sent on assignments all over the state. They'd throw
- me in the cell for a couple of days and my job was trying to get the suspect to talk," he related,
- "Like, one time, I was put in with a fellow who was accused of raping somebody. So for the first
- day, I acted real cool, like I didn't want nobody knowing my business. The next day, when they
- brought the mail around, I get two or three letters from women, all telling me what a good lover I
- am and how they wanted to have me again.
- "So I'd leave these letters exposed on my bunk so the other guy was sure to notice.
- "The next day, more letters of the same type came. And he jut had to ask how I came to get so
- much mail from chicks.
- "I said, 'Man, if you had screwed as many women in your lifetime as I have, and if you were only
- half as good as me, you'd be getting mail, too.'
- "Of course, he had to be one up on me, so we started talking about sex and he admitted to me
- that he had raped this girl and how he did it."
- "Anmd you got that confession on tape?" I asked, trying to look appropriately impressed.
- "Sure did!", he answered with a grin.
- "But that confession wasn't admissible in court, was it?" I queried.
- "No. But he didn't know that. All we had to do was play the tape back to him and let him know I
- was an undercover officer and he broke down and confessed in the interrogation room. We got
- him cold," he said smugly.
- LET HIM WHO HAS EARS,LISTEN!
- The important thing to do now, before the need arises, is to gain all the knowledge you can about
- the law and how it works, so if by chance it ever gets too close for comfort, you will able to handle
- the situation wisely.
- I hope you have found the law enforcement handbook mentioned in Chapter 1 and have begun to
- study your own state laws. State laws vary, but federal law, like the Miranda Decision (You have
- the right to remain silent) are, of course, applicable throughout the United States.
- Find out how long the authorities can detain you for questioning before they have to make formal
- charges.
- Note any breaches of legal arrest procedures that may make your arrest null and void.
- How many days are allowed din your right to a speedy trial? One day over, and the have to be,
- according to law, thrown out!
- Learn about making appeals and appealing appeal decisions. Tangle up the authorities in their
- own red tape and watch them squirm as you squander thousands and thousands of the
- taxpayers' dollars.
- Establish a good relationship with a good attorney now Ask him about these things, and how the
- law works from his side of the bench, defending the accused. he won't want to know why you are
- asking and probably won't pry. And don't ever come right out and tell him what you do for a living.
- After all, he will be defending your innocence.
- The fee you pay him establishes you to access to his professional wisdom, and the information
- you get is yours for the asking.
- Of course, the true test of being a professional is that you won't ever have to face these legal
- predicaments. Your work methods, low profile, the way you handle your money and personal
- business, your knowledge and attitude will all be working to protect you.
- Then, some day, when you've done and seen it all; when there doesn't seem to be any challenge
- left or any new frontier left to conquer, you might just feel cocky enough to write a book about it.
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