Copyright © 2001 by Helene Stapinski

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stapinski, Helene.

Five-finger discount: a crooked family history / Helene Stapinski.

p.  cm.

1. Criminals—New Jersey—Jersey City—Biography.  2. Stapinski family.   I. Title.

HV6785 .S73 2000

364.1’092—dc21

[B]    00-059104

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eISBN: 978-0-375-50690-1

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