Part One Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
　　第一部 待人的基本技巧
　　On May 7， 1931， the most sensational manhunt New York City had ever known had come to its climax. After weeks of search， “Two Gun” Crowley①—the killer， the gunman who didn’t smoke or drink—was at bay， trapped in his sweetheart’s apartment on West End Avenue.
　　One hundred and fifty policemen and detectives laid siege to his top-floor hideaway. They chopped holes in the roof；they tried to smoke out Crowley， the “cop killer，” with teargas②. Then they mounted their machine guns on surrounding buildings， and for more than an hour one of New York’s fine residential areas reverberated with the crack of pistol fire and the rut-tat-tat of machine guns. Crowley， crouching behind an over-stuffed chair， fired incessantly at the police. Ten thousand excited people watched the battle. Nothing like it ever been seen before on the sidewalks of New York.
　　When Crowley was captured， Police Commissioner E. P. Mulrooney declared that the two-gun desperado③ was one of the most dangerous criminals ever encountered in the history of New York. “He will kill，” said the Commissioner， “at the drop of a feather.”
　　But how did “Two Gun” Crowley regard himself？ We know， because while the police were firing into his apartment， he wrote a letter addressed “To whom it may concern”. And， as he wrote， the blood flowing from his wounds left a crimson trail on the paper. In this letter Crowley said： “Under my coat is a weary heart， but a kind one—one that would do nobody any harm.”
　　A short time before this， Crowley had been having a necking party with his girl friend on a country road out on Long Island. Suddenly a policeman walked up to the car and said： “Let me see your license.”
　　Without saying a word， Crowley drew his gun and cut the policeman down with a shower of lead. As the dying officer fell， Crowley leaped out of the car， grabbed the officer’s revolver， and fired another bullet into the prostrate④ body. And that was the killer who said： “Under my coat is a weary heart， but a kind one—one that would do nobody any harm.”
　　Crowley was sentenced to the electric chair. When he arrived at the death house in Sing Sing⑤， did he say， “This is what I get for killing people？” No， he said： “This is what I get for defending myself.”
　　The point of the story is this： “Two Gun” Crowley didn’t blame himself for anything.
　　Is that an unusual attitude among criminals？ If you think so， listen to this：
　　第一章
　　如欲采蜜，勿蹴蜂房
　　1931年5月7日，轟動(dòng)一時(shí)的紐約追捕案進(jìn)入白熱化。經(jīng)過(guò)幾個(gè)星期的搜捕，那個(gè)煙酒不沾的殺手“雙槍”克勞利終于走投無(wú)路，被困在曼哈頓西區(qū)大道情人的公寓里。
　　150名警察和偵探包圍了他藏身的頂樓。他們鑿穿了樓頂，試圖用催淚彈把這個(gè)“警察殺手”克勞利給熏出來(lái)。他們帶著機(jī)關(guān)槍爬上了周?chē)�的建筑物，接下�?lái)的一個(gè)多小時(shí)里，紐約的一個(gè)漂亮居民區(qū)回蕩著手槍的砰砰聲和機(jī)關(guān)槍的突突聲。克勞利蹲伏在裝滿東西的椅子后面不停地朝警察開(kāi)槍。一萬(wàn)多激動(dòng)的居民觀看了這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)斗。這可是紐約城人行道上前所未有的事情。
　　克勞利被捕獲時(shí)，警署專員E？P？穆勒尼聲稱，這名雙槍暴徒是紐約歷史上所遇到的最危險(xiǎn)的罪犯之一。“他動(dòng)不動(dòng)就殺人�！睂�員說(shuō)。
　　但是“雙槍”克勞利是如何看待自己的呢？據(jù)我們了解，當(dāng)警察朝他公寓開(kāi)火時(shí)，他開(kāi)始寫(xiě)信給“敬啟者”，而此時(shí)從傷口流出的鮮血在紙上留下了深紅色的痕跡。克勞利在信中寫(xiě)道：“在我外衣之下是一顆疲憊的心，然而卻是一顆善良的心——一顆不會(huì)傷害任何人的心�！�
　　不久前，克勞利和女朋友在長(zhǎng)島的鄉(xiāng)村公路上親熱。突然一名警察走到他們的車(chē)前，說(shuō)：“請(qǐng)出示你的駕照�！�
　　克勞利二話沒(méi)說(shuō)，掏出槍一陣掃射將那名警察打倒在地。奄奄一息的警察倒地后，克勞利跳出車(chē)，抓過(guò)他的左輪手槍，又朝地上的尸體開(kāi)了一槍。就是這個(gè)殺手說(shuō)過(guò)：“在我外衣之下是一顆疲憊的心，然而卻是一顆善良的心——一顆不會(huì)傷害任何人的心�！�
　　克勞利被判電椅死刑。當(dāng)他到達(dá)星星監(jiān)獄的死刑室時(shí)，他說(shuō)過(guò)“這就是我殺人所應(yīng)得的下場(chǎng)”嗎？沒(méi)有，他說(shuō)道：“這是我自衛(wèi)的結(jié)果�！�
　　這個(gè)故事說(shuō)明一點(diǎn)：“雙槍”克勞利沒(méi)有為任何事情自責(zé)。
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