CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
JUNE 12, 10 AM
ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER
Finally, I catch up with Jimmy Doe by phone. Says he does make gold and turquoise jewelry and certainly would like to show some pieces that he has for sale. I sense he wants to make a sale, thinks that I am a potential prize client. We agree to meet at the Arizona Manor for a drink, and he will bring his work.
He is an old guy, gray-haired, probably late fifties. Comes in with a paper bag in which he has several pieces wrapped in black velvet. Wow! They show great. Beautiful workmanship. I ask where he does his work. He indicates that he rents a space at the back of a warehouse with a small smelting area set up for the gold and silver. He is quite a craftsman, been making jewelry all his life. Funny that he has not achieved
