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Anecdotes from Amarillo Slim:
 
Finding himself at a not-quite-legal gambling event in Florida when the event itself was held up by armed bandits, Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston, Jr., like the other patrons of this event, was forced to lie down on the floor at gun point. His assailants, recognizing this true celebrity, told him he alone could keep his valuables. However, concerned as to how this would appear to his fellow victims, Slim insisted he be robbed as well. A little more than a week later, his money and valuables were anonymously returned to him by his robbers. Call it respect, or perhaps more than a little fear, but someone would have to be a pretty remarkable person to elicit this sort of behavior from total strangers under any circumstances. This is the sort of person whose life story warrants being told.