Voraden
02-28-2004, 02:34 PM
http://news.independent.co.uk/world...sp?story=495490
James Joseph Minder seemed the perfect chairman for Smith & Wesson - a respected member of the business community in Phoenix who had previously set up and run his own company to help disadvantaged youths.
Alas, there was one problem. Mr Minder, 74, had spent more than a decade in prison for a string of armed robberies.
And yesterday, the management consultant resigned from the legendary handgun manufacturer, two weeks after an Arizona newspaper revealed his misspent youth in the 1950s and 1960s. At first, Smith & Wesson's astonished board unanimously rejected his offer to step down as his criminal past became public.
==============================================How in the world did he get that far?
James Joseph Minder seemed the perfect chairman for Smith & Wesson - a respected member of the business community in Phoenix who had previously set up and run his own company to help disadvantaged youths.
Alas, there was one problem. Mr Minder, 74, had spent more than a decade in prison for a string of armed robberies.
And yesterday, the management consultant resigned from the legendary handgun manufacturer, two weeks after an Arizona newspaper revealed his misspent youth in the 1950s and 1960s. At first, Smith & Wesson's astonished board unanimously rejected his offer to step down as his criminal past became public.
==============================================How in the world did he get that far?