The Mafia was looking for a new man to make weekly collections from all the private businesses that they were 'protecting.' Feeling the heat from the police force, they decide to use a deaf person for this job, figuring if he were to get caught, he wouldn't be able to communicate to the police what he was doing.
In his first week, the deaf collector picks up more than $40,000. He gets greedy, decides to keep the money and stashes it in a safe place. The Mafia boss soon realizes the collection is late and sends some of his thugs after the deaf collector.
The thugs drag the guy to an interpreter. The right-hand man says to the interpreter, "Ask him where da money is."
The interpreter signs, "Where's the money?"
The deaf collector signs, "I don't know what you're talking about."
The interpreter tells the main man, "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."
The main man pulls out a .38 and places it in the ear of the deaf collector. "NOW ask him where da money is."
The interpreter signs, "Where is the money?"
The deaf collector signs, "The $40,000 is in a tree stump in Central Park just east of the big fountain."
The interpreter's eyes light up, and he says to the thug, "He says he still doesn't know what you're talking about, and doesn't think you have the guts to pull the trigger."