Martin Siskind Feature

Clarence Turner, who sleeps in a battered station wagon near Miami Avenue and NE 79th Street, says Siskind still owes him $900 for days of backbreaking labor. He disagrees with the assertion that people get what they deserve when doing business with his ex-boss. "The man worked me like a dog, made me a thief, and never paid me a dime," Turner says. "Look at me: a poor black man. I could have gotten twenty years in prison for moving that furniture. I was a fool. I pray I see Siskind down here some night. I pray God gives me a chance to do him like he done me.