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by adriand 524 days ago
Why did he feel he had to run? Did he owe people money?
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Yes. It was to shake off debt. Records were far from unified back then.

So, he took advantage of that by essentially living out of range. Once all the companies charged him off and basically moved on, he was free to come back and pick up where he left off with few worries.