Friday, October 26, 2018

Edward and Bridget part two October 26

Edward ran a saloon in a rough town full of rough men and transients. One day he shot a man in self defense and killed him. The self defense theory, it was rumored, wasn't holding water after 3 days (!) and Edward was looking at prison. He went to the bar, sat down across a friend, and poured two whiskeys. While the friend was distracted, he poured Rough on Rats into his own. Arsenic. Slow death. He drank it down before anyone could stop him. He died, you guessed it, 3 days later in a St. Louis hospital. I drove through East St. Louis looking for their old address but it’s under the elevated freeway now and the streets are there but no buildings. Again.

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