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Post by Michael on Mar 25, 2006 20:58:14 GMT -5
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Post by Michael on Apr 8, 2006 14:41:48 GMT -5
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Post by rick62private dick on Apr 9, 2006 17:15:30 GMT -5
Ellis Parker, good Quaker stock, has taken much criticism for his kidnapping of Paul E. Wendel. In True Detective Mysteries June 1940 is printed The Hidden Truth behind the Ellis Parker Death Mystery by Alan Hynd a friend and supporter of Parkers superior abilities for solving crimes. Hynds article concludes that Parkers abilities were compromised by the brain tumor that ultimately did him in. too bad its not August already.
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Post by Joe on Apr 9, 2006 20:17:50 GMT -5
That's very interesting Rick. The same thought has previously crossed my mind and I wouldn't be surprised if this was a contributing factor in his ultimate lack of sound judgment.
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rick62country sleuth
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Post by rick62country sleuth on Apr 10, 2006 13:13:42 GMT -5
Joe--if there is an oncologist in the house (?) maybe we can pinpoint the precise day that his sleuthing abilities headed South?
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Post by STEVE ROMEO on Apr 14, 2006 14:07:58 GMT -5
the question is, its said he had the brain tumor in prison. did he have it before he entered? he was up for a pardon at the time of his death
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Post by rick3 Master Fisher on Apr 15, 2006 12:28:45 GMT -5
Steve--it took about 3 years for skin cancer to kill my Dad. During that time his mental faculties dwindled down pretty low from a high start point. He was practically a genius like his #1 son in the beginning, if you asked him, but toward the end he could not dial a cell phone. Tumors, eg brain tumors, could be very slow growing and take a long time from start to Finnish. How many years are we talking about here? About 1935 to 1940? that should be doable. I still appreciate the supposition on Parker's part early on when he opined "the kidnap is separate from the extortion". It could still turn out that way.
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Post by steve romeo on Apr 17, 2006 7:03:46 GMT -5
well, he made it through his trial, i never read that he was sick to attend. i think he had all his marbles when he spearheaded the kidnap and torture of wendel. i guess in prison at his age he developed a brain tumor
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Post by sue75 on Jul 5, 2010 20:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by Michael on Mar 13, 2011 8:17:50 GMT -5
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Post by Michael on Oct 8, 2011 18:32:16 GMT -5
Coming this October from Glyphworks Publishing: Death on a Golden Isle - A Max Hurlock Roaring 20s mystery At an exclusive island club for America's richest and influential men, crime is rare and murder unheard of. So when one of the members is served poisoned coffee at the club dance, suspicious eyes turn to his new wife. Is she a heartless gold digger or a victim? She calls on Max "Sherlock" Hurlock, part time detective and amateur aviator, to try to pierce the veil of secrecy and suspicion to find out the truth. But if the victim died from poisoned coffee, why was his last word "cocoa"? Master Detective has also "gone east"..... Check it out here, and read more about the new book:
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