Body Meet a Body opens a nautical mystery tale
Young John Stanton, ex Merchant Marine, regains consciousness in Coronada jail and learns he is charged with drunken driving or resisting arrest. Police say his wife Corliss has been murdered and he is held awaiting her body. They had run a motor court and the Purple Parrot nightclub. The tale resumes as John and the police return toward the motor court.
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John Stanton
Merchant Marine
Coronada
Corliss
John
Coris
Purple Parrot
Stanton
Cooper
Coronado
Marks
Red Cross
Agile
Captain Marks
Means
Unit No. 3
Unit. No. 7
Waddy
Mrs. Means
Corlis
San Diego
Hhim
Flagle
Ann Marks
New York
Chicago
Motor Court
Ennai
No Wind and a Parrot at the Purple Parrot
Stanton faces arrest after a night of danger at the Coronado motor court and Purple Parrot club. Sheriff Cooper, Captain Marks, and ADA Flagle question Corliss's death and a life insurance policy. Evidence hints at murder, a missing body, and a troubling marriage.
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Stanton
Captain Marks
Sheriff Cooper
Coronado
Marks
Flagle
Charlie
Waddy
Corliss
Mr. Means
Mrs. Means
Mrs. Stanton
Johnny
Unusual Names In City's Crimes
Montgomery police and the FBI seek several suspects with unusual monikers led by The Angel and Slick Willie Sutton. Also wanted are Mustache Devons, The Tank Kid, Love em Fat Lee, Banjo Eyes Powell, Dopey Owens, Joe Elijah alias The Prophet, Seldom Gamble, China Motely, Mule Anderson, Fate Jones, Frank Callace alias Chick 99, Willie Willie, and Robert Campbell alias Mildred. Historical records list Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin, and Andrew Johnson.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
FBI
the Angel
Slick Willie Sutton
Mustache Devons
the Tank Kid
Love ’Em Fat Lee
Banjo Eyes Powell
Dopey Owens
Joe Elijah
Alias the Prophet
China Motely
Mule Anderson
Fate Jones
Frank Callace
Chick 99
Willie Willie
Robert Campbell
Mildred
Montgomery Records
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Johnson
Man Fined 200 For Obnoxious Stop Refusal
Alvin Holloway, stopped by Oklahoma highway trooper C A Morris, insisted he too had been waved off the road. After exchanges, Holloway was charged with intoxication and fined 200 dollars plus costs.
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Holloway
C. A. Morris
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Corliss Stanton
Imperial Life Insurance Company
Flagie
Fellows
Filagle
Plagle
Ann
Phillips
Omas
Malibu
The
Globe
Day Keene
King Features Syn
Anahist
Anahist Co., Inc
Yonkers 2, N.Y
Reader's Digest
T. Cathey Oy
Foe
Bae Veer
Ache
Americas
Taylor
Globe News
Texas Concrete Works
Waco
Amarillo
Globe-News
Deason
Dodge
Hedgecoke Motor CO
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