Lunch, got in his car shut the door locked it, cranked up before he pulled off someone was pounding on drivers side window, and mr. East looked and there was a very scary looking individual saying, are you p. D. East, the troublemaking newspaper man . [laughter] and with more courage than he felt, mr. East said is, yes, i am. The man said if you get out of this car, ill beat your brains out. Mr. East, said, if you want me to get out of this car, youve got to give me a lot more incentive than that. [laughter] the regard i have for the Virginia Historical society where, where i spent many, many weeks working on this book for nelson, for graham, for the wonderful work here thats all the incentive i needed to come. And, again, i thank you for the invitation. The book grew actually from a class i taught on great crimes. And in that class we would take a different crime every week the lindbergh kidnapping, haymarket riot the next week, then the lincoln assassination. Hands down the lincoln a
Just like firecrackers. Reporter that is what mike young who was working nearby said he heard just before 10 30 on the corner obviate event and dickinson street in point breeze. It it was wrapped fire. It sounded like a fire cracker we saw smoke. People screaming, running from the scene. It was pretty scary. Reporter Philadelphia Police say tow truck driver had attempted to repossess a silver toyota minivan by santana mini market without realize would go man was inside. She got out, started arguing with the tow truck driver and called her three twoyear old boyfriend to the scene. We heard lady screaming, and i guess he came and situation escalated, to the point where someone is dead. Reporter when boyfriend arrived he pistol whipped tow truck driver and according to investigators they started shooting at each other. Boyfriend later died at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and neighborhood dog, caught in the cross fire was also killed. It is sad it happened. Things didnt to have tur
Just like firecrackers. Reporter that is what mike young who was working nearby said he heard just before 10 30 on the corner obviate event and dickinson street in point breeze. It it was wrapped fire. It sounded like a fire cracker we saw smoke. People screaming, running from the scene. It was pretty scary. Reporter Philadelphia Police say tow truck driver had attempted to repossess a silver toyota minivan by santana mini market without realize would go man was inside. She got out, started arguing with the tow truck driver and called her three twoyear old boyfriend to the scene. We heard lady screaming, and i guess he came and situation escalated, to the point where someone is dead. Reporter when boyfriend arrived he pistol whipped tow truck driver and according to investigators they started shooting at each other. Boyfriend later died at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and neighborhood dog, caught in the cross fire was also killed. It is sad it happened. Things didnt to have tur
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