The Barrel MysteryFlynn, William J. (William James)
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The Barrel Mystery
Flynn, William J. (William James)
Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Q. All the time you thought that you were under obligations to him?
A. Yes; just for that thing.
Q. Don't you know who the woman was?
A. No; never saw her.
Q. Sure you didn't?
A. No.
Q. Do you know her?
A. No, she was a Sicilian. I don't know her personally.
Q. Is she living?
A. I imagine she is.
Q. What was her name? What was she called?
A. Didn't know at all. Probably my grandmother would know.
Q. Was this after or before the barrel murder?
A. I think the barrel murder was after that.
Q. He lived on Chrystie Street at that time?
A. Yes. And so the baby was brought to our house and we took care of
it, a nice little baby. Nothing happened at all--no disturbance. They
came around to our house about once a week to see the baby. I kept on
studying; never bothered my head about anything at all. I went out
early in the morning and came back late; never bothered much with the
affairs of the family. That baby died. First it got the measles, then
bronchial pneumonia. It was a little over two years old when it died.
Q. Did Morello marry this woman?
A. The woman he married is his present wife. He had got her from the
other side. The sister (Morello's) had gone to the other side and
arranged for this marriage. So nothing happened until after I was
graduated. Then these people began to call on me as a doctor.
Q. He then lived in East One Hundred and Seventh Street?
A. I think in East One Hundred and Seventh Street, and he began to
call on me; and then the brother-in-law and then cousin, etc., called.
Q. Who is his brother-in-law?
A. He has three brothers-in-law, Lupo, Lima and Salima.
Q. Which one of his brothers-in-law did you treat?
A. I treated all three of them.
Q. Are Lima and Salima in this country now?
A. Yes, in New York City.
Q. And did you treat other relatives?
A. I treated all their relatives, and all free of charge. They would
call me; I would examine them, prescribe, etc., but I got no pay.
Q. Did you ever ask them for any?
A. No.
Q. Why not?
A. On account of the obligations; also the familiarity. Right from the
start I thought that I was doing a wise thing not to ask for money for
my services.
Q. What did you know about Morello about that time?
A. My folks had told him all about those letters and he had fixed it
all up; we had no disturbance because we were under his protection.
Q. Did you know that you were under his protection?
A. I knew as well as the family did.
Q. What protection did you think that he could give you?
A. Receiving no disturbance from the "Black-Handers."
Q. Did you know that he was connected with the "Black-Handers" then?
A. I did not know that he was a "Black-Hander," but I knew from the
fact that he had arranged everything that he must have known something
about these people.
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