The Case of the Abandoned Warehouse (Mystery House #2 by Eva Pohler

Author:Eva Pohler [Pohler, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cozy mystery, haunted house, ghost story, women sleuths, occult suspense, book club picks
Publisher: Eva Pohler
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

An hour and a half later, after they’d checked in at a local hotel, they sat in a booth at a nearby diner for an early supper. They were waiting for their food and looking over the papers they’d stolen from Patty Cole’s basement.

Was it really stealing if the ghost of the original owner told them to do it? Ellen frowned. He hadn’t actually told them to take the papers—only to look through his personal effects. She doubted they’d have much of a case if Patty Cole ever discovered her grandfather’s papers were missing and decided to press charges. Fortunately for Ellen and her friends, Patty Cole didn’t know them from Adam and had no way of tracking them down—unless they’d left their fingerprints behind. Ellen’s stomach turned a somersault.

“Look here,” Tanya said, pointing to the affidavit. “He’s naming names.”

“Oh my gosh. Hurley says that these officials were also members of the Ku Klux Klan.”

Sue read, “Aeroplanes dropped nitroglycerin bombs on buildings and homes in the Greenwood district, setting them on fire.”

“The mayor and the police commissioner, along with other city officials, also dropped turpentine balls and bombs into the houses in a conspiracy with other Klan agents to kill colored citizens and drive them from the land,” Ellen read.

“This is making me sick,” Tanya said. “We should have eaten first. I don’t think I can stomach anything now.”

“We can ask the waitress to pack it to go for us,” Sue said. “Maybe we’ll feel more like eating back at the hotel.”

“The city officials wanted to clear out Greenwood of its colored citizens to make way for a new railroad depot and industrial district,” Tanya read. “And at least one oil baron among them was after the mineral rights.”

“We own the mineral rights to our new property, don’t we?” Ellen asked.

“I don’t recall,” Sue said. “I’ll text Gayle and ask.”

“This is so unbelievable,” Tanya said. “Do you think Van Hurley was telling the truth?”

“His ghost wouldn’t have led us to this document if he’d made it all up,” Sue pointed out.

“I remember reading in that riot book that there was talk of a conspiracy, but nothing was ever proven,” Ellen said. “Some black citizens even said they’d received warning notes taped to their doors that said Leave Tulsa by June 1st. And a whole lot of lawsuits by black survivors who pressed charges against the city were never brought to trial.”

“How could the city officials and the Klan get away with this?” Tanya said. “Do you think we can bring them to justice?”

“They’re all dead by now,” Ellen said. “But maybe the city can still be made responsible. Maybe this affidavit can help the descendants of the victims get reparations.”

“I think it’s too far past the statute of limitations,” Sue said. “I don’t think anything can be done.”

“We need to find and identify those bodies,” Ellen insisted. “We’ve got to do whatever it takes to get Bob Brooks to help us.”

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