The Gone Dead Train by Lisa Turner

Author:Lisa Turner
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

Billy went to the break room and poured a cup of scorched coffee. He had to calm down so he could get what he needed from Edgar before the clerical staff straggled in with their boxed salads and microwavable meals.

Edgar pushed through the door, palms up and wagging, his tight potbelly poking off his skinny frame like a tumor on a twig. “I never said a word to nobody about that Poston file. But I’ll tell you, that limp dick Dunsford will take you down if there’s a way he can make it happen.”

Billy wasn’t going to explain it was dumb luck that Freeman had mentioned the file to Dunsford. Having Edgar on the defensive was useful. “Let’s get past that. What I need now is a shortcut, and you’re the man who can help me.”

Edgar glanced at the door. “We only got a couple of minutes. What’s up?”

Billy pulled out the stack of photos and pointed at the man wearing the jacket. “Do you recognize this guy?”

Edgar ran his thumb down the edge of the print. “These are from the sixties. That’s a long time ago.”

“Don’t hedge, Edgar. You knew every blessed cop in the MPD back then.”

The little man pointed at the picture. “This one’s FBI.”

“His name?”

“Leland Grant. He worked with the MPD during all that civil rights crap. COINTELPRO was their dirty-tricks program. They used special tactics to foul up radical movements.”

“Can you identify the locations?”

Edgar fanned through the photos. “Mainly Beale Street. And that there is Grant’s partner. He must have been standing inside Freeman’s Bar to get the angle on that shot. The two of them were in charge of setting up listening posts in the colored neighborhoods. The FBI was keeping track of agitators and Communists coming down from up north—the ones registering the coloreds to vote.”

“Something happened between Grant and Freeman,” he said, hoping Edgar would bite.

Edgar hiked up his pants and rolled his tongue in his cheek. “Boy howdy. Freeman had this bar. It was a perfect setup to be one of Grant’s listening posts, but Freeman wouldn’t cooperate. The way I heard it, Grant warned Freeman he’d lose his liquor license if he didn’t straighten up. Freeman got vocal about it, set a bad example for the other business owners. Grant got the liquor board to pull his license on some bogus charge.”

“What happened to Freeman?”

“Lost the bar. Took it real personal. He hanged himself a year later.”

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