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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

About Isabel's Ghost

The story has become a bit of a downer - so I'm gonna skip the gory details about George's trial, even though there are some direct quotes from defense and the prosecution quoted verbatim from the 100-year-old newspaper accounts. The judge's comments and orders are right out of a TV script. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

On Friday, April sixth (the Friday before election day in Illinois) Alexander and Elizabeth Darragh checked into the Coates House hotel in Kansas City. He had meetings scheduled with a local builder. Later the couple were to meet friends and attend a performance at a downtown theater. The meetings... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 14, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

Two months after Paul Beaucage's visit, on the afternoon of April 12, there was a knock on her front door. “Are you Miss Phoebe Montgomery?” “Yes, I am.” “I’m Lieutenant Joseph Jedlicka with the Edwardsville Police Department, and I’d like to ask you a few questions.” She invited him in and they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 13, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

“Would you consider a bit of advice from a friend?” she asked. “Yes, of course.” “Go back to Chicago. Wait. If you insist on an answer right now, she’ll say no. But in six weeks or so, that could change.” “I’m sure you mean well, Miss Montgomery...” “Please, call me Phoebe. And yes, I mean only the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 12, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

CHAPTER 7 - PAUL BEAUCAGE On February 25th Paul Beaucage came from Chicago by train and checked into the Stenzel Hotel in Edwardsville. At the end of his rope, he’d made up his mind: Isabel would either choose him or he’d know the reason why. Paul told the hotel proprietor Frank Hall he planned to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 11, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

“But are you happy?” Isabel sidestepped the question. “I shall write to Paul and tell him not to come. I promised mother I’d give it at least six months, and I’ll not renege.” Two weeks later Phoebe and Isabel met for lunch at the dining room of the St. James Hotel, an elegant, popular... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

Phoebe and Isabel had been friends for almost three years. They’d met after Michael Yates bought his daughter-in-law a show horse as an anniversary gift. Since the Yates farm had no exercise ring, he boarded the horse at Montgomery Stables and arranged for Isabel to take riding lessons. Whether or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - editor's note

If you've been following this series, you've noticed that I started over. It finally occurred to me it would make a better approach to the facts in the matter by using the flashback technique with the precipitating incident (the murder) first. The first draft of this was the NaNoWriMo entry for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

CHAPTER 6 - PHOEBE MONTGOMERY In the summer of 1910 Phoebe Montgomery helped a friend leave her husband. Ordinarily she wouldn’t have gotten involved, but Isabel Yates’ husband had shown all the traits of a brute. Phoebe was certain things would only get worse for her friend as time went on. One... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 7, 2021

ISABEL'S GHOST - Cont'd

Finally Phoebe told George Isabel had gone to her father’s house in Salt Lake City. George was livid. Alexander Darragh, Isabel’s father, was probably laughing up his sleeve. He’d never wanted his precious little princess to marry a dirt farmer. He thought on it while staring at the ceiling on... Sign in to see full entry.

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