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Post by Eyes on Jul 17, 2016 12:52:26 GMT -5
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 17:06:33 GMT -5
Due to some loose ends we never quite tied up, I'm just posting an epilogue to this book in the form of a series of newspaper articles and conversations.
EPILOGUE ONE:
DRUGG BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: MANNING NOW AT REST AS PIORIER IS RELEASED
The shocking revelation of Dr. Drugg's connections to the Nazis and various crime organizations has caused a major uproar among certain groups. Dr. Calvin Piorier was released today upon news that he was drugged into confessing to the murder surfaced. As it turns out, Dr. Drugg was the one who truly killed Dr. Manning, revealing in court yesterday "We were old colleagues who go very far back. Though when he found out my connections and threatened to expose me, I knew I had no choice but to silence him before he did. Luckily, his dinner with Piorier proved to be a perfect cover opportunity."
The cane was revealed to be Piorier's, but what happened was both he and Manning were drugged due to a tainted Merlot bottle. Both entered a state where they were mostly asleep, but "awake enough to be vulnerable to suggestion" as Drugg put it. From there, it was easy.
Piorier said upon release "I feel much better now that I know I committed no crime. Now that I am out, I am ready to help others again, and resume my practice."
This is only the tip of the iceberg though; as the trial progresses, more of Drugg's dealing will be coming to light in the coming days.
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Post by Eyes on Sept 22, 2016 17:09:07 GMT -5
I thought we were going to tackle Drugg in a future edition of LM?
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 17:21:44 GMT -5
EPILOGUE TWO:
GREENING FIREARMS CLOSES DOORS
After more than 45 years of operation, Greening Firearms, the London gun dealer known for his work in customizing guns for customer's tastes, has closed shop. The proprietor, 74 year old Albert Greening, was forced to retire after his sons felt that he was beginning to lose his mind.
Greening gained fame recently for his testimony in the Gunnarson case, where he was supposedly a witness to Crown Prosecutor Henry Taylor's purchasing of a firearm under a false name. Taylor however, proved not only was he mistaken in this fact, but he also had a terrible memory, when he was unable to recall who the prime minister and king of England are, and when the Great War ended.
Gunnarson tried to argue that because he did not read newspapers, there was no way of him knowing these things, and showed that he could recall faces. Regardless, the judge on this case was not impressed, as after he stepped down ordered a psychological assessment of Mr. Greening. In the words of Dr. Daniel Moore, the results were shocking.
"He could not remember his birthday, his hometown, or even his children's names. Heck, he thought Christmas was December 21st and Easter always fell on a Wednesday!"
The only things he did seems to recall were anything about firearms, and his shop itself. To his sons though, this was a sign that their father had to stop.
"We are concerned about Dad's mental health at this point; if he can't even remember when Christmas is, you know that something is wrong" his elder son informed.
For now, his shop sits vacant; still owned by Greening, but now a "closed" sign greets all who come to it. For now it seems, that anyone who desires a weapon with special decorations will have to wait, as he was the only one in all of London.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 18:38:50 GMT -5
EPILOGUE THREE:
DRUGG DROPS BOMBSHELL: HE KILLED JACOB EDWARDS, AND EVERLY WAS ACCOMPLICE
During the Gunnarson trial, Adolf Gunnarson accused Henry Taylor of murdering Jacob Edwards, and presented testimony and evidence supposedly linking him to the crime. In a shocking twist though, Dr. Drugg has come forward, taking credit not only for Edwards' murder, but Everly's suicide.
"Henry Taylor had been a thorn in my side for some time; he knew all about me, and unlike Manning, was in a substantial position of power that prevented me from just getting rid of him. Jacob Edwards was the same, and he had actual evidence of my links to the Nazis kept in his safe. So on the 21st, what I did was went to visit his home, on the premise that I had decided to come clean, and I asked him to accompany me to the police station with his evidence. We went into his office, and as he opened his safe, I noticed a rather fancy revolver sitting on his desk, and he mentioned that he was looking over the Ivory for a friend. I picked it up to admire the artwork, and that was when I noticed it was loaded. Everly had opened the safe, and I knew I had what I had to do. As for Everly, I needed an assistant for my projects and such, and he was hired like any other man would be. But when Gunnarson went to trail, I saw a perfect opportunity to set Henry Taylor up, so I drugged Everly into thinking he was Taylor's accomplice and long time friend, when the two had never even met before. I then spun a series of lies concerning the Gunnarson cases that tied Taylor to them, and it would have worked too... but I underestimated how smart Taylor was, and I saw it unravel before me. Everly wound up falling apart when he couldn't produce evidence and that was the end of it. I knew that once he came too, he could rat me out, so I visited his cell on the premise that he was eligible for my drug program... where I injected him with the suggestibility drug and made him hang himself. The rope I had swiped from a nearby navy yard was perfect for its use."
He then later talked about how it was he who tried to kill Henry Taylor, and drugged the Secretary to take the blame, but there is some news coming to light on this story. More will be revealed once we have all the details
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Post by Eyes on Sept 22, 2016 18:46:48 GMT -5
Is Drugg really someone that would 'talk', though? He seems like someone who keeps his mouth shut and just plots for revenge.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 18:48:42 GMT -5
He may be evil, but he is also honorable- as in he always keeps his word, and in this case he is telling all because he wants to show just how elaborate his planing was and how the police weren't even close
But anyway- thoughts on the first three epilogues?
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Post by Eyes on Sept 22, 2016 18:53:40 GMT -5
There are more?  Nice, and interesting to say the least. |
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Post by Tug on Sept 22, 2016 21:12:22 GMT -5
Frank, I would love to see you write an epilogue in this style for the mobster's family who Drugg was holding hostage, plus maybe summarize the Irish Mob's position during all this madness if you could...
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 21:55:35 GMT -5
Could I have your help on that actually? You have a better grasp on the mob than me.
Speaking of which, there is an epilogue "scene" coming up involving the mob; feel free to edit it when I'm done, but I do assure you, it's the next one, so you will not have to wait long to see it.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 22:29:10 GMT -5
EPILOGUE FOUR:
Ireland, a Small coastal town near a port.
Boss Ryan O'Connor was sitting at a desk, staring at the door . After everything that had happened, he needed to know the total losses endured by the mob as a result of the Athenry's sinking. Though it was Finnegan who managed the day-to-day of the England operations, O'Connor had actually delegated different things to different subordinates, and he was one of the few who knew why there was such a strong mob presence on the Athenry... they had more than just weapons on board.
At last, one of his men came in, holding a list of "merchandise" they had.
"Ah, Hughes, at last. What can you tell me about the lost assets on the Athenry?" O'Connor asked.
"It's... it's not good sir. We lost a great deal of resources when she went down. We had 12 vehicles on board, including a pair of jeeps and some trucks we requisitioned from our army contact. Lost all of those. Then there was the issue of the funding on board" Hughes began.
"Was any of it saved?" O'Connor asked.
"Hardly. The cash we were going to launder and eventually send to our American contacts. It was stored in the forward hold, so it was lost from the start" he began. "We got a bit lucky though; as it happens Collins had one of the bags near his bunk; said he had to recount cause the bag felt a bit light compared to the others. Had about 25,000 in it" he explained.
"Damn it! We had 2 and a half million in green on her. Well, at least Collins had the forethought to save some of it. And the gold?" O'Connor asked.
"Also in the forward hold; Campbell managed to get a couple bricks from the stack before it was overwhelmed, but the rest was lost."
"The gold we had was worth about one million in American dollars. I had a tip off that it's a sound investment, since the price is bound to go up in the future, but sounds like we lost that too" O'Connor replied.
"And then there was the weapons... we had to chuck some of them even after rescuing them" he explained.
"What? Why?!"
"Damage sir; once they came out of the crates, the rest of the voyage they were improperly transported. And due to some lost crates, we've got guns, but no usable ammo, and ammo, but no proper guns for them to be used in. Overall, we're looking at more than half of the weapons and ammo lost, damaged or unusable" he explained.
"Anything else?" O'Connor asked, trying to hide his frustration.
"Yes, actually. Something's gone terribly wrong sir. You know how the England operation as a whole pulled out on the Athenry? Well, seven of our boys drowned at sea, and in the week since... another nine have turned up dead" he explained.
"What? How did I not know about this sooner?!" O'Connor fumed.
"That's just it sir; we did not find out till this morning. In fact, the nine seemed to be murdered almost systematically... this was no accident" Hughes explained.
Just then, the phone rang, and O'Connor had to pick it up. "hello?"
"Boss? Boss! You gotta do something, they're onto us!" The voice on the other end said.
"Kavanagh? Calm down, what's going on?!" O'Connor said.
"It's those damn Nazis! They know about the Athenry's cargo! They know we took the- AAARRRGGGHHH!" He screamed as gunshots were heard in the background.
"Kavanagh? Kavanagh!" O'Connor screamed. But then, another voice answered, and said in another language.
[We know where you got that gold from, and we don't appreciate it. You will pay for your betrayal] and then the phone hung up.
"Boss? What was that?" Hughes asked. And for once, O'Connor shuttered. "I think... we may have pissed off the wrong Germans..."
(What do you think? Could set up for a future spin off, actually)
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Post by Tug on Sept 22, 2016 22:54:35 GMT -5
You know, I might have to write a LM solely focused on the Irish Mob and Finnegan as the main character in the near future... That epilogue gave me, and you guys, a lot of options to work with... P.S. Yes Frank if you need help with the mob just message me about it |
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 22, 2016 23:01:57 GMT -5
We're in the chat now tug; come and share your thoughts with us
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 24, 2016 0:29:06 GMT -5
EPILOGUE FIVE:
MEDICAL MIRACLE: HENRY TAYLOR LIVES
Crown prosecutor Henry Taylor, who recently was thought killed by poisoning, has been found out to be alive. When some people initially looked at him, they presumed he was dead and dismissed him as such. However, closer inspection by a veteran examiner revealed that shockingly, though the signs were minimal, they were there.
Once the drugs were out of his system, he regained consciousness and thankfully appears to not suffer from brain damage.
Doctors examined a sample of the drug from his tainted brandy and found that what poisoned him was not strychnine, as initially believed, but rather a combination of drugs developed by Dr. Drugg to get rid of Taylor.
However, something went wrong, and rather than kill him, the combination of drugs put him into a death-like coma, comparable to the Drug that Juliet took in Romeo and Juliet where she was rendered in a death-like state for 40 hours.
When asked in court about this, Drugg reasoned that "there must have been something in the brandy" that ended up messing up the formula, and caused this to happen. Drugg had in fact given Taylor one of his "cocktails" at an earlier point, but he would not say what it was.
In light of these revelations, when Taylor was asked if he was willing to continue his pursuit of Gunnarson, he said he "had a lot to think about for now" since so many attached to this case were under the influence of Dr. Drugg.
Just how deep was the brainwashing? Taylor's secretary supposedly confessed to falling in love with him and having a relationship with him. But this was preposterous, and both, now free from the drugs, want to make it clear they are loyal to their respective spouses.
In light of all this information, Taylor is currently motioning for a mistrial on the Gunnarson case, due to the "unique circumstances" around it.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 24, 2016 0:36:33 GMT -5
EPILOGUE SIX:
GADFREY EMERALDS RECOVERED: BLADE AND CREW REMAIN AT LARGE
A shootout involving the Irish mob and the crew of notorious crime lord "Blade" left many police officers injured, but also unearthed a shocking surprise. Having been stolen a few months ago, the "Gadfrey Emeralds" were stolen for reasons that are not quite clear at present.
But when Police searched the house, they found a good deal of stolen and missing property. The one particular highlight though, was the Gadfrey Emeralds, which were stolen in possible connection to the shootout at Gadfrey Farm some months ago.
Though this property has been recovered, and 2/3 of Blade's crew are behind bars, Blade and about five other men remain wanted, last seen in the London area, possibly conspiring with Dr Drugg.
Chief Gent has said of them "They are running out of places to hide; soon we will force them out into the open, and they will be done for" he assured when asked about it early yesterday afternoon.
Indeed, with a good deal of his crew behind bars, it is suspected that in the coming months, Blade's crew are almost certain to make a move on them. Only time will tell.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 24, 2016 0:56:36 GMT -5
EPILOGUE SEVEN:
KIDNAPPED IRISH FAMILY TO RETURN HOME; VICTIMS OF DOCTOR DRUGG
The McGrath family was found locked in a makeshift cell in one of the various locations used by Dr. Drugg during his "reign of terror" these past several months. Much to the shock of officers who raided and secured the location, a young Irish mother and three small children were being held captive in a cell. Based on information revealed at Drugg's trial, it seemed that Drugg had some dealings with the Irish mob that was operating in England, and this family was used as a bargaining chip to make one of the mobsters act as a mole in the operation. Mr. McGrath appears to have left England at this point, but his family is all to happy to finally be released from this hellhole.
They are still shaken from this recent experience though, and will be spending the next few days at a hospital before being transported back home to Ireland.
(I got this so far Tug; feel free to edit if you can think of something to add)
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Oct 4, 2016 23:16:17 GMT -5
EPILOGUE EIGHT
EXAMINER UNDER FIRE; EVIDENCE FOR GUNNARSON CASE FAKED
In a shocking turn of events, a forensic examiner has come forward with a confession about the Gunnarson case. It was revealed that he faked evidence linking Mr Walters to the murder of his sister.
Though we are not allowed to reveal his name, we can tell you that he admits that he had held a grudge against Reginald Walters for a long time, and wanted to see him go down. The evidence supposedly linking Walter's gun to the crime was found to be flawed; because Walter's gun was stolen, it was not available for test fires to compare scientifically.
An expert in the field explained "to compare a bullet to a source, you need the questioned bullet you recovered, and a known bullet fired under controlled circumstances. Without the gun and no known, all he had was the recovered bullet."
This, along with many other complicated revelations, has lead the courts to decide to render the trial null, as if it never happened.
This does mean though, that Crown Prosecutor Henry Taylor is free to pursue charges once again. Due to recovering from his ordeal though, it is unknown if he actually will.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Oct 6, 2016 23:50:45 GMT -5
EPILOGUE NINE
GUNNARSON AND ASSOCIATES APOLOGIZE; PHOTOS AT TRIAL CALLED TO QUESTION
In a shocking turn of events, Adolf Gunnarson and some of his associates have made a formal apology yesterday afternoon, following analysis of the photographic evidence shown at trial.
What was originally claimed to be a series of photographs of Crown Prosecutor Henry Taylor appearing at a certain address that linked him the murder of Jacob Edwards had the Swedish detective second guessing himself, when photographic experts consulted the photographs taken. Much to everyone's surprise, the experts say it is "impossible to definitively conclude that this was him in the photographs"
Of the seven photographs taken, 2 were found to be out of focus and not offer a clear shot of the man in the picture, and another two the man was facing another direction, not offering a clear view of the face.
As for the remaining three, the experts say that while the resolution is clearer, the problem is it was too dark to make out the details. From a distance, there may be some resemblance to Taylor, but comparing these photos to other photographs of the Crown Prosecutor, it becomes clear that what we see in the Gunnarson photos is not what we see in the others.
Circumstantial evidence also concludes that it cannot be Taylor in these photographs: witness James Hartley testified to witnessing the man smoking a drug, though Taylor is known to not smoke anything. Furthermore, that day at that time, he was at home with his family, including his wife, children and parents.
It will probably never be known who was in these photographs, but one thing is certain: it wasn't Crown Prosecutor Henry Taylor.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Oct 11, 2016 23:40:05 GMT -5
EPILOGUE TEN:
As Gunnarson and Hartley settled down in the apartment for the night, Hartley just couldn't help but think about something.
"Say Gunnarson, be honest: how did you find me? If you think I'll buy that "you had a friend find out in an hour" story, you've got another thing coming" Hartley quipped as he put the pillow on one end of the couch and covered himself with the blanket.
"Well, yes, it was tough at first, I will admit, but after meeting Poirot everything was rather simple" Gunnarson began, and he talked about that day...
......
"Are you sure you want to find this James Hartley fellow?" Poirot asked.
"Yes; even if he is not the murderer, I still have unfinished business with him" Gunnarson explained.
"Any idea where he could be?" Poirot asked.
"My only lead is the letter he sent me yesterday; trouble is there is no return address" Gunnarson said, showing Poirot the envelope.
Poirot looked it over carefully, "you are right mon ami; a real puzzle indeed" he admitted.
Gunnarson began thinking it over, then had an idea. "Wait a minute; I think I know someone who can help us" he said. He then proceeded to go to his phone and dial a phone number.
"Hello? Jackson, that you? Yes, it is me, Gunnarson. You home today, I need to ask a favor..."
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