Parts Unknown (2012)
“85. The sheriff himself wasn’t available, but I managed to corner an undersheriff who heard what I wanted and shrugged. “Yeah, we know a lot about that bunch, Mr. Kirk, but there’s not much we can do about them unless somebody swears out a complaint. And so far, nobody’s wanted to.” He added, scrubbing the inside of a nostril with his thumbnail, “Can’t blame them, either. That’s a rough bunch.”
“Can you tell me what they’re suspected of being involved in?”
“It ain’t official. Just hearsay.”
“I ...won’t quote you.”
“You name it: drugs, prostitution, extortion, murder, organized crime … . They’re tied in with another local motorcycle gang, Sons of Silence. And that bunch, I hear, is tied in with the Hell’s Angels to supply drugs and what-all to this area.”
And all I wanted was a picture of one William Taylor doing push-ups or chopping wood. “Does the Colorado Bureau of Investigation have a jacket on them?”
He shrugged again and shifted the thumb to the other nostril.MoreLess
“Can you tell me what they’re suspected of being involved in?”
“It ain’t official. Just hearsay.”
“I ...won’t quote you.”
“You name it: drugs, prostitution, extortion, murder, organized crime … . They’re tied in with another local motorcycle gang, Sons of Silence. And that bunch, I hear, is tied in with the Hell’s Angels to supply drugs and what-all to this area.”
And all I wanted was a picture of one William Taylor doing push-ups or chopping wood. “Does the Colorado Bureau of Investigation have a jacket on them?”
He shrugged again and shifted the thumb to the other nostril.MoreLess
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