Thomas Jones

[L Verge]

Mr. Hess is right about it being the Chicago World's Fair where Jones thought he would sell his book. Bad move to sell something like that in the Land of Lincoln. There is a story here in Southern Maryland that Jones brought his unsold books back home and was so disgusted that he threw them all in a ditch and covered them over. Wish I knew where that ditch is -- not that they would still be intact.

Bill's and Rick's theories on the James Owens statement is a good one, especially for those of us who know the terrain around the pine thicket and Allen's Fresh. Mr. Hall had the story in his files with a notation to the effect that he needed to check this out because Owens sure knew a lot. Evidently he never did the checking, but Bill and Rick have.