[StBernard] MRGO

[Westley Annis]

hi john, yes i did get most of my info from the news.  yes i would be very
interested if you were to write a book.  i think that people deserve to know
more than what was told them by the news.  good luck.  GOD BLESS and KEEP
THE FAITH
Ben

----- Original Message -----

> Ben,

>

> She also worked as a barmaid at different places, among them the 

> Chateau in Village Square.  Someone I know knew her well and on 

> numerous occassion told me the entire story.  The entire time I was 

> making mental notes remembering everything I heard with the intention 

> of writing a novel about it - and I have written a good draft.  You 

> probably only know what you read in the papers about it or heard from 

> someone else.  You have no ideal how interesting, colorful and down 

> right bizarre the real story gets if you're as lucky as me to have 

> known someone close to her - and my source said some of the things I 

> was told was not released to the public.  I have no doubt Hollywood 

> will be interested in it for a screen play - they can't make up stuff 

> this good.  Over the years I've accumulated quite a file on it.

>

> It's a shame the internet and search engines are a thing of recent 

> years because you really can't find anything on it unless you go to 

> UNO's library and go through the Times-Picayune archives.  

> Fortunately, a few years ago I had the good luck to locate a reporter 

> who used to write for the T-P St.

> Bernard Bureau - do you remember Lisa Martin?  I recalled she covered 

> the case for the paper and she remembered me, so she also told me a 

> lot about it.

>

> John Scurich