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developed an intense dislike for the younger man Frank Elmer Thompson was 35 at the time — although he seemed to have retained a grudging respeet for Old ‘Colonel’ Thompson throughout the affair. The older Thompson was not a suitable target for his ire, not only because of his age but also because he wore a wooden foot, the result of a past sawmill accident.
“Exactly what failings of the younger Thompson drew the lightning upon him is not definitely known but there is a clue. Just before Eastham dropped Frank Elmer to the floor of the railway car, mortally wounded, he had passed the seated man, slapped his face and called him ‘a perjured son of a -’ Perhaps Eastham most deeply resented perjured testimony young Thompson had given during the various suits as well as his other chicanery as treasurer and general manager of the lumber company.
(Next week, /nut II: Shoot-Out And Trial.)
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