Body On The Bank
Posted: April 15th, 2005, 5:17 pm
Body On The Bank
By
Richard Moylan Jr.
By the time Homicide arrived, the body had been covered and the area taped off. Detective Bunch Luffet and his partner Detective Minnestrone walked toward the body with anticipation, making mental notes of the surrounding crime scene. They asked the standard questions that would be asked when starting an investigation. A uniformed officer came forward and boasted, “Looks like a mob hit to me.”
The body just happened to be a little down river from the docks and Detective Luffet knew the docks were notorious for mob activity. Detective Minnestrone pointed out that this was the third body to be pulled out of the river this year. As the detectives prepared to view the body they could not help but be distracted by the clanging chains of a nearby coal conveyor. Almost instantly the odor of the partially decomposed body regained their attention and they continued the investigation. Detective Luffet, after hesitating for a moment, lifted the rubber sheet covering the body. Detective Minnestrone surprisingly shouts, “My God, he’s wrapped in chains!” Luffet drops the sheet and says, “Imagine that.” His partner replies, “Imagine what?” Luffet responds, “Poor sap, trying to steal more chain than he can swim with.”
By
Richard Moylan Jr.
By the time Homicide arrived, the body had been covered and the area taped off. Detective Bunch Luffet and his partner Detective Minnestrone walked toward the body with anticipation, making mental notes of the surrounding crime scene. They asked the standard questions that would be asked when starting an investigation. A uniformed officer came forward and boasted, “Looks like a mob hit to me.”
The body just happened to be a little down river from the docks and Detective Luffet knew the docks were notorious for mob activity. Detective Minnestrone pointed out that this was the third body to be pulled out of the river this year. As the detectives prepared to view the body they could not help but be distracted by the clanging chains of a nearby coal conveyor. Almost instantly the odor of the partially decomposed body regained their attention and they continued the investigation. Detective Luffet, after hesitating for a moment, lifted the rubber sheet covering the body. Detective Minnestrone surprisingly shouts, “My God, he’s wrapped in chains!” Luffet drops the sheet and says, “Imagine that.” His partner replies, “Imagine what?” Luffet responds, “Poor sap, trying to steal more chain than he can swim with.”
