Re: pardon? (Rita)

[Guest guest]

Hi Rita;

In Des Moines in the late 40's and early 50's, Judge Ray on

told of a City Detective who drank only on new years eve and the

following day. However, he would go to a downtown hotel, The

Hotel Savery and rent a room. Sometimes drunk he would fire his

pistol at the walls or ceiling. He never drank a drop the rest of the

year and it was a ritual with him. The Hotel and The Police

Department covered it up and let it go for years. However, he

eventually threatened a room service clerk who brought him the

wrong brand of whiskey.

This prompted action from The Police Department and they were

simply going to fire him.

He did finally quit this bizarre behavior with the aid of a shrink and

AA. Nobody looked in his history. His younger brother had went

missing in action on Dec 31, 1943 and never returned. He was

reliving old times or something like that on the anniversary of the

death.

However, the manner was inappropriate. The Judge told this story

fairly often. The example of course is you don't have to constantly

drink to be in trouble with alcohol. I lived in Des Moines and had

never heard of the incident, but of course that doesn't mean it didn't

happen.