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    The Death of Dr. Dean
    The Death of Dr. Dean
    The Death of Dr. Dean
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    The Death of Dr. Dean

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    Charles Rich and William Dean were friends for over twenty years. They were intelligent, well-educated men in a small farming community named Jaffrey NH. on the Massachusetts’ border. William was called Doctor, although trained as a doctor, he never practiced. He lived with his wife, Mary, on a hilltop farm two miles out of the village of Jaffrey. Dr. Dean had a spectacular view of Mount Monadnock, and he milked his cows late in the morning, and late at night, and after his body was found stuffed down a well, it was thought he had information about the lights that someone didn’t want him to share with The Department of Justice. People saw lights from the mountain beginning in the summer of 1916, and it was feared there were German spies signaling boats in the ocean sixty miles away about troop movements from Fort Devens. The Department of Justice sent agents to Peterborough NH in April of 1918 to investigate the lights under The Espionage Act of 1917. On the morning of August 14, 1918 Dr. Dean’s body was found in a well at the same time his good friend showed up with a black eye.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdelaide Books Publishers
    Release dateFeb 26, 2019
    ISBN9781950437214
    The Death of Dr. Dean
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    Jack Coey

    Jack Coey was raised by the Shakers @ Mount Lebanon until he figured out they were celibate, and he wanted more fun than that, so he escaped to Manhattan, and got a job in the choir of a musical until they discovered he couldn't sing, but by that time he was uncelibate so life wasn't so bad, and he thought, "Hey I know the alphabet maybe I'll be a writer!"

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      The Death of Dr. Dean - Jack Coey

      THE DEATH OF DR. DEAN

      THE DEATH OF DR. DEAN

      A Novella by

      Jack Coey

      Adelaide Books

      New York/Lisbon

      2018

      THE DEATH OF DR. DEAN

      A Novella

      By Jack Coey

      Copyright © by Jack Coey

      Cover design © 2018 Adelaide Books

      Published by Adelaide Books, New York / Lisbon

      adelaidebooks.org

      Editor-in-Chief

      Stevan V. Nikolic

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any

      manner whatsoever without written permission from the author except in

      the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      For any information, please address Adelaide Books

      at info@adelaidebooks.org

      or write to:

      Adelaide Books

      244 Fifth Ave. Suite D27

      New York, NY, 10001

      ISBN13: 978-1-950437-21-4

      ISBN10: 1-950437-21-3

      CONTENTS

      Prologue

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter Fifteen

      Chapter Sixteen

      Chapter Seventeen

      Chapter Eighteen

      Chapter Nineteen

      Chapter Twenty

      Chapter Twenty One

      Chapter Twenty Two

      Chapter Twenty Three

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Prologue

      Charles Rich and William Dean were friends for over twenty years. They were intelligent, well-educated men in a small farming community named Jaffrey NH. on the Massachusetts’border. William was called Doctor, although trained as a doctor, he never practiced. He lived with his wife, Mary, on a hilltop farm two miles out of the village of Jaffrey. Dr. Dean

      had a spectacular view of Mount Monadnock, and he milked his cows late in the morning, and late at night, and after his body was found stuffed down a well, it was thought he had information about the lights that someone didn’t want him to share with The Department of Justice. People saw lights from the mountain beginning in the summer of 1916, and it was feared there were German spies signaling boats in the ocean sixty miles away about troop movements from Fort Devens. The Department of Justice sent agents to Peterborough NH in April of 1918 to investigate the lights under The Espionage Act of 1917. On the morning of August 14, 1918 Dr. Dean’s body was found in a well at the same time his good friend showed up with a black eye.

      Chapter One

      It was a hot, August night when I drove Mr. Rich up to the farm. I saw he was agitated about something, and wouldn’t have been surprised if it had something to do with my sister. They worked at the bank together for years, and their relationship had more to do than work, if you get my meaning. One time, I tried to tell her Mr. Rich wasn’t going to leave his wife; his good standing in the town would be ruined. He was moderator of the town meeting, a former senator and representative, treasurer of the school district, a Mason, and choir director of the church. He belonged to the National Guard, and was a municipal judge. He was head cashier at the bank, and started his own insurance company. He wasn’t going to give all that up for Susan, but he didn’t give up Susan either. I wasn’t going to say too much. My job as Superintendent of the Water Works, and my one year term as selectman wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for Mr. Rich. I didn’t know it yet but he would help me become the Postmaster General. I couldn’t tell if he did it for me or Susan: all I know is, I couldn’t have gotten those jobs on my own, I’m a plumber. Susan was in her mid-forties now; I’m guessing she tried to get a reaction from Mr. Rich by flirting with Dr. Dean who was a well-known ladies man and a sucker for a situation like this. Mr. Rich was silent the two-mile ride to Dean farm from the village. He spoke to tell me where to park the buggy, and to stay where I was, until he needed me.

      I knew Arthur Smith good, he worked for Mr. Ingraham who loaned him to Dr. Dean to help out on his farm. Dr. Dean was struggling to stay on his farm, and the other farmers tried to help him out when they could. Mr. Rich suggested Dr. and Mary Dean rent out the big house on the hill to make money. Dr. Dean rented the big house to the Colfelts, a couple from New York City in August of 1917, and the Deans moved to the bungalow. On the morning following our visit, Arthur came onto Dean farm to do some mowing he started the day before. He drove onto the farm in a horse and buggy with Josh Ingraham, his boss’s six-year old son. As he came up the farm road, the bungalow is the first building on his left, and the big house is on top of the hill, and the barn is across a field. He drove to the field where he left off yesterday, and got down, and began to unhitch the horse to change it over to the mowing machine when he heard a scream from the direction of the bungalow, and jerked his head up, and saw Mrs. Dean awkwardly running towards him. He ran towards her.

      Dr. Dean is dead in the barn! Please go look!

      Arthur was stunned. He collected himself, and went back to Josh to tell him to stay on the buggy, and ran to the barn. He

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