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e extorted him into publishing this piece。 I've got dirt to illegitimize Ilena SilvermanArt's most artful editor They'll print what I tell them to。
I talked to my doctors today。 My red…blood count is oscillating optimistically up。 I might make it to the moment that they dig up and discover a cure。
The gonif three gurneys down is still staring at me。 He 's looking more and more familiar He 's tripping out of the tableaux that I just tantalizingly tattled。 I've got him on the tip of my tongue。
Right there。 Right
The Rock's lachrymose live…in lover。 The cuckolded kid who cursed me back in
He made me make him。 He made a geriatric jump in my direction。 He's got a hypodermic full of hyper…hazy； health…hazarding shit。 He wants to reinfect me and get his revenge on the Rock。
I grabbed the sharp shiv shoved under my bed。
September 1998
TIJUANA； MON AMOUR
I lashed the live…in lover and left him for dead。 A night nurse noted his absence and noticed his knees nudged under my bed。 She hauled him out。 She hydrated him。 She tricked up a transfusion and blasted him with black…market blood。
She saved his life。 She convinced a kangaroo court to convict me of Assault on an AIDS Ward。 She trumped up a tribunal and jerry…rigged a jury。 She found five fags and fed them facts on my fag…fragging 〃Hush…Hush〃 heyday。 They banished me to a basement stuffed with stacks of old newspapers。
Doctors dip by and drizzle my IV drip。 Pill pushers pump me with potions。 A homophobic herbalist hops by and hails me as his heterosexual hero。 I regale him with riotous riffs on scandal scores and outrageous outings。 We ponder my plight as a fag…fragger plowed with the HIV plague。
I mope most mornings and meander most afternoons。 I drag my IV drip and stumble。 I study the stacks of old newspapers and notice my name now and then。 I bop back to better times。 I relive my reign as a nihilist knight and dream draconian。
〃LOS ANGELES HERALD…EXPRESS〃； JUNE 3； 1955：
MONAHAN KILLERS EXECUTED
AT SAN QUENTIN
At 10：00 this morning； Barbara Graham； John 〃Jack〃 Santo； and Emmett Perkins； the convicted slayers of Burbank widow Mabel Monahan； went to their deaths in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison。
The executions capped a frantic series of appeals and phone calls to Governor Goodwin J。 Knight。 Governor Knight rejected last…minute pleas to save the lives of the convicted killers and sent them to their deaths for the 1953 murder。 Santo wept and squealed as he was dragged to the gas chamber。 Perkins and Miss Graham submitted to their punishment stoically。 Miss Graham asserted her innocence a few moments before she was put to death。 Los Angeles County ProsecutorJ。 Miller Leavy； who successfully tried the case； called her statement 〃poppy…cock。 Barbara Graham was just as guilty as her murderous cohorts； and she was justly punished for her grievous transgression。〃
On the evening of March 9； 1953； Santo； Perkins； Miss Graham； and two men named John True and Baxter Shorter broke into Mabel Monahan's house； convinced that she was harboring 100；000 belonging to a gambler nephew。 True and Shorter looked on in horror as Perkins； Santo； and Miss Graham pistol…whipped Mrs。 Monahan in an effort to get her to reveal the location of the money。 Mrs。 Monahan told them that there was no cache of money； a statement which was proven to be true。 Enraged； Santo； Perkins； and Miss Graham beat Mrs。 Monahan to death。
John True voluntarily surrendered and turned state's evidence。 Baxter Shorter disappeared before Santo； Perkins； and Miss Graham were apprehended。 It is assumed that Santo and Perkins killed him to ensure his silence。
Santo and Perkins were suspected of having mitted several other robbery…murders in northern California； dating back tO 1951。 Miss Graham was a narcotics addict and former prostitute。 Her good looks and steadfast protestations of her innocence gained her a sympathetic audience among the general public and a small sector of the press。 Before Miss Graham； Santo and Perkins's trial； rumors of police…DA's Office 〃dirty tricks〃 aimed at finagling a confession from Miss Graham surfaced。 Deputy DA Leavy called the rumors 〃Poppy…cock。 Every attempt that the DA's Office and members of the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Police Departments made in order to get Miss Graham to recant her preposterous allegations of innocence were entirely legal and aboveboard。〃
The bodies of the three convicted killers will be shipped to undisclosed locations for burial。
〃LOS ANGELES MIRROR〃； DECEMBER 17； 1955：
PAYOLA PROBE IN WORKS
HEADED FOR GRAND JURY？
A confidential source within the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office told 〃Mirror〃 reporters that members of the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Police Departments； along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office； are conducting a probe into 〃Payola〃： The practice of bribing radio announcers； or 〃disc jockeys；〃 into giving certain recordings preferential amounts of playing time on their programs。
The probe will allegedly focus on KMPC disc jockey Flash Flood and his treatment of Linda Lansing's current 45…RPM single； 〃Baby； It's Cold Inside。〃 Flood （the former Arthur John Beauchamp） has been playing the novelty song at least sixteen times a day since the record was released on October 1 i。 When asked to ment on this； Flood told a 〃Mirror〃 reporter： 〃What can I say？ I dig the side； and I dig Linda Lansing； and nobody's paid me to dig either one。 And I dig all the publicity I've been getting； because it's boosted my ratings way up； but I don't dig all the heavy treatment I've been getting from the fuzz； although I do dig all the heavy names that are getting caught up in this thing。〃
Linda Lansing （the former Hilda Claire Wassmansdorff） is the look…alike younger sister of actress Joi Lansing （the former Joyce Wassmansdorff）； costar of 〃The French Line〃 and 〃Son of Sinbad〃。 〃Baby； It's Cold Inside〃 was Miss Lansing's debut recording； and it was written for her by acclaimed songsmith Sammy Cahn。 Miss Lansing is chiefly known as the model and pitchwoman for Teitelbaum Furs in Beverly Hills； and her 〃gimmick〃 is performing advertisement jingles； fur…clad； on Tom Duggan's weekly gabfest on Channel 13。 She recently appeared as a singer at the Igloo Club in Long Beach and the Trianon Bowling Alley lounge in South Gate； but both engagements were considered unsuccessful。 Flash Flood told the 〃Mirror〃： 〃I dug Linda's act at both venues。 I dig the way she sells a song； and I dig it that she wears short fur coats and nothing else as her trademark。 Frankly； I dig Linda the most； but that doesn't mean I took payola to spin her side。〃
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office does think that someone has paid Flood to promote 〃Baby； It's Cold Inside。〃 Prosecutor J。 Miller Leavy told the 〃Mirror〃； 〃We think we're dealing with payola； pure and simple； and several police agencies are looking into it for us。〃 Sergeant Robert Duhamel of the Beverly Hills Police Department confirmed Deputy DA Leavy's statement。
〃Where there's smoke； there's fire；〃 Duhamel told the 〃Mirror〃。 〃And o