Tuesday, October 28, 2003

With friends like this.

Wonderful story out of Texas where an eccentric millionaire is on trial for the murder of a friend. The defendant is in the third day of his testimony, and he says that he can't recall the details of cutting up his friend, because he was really, really drunk, although he's pretty sure he used two saws and an ax. And his story is that he and the victim had a struggle after he found the victim in the defendant's apartment, carrying a gun. Somehow, mysteriously, the gun went off, and the defendant was afraid the police wouldn't believe his story, so he cut the victim up and dropped the pieces into Galveston Bay.

And just how eccentric is the defendant? Not only does he live in squalor, despite his millions, but he sometimes poses as a mute woman. They sure grow 'em strange down in Texas.

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