After a minimal amount of throat-clearing and paper-shuffling she said, “This is about the World Fund for Indigent Artists.”
“Yes.”
Tillotson opened a folder, pulled a pair of half-height glasses from a soft case and perched them on the end of her nose. She read, “The fund was created in Chicago, Illinois, on One October 1951.”
Lindsey wondered why government people always said things like “One October” but he didn’t say anything.
“Officers of incorporation were Walter Paige, Bob Brown, and Mae Carter. Do you know any of these people, Mr. Lindsey? Do you happen to know if they’re still alive?”
Lindsey happened to know a lot that Marge Tillotson was eager to find out. That Walter Paige, née Werner Kleinhoffer, had died and been buried by the Jewish Sacred Society, but that his children
