Chapter 37Fort Keeps, NY — Adirondacks — October 1912
Dr. Marr confirmed Elissa Crosby died before the first Gregory boy died in his jail cell. That cleared her name, but Sheriff Benji O'Sullivan wasn't sure if it cleared her soul. He never told anyone about what happened in Alice's bedroom the night he found Elissa dangling from a noose. A mind tends to play tricks when in haunting situations. He'd let himself get spooked was all. There was no way her blue corpse spun around on the end of the rope and reached for him. No way at all.
Elissa Crosby didn't have much except for the patch of land her small house was built on. Most people didn't. Times were tough.
The sheriff had both Elissa and her daughter, Alice's, remains cremated.
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