CHAPTER NINETEENLindsey’s voice mail included a callback request from Cletus Berry. Lindsey punched Berry’s number and caught him at his desk.
“Got a little stuff on your boy Mannheim. You got the straight poop on him. Who’s your source?”
“Old Hollywood hand named Edward MacReedy. Worked with him back in the 1930s.”
“Edward MacReedy? Speedy MacReedy? Is he still alive, too?”
Lindsey ran his fingers through his hair. “Why does everybody know about this guy except me?”
“You ain’t black enough, man. Don’t let it bother you. Anyway, look, I turned up some stuff on the bird Mannheim. Attended Public School 107, High School of Performing Arts, City College of New York, class of 1930. Married Tillie Steinberg, also 1930. One child, Avner or Abner Mannheim, also born 1930.”
“That’s a lot of
