“Yes, ma’am,” Jose breathed, knowing what was coming next.
“Then I got the cancer. Like it was a signal from the Lord. I had to right things before I joined Martin.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“And so I did.”
The last of her vitality draining away, Virginia Osmond gestured feebly toward the night table.
“Martin…”
Jose picked up Martin Osmond’s graduation photograph and placed it in Virginia Osmond’s hand. She clasped the frame to her breast, then looked up at Jose and Frank.
“Thank you,” she whispered.
And so she died. http://dc.gov/index.asp
News for Immediate Release Government of the District of Columbia
Citywide Call Center: (202) 727-1000
TTY/TDD Directory John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
August 29, 2001
Mayor Announces Police Department Retirements
(Washington, D.C.) Mayor Seth Tompkins announced today the retirements of Police Chief Noah Day and Police Captain Randolph Emerson. * Retirements of such men,” the Mayor said, “are always occasions of mixed emotions. Such men will be missed. They have long been law enforcement institutions. I wish them happiness and godspeed in their well-deserved retirements.”
THE WASHINGTON POST
Thursday, August 30, 2001 METRO
In Brief THE DISTRICT DCMPD Under New Management? Mayor Seth Tompkins, having announced the surprise retirements of Police Chief Noah Day and Homicide Captain Randolph Emerson, is about to pull another rabbit (or two) out of his hat. Insiders say that Tompkins is preparing to nominate Detective Josephus Adams Phelps as Chief of Police and Franklin Delano Kearney as Chief of Homicide. Phelps and Kearney, longtime partners in… * This document is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF). A PDF reader is required for viewing. Download a PDF Reader or Learn More About PDFs
