the woollahra hotel
- De Gracy
a quiet Thursday morning
with few drinkers
on an overcast autumn day
the one barman polishing glass
watched
the four men
silently
– walk into the Hotel
into the bar
up to the counter
and order just three beers
– then drink them
slowly
and leave
one of the four unshaven
grimfaced men
had recently had his throat cut
from ear
to ear
the raw livid scar and the stitching wounds were completely
and deliberately
exposed.
the man was wearing a dark jacket
stained with the old blood
from the wound
– a large bulge pushed out the fabric from the left side
gun?
the Hotel Licensee’s wife was Abe Saffron’s only sister, Doreen
abe
wasn’t there that day.
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I’m guessing Abe was not around alot at times like that, I base my guess on the fact he made it to 86.
Because of his criminal associations he was not allowed to become a licencee of a hotel in NSW, and what was more laughable – he wasn’t even allowed to enter the pub – every time he came around he had to meet his sister on the pavement.
Meanwhile he was operating 50% of every joint in the Cross – and had the NSW Government and the NSW police in his pocket – a problem yet to be solved –