A Suspicious Feelin'
3Gun was annoyed
The rooms were all empty,
or the guests were just out
Then he spotted someone down the hall
and stopped them with a shout
'I know you,' 3Gun said.
'You clean my room, and make my bed.'
'Yes, sheriff, I do. My name is Ann.
I'll answer your questions if I can.'
He learned her full name was Ann Patter
And she was nervous to boot
When he asked what she knew of Mary Sue
She averted her eyes
Then he heard her teeth chatter
'If you know something, Ann, best tell me now.
Hate to see a nice girl like you, in my hoosegow.'
Frightened to death, Ann did as bid.'
It was two nights ago, I was doing my rounds,
down the hall, I heard what sounded like a kid.'
There were only three kids that 3Gun knew
Josie, Jhonny, and Ron
'Was it a boy or a girl? Where did they go?'
Ann began to snivel and tremble
'Honestly, Sheriff, I don't really know.'
Billy arrived and called 3Gun aside
Said he'd talked to the women
Buck brought from Tent City
Told him the interview with Rue
Hadn't been pretty
'Do you really think our killer is Jake?'
''Til the facts are all in, no one's ruled out.
Just learned from a maid, about some kids she heard
sneakin' around in the hall. There's only three it could be,
get Brody to talk to 'em all.
'There's a couple named Stone that give me an itch,
dig around and find what you can,
I'm gonna get this Sallie McClain in for a talk.'
'Brody's watchin' the jail, and Buck I don't know.' 3
Gun scratched his chin, Jujube or Jasper might know.