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bombs went off. We all thought it was a man-made explosive,” he said. He added that the confusion was made worse by the fact that most of those around had just finished the 26.2 mile run. “You’re kind of incoherent anyway,” Cligny said. He said he was worried about his family members and friends who knew he’d finished just before the first bomb, and said that was compounded by the fact that cell phone service was immediately cut off to prevent the possibility of another bomb being remotely detonated by phone. Cligny is grateful for the outpouring of support that followed him and the other runners in the aftermath of the bombings. “The hotel personnel was concerned, they checked on us,” Cligny said, adding, “There was just a lot of rumors that were flying.” “The mood of the town was pensive, people were somber and quiet,” he said. “Everybody was helpful. It seemed the city was getting back on its feet and getting down to business and trying to find the perpetrator or perpetrators.” Although he was initially worried about flying home — the airspace over Boston was closed immediately following the bombings — he made it home without problems. “I was able to get a cab and get to the airport,” Cligny said. Police were stopping passengers to see if they had photos on their
cell phones or other information to provide that might be helpful in the investigation. “Before I hit security, one of the marshals, he introduced himself to me — I was wearing my race shirt — he asked if I could help in any way. I told him I was sorry I couldn’t be of more help.” Three people were killed by the blasts and more than 170 people were injured, including Aaron Hern, a sixth-grader at Martinez Junior High School who was in Boston with his parents and sister to watch his mother compete. Cligny was one of eight runners from Pleasanton who registered for the race. The other seven are Utahna Cligny, Erin Lyions, J. Patrick McCarthy, Nancy Morehead, Lynn Muise, Karen Richards and Robyn Roybal. Utahna Cligny, John’s wife, opted out of the race and all the others successfully completed it. Cligny said he had wondered about the possibility of a terrorist attack days before the event, noting the number of people there and the notoriety of the event. “It’s really a crazy thing, I can’t even fathom it,” he said about his idle speculation. Cligny ran the marathon to raise money for cancer research. His daughter Ashley, 22, has been diagnosed with a malignant inoperable brain tumor. “That’s really was what spurred me on,” he said. Cligny raised $10,000 in his run, and said he was confident that donors will fulfill their commitment for runners who were blocked by police and unable to finish the run. N
Help solve the Big Draw Monet Mystery: Clue 2 When he saw the red bandana, the police chief immediately suspected a very polite hobo, named Murgatroid, who always kept a red bandana in his breast coat pocket. He had been lurking around the Howell house, as if he were looking for something. The police raided the hobo camp but Murgatroid was gone. His friends said he’d returned with a young woman at noon the day of the party and had left immediately, and he wasn’t wearing his red bandana. A week later, when Judge Harris was in court in Alameda, he saw a well-dressed man who matched the description of the hobo. He followed him to a mansion owned by Murgatroid C. Snodgrass. He and the hobo were the same man! “Mr. Snodgrass,” said Judge Harris. “Why you were posing as a hobo and lurking around the Howell residence?” “Please keep this quiet,” Snodgrass replied. “My only daughter, Cornelia, ran away with a jockey six months ago and disappeared. I learned they were living in Pleasanton and disguised myself as a hobo to search for her. I found her alone and working as a laundress for Mr. Howell.
“On the day of the party, she agreed to come home with me, so we left the party at 11:30 and went back to the hobo camp,” he continued. “I wanted to leave my few things to the other hobos, but my red bandana was gone, and in its place, I found this note and this bottle of wine.” He handed Judge Harris a crumpled piece of paper and a bottle of wine from Ruby Hill Winery. Here’s what the note said: “Deer Murg, I needed your bandana, but I am givin you somthin bettor! “Well,” said Harris, “this puts a new slant on things. I’ll be in touch. Don’t leave town.” N Now it’s up to you to solve this 100-year-old mystery. If you do, you will be entered to win one of the fabulous prizes from The Big Draw: A City-Wide Arts Celebration on May 11. Go to www.The-Big-Draw. com to learn how to play or pick up instructions at a participating merchant. This mystery combines fact and fiction. To learn more about Pleasanton’s history, go to The Museum on Main or Towne Center Books to read up.
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