March 1, 1966
I'd been sitting here on the banks of the Mississippi River nearly fifty years. I'd heard of a few incidents of criminal activity from my fellow rooms. There are eighty-two of us here in the Memphis-Mississippi Hotel. Well, that's what it's called now. It's had a few name changes since it was built over a nearly two-year period between 1914 and 1916. I, being on the top floor, came into being in early August of 1916. The hotel itself first opened for business on Monday, Septem