Henry Roan Credit 27A couple of weeks before his death, Roan had phoned Hale,
distraught. Roan had learned that his wife was having an affair
with a man named Roy Bunch. Hale went to visit with Roan and
tried to console him.
Several days later, Hale bumped into Roan at the bank in
downtown Fairfax. Roan asked him if he could borrow a few
dollars; he was still morose about his wife, and he wanted to get a
drink of moon liquor. Hale advised him not to buy any whiskey:
“Henry, you better quit that. It’s hurting you.” And he warned him
that the Prohibition men were “going to get” him.
“I am not going to bring any to town,” Roan said. “I will hide it
out.”
Roan then disappeared, until his body turned up.