Peek-A-Boo

Man. I was taking a shortcut this past summer, walking from Rt 114 to Main Street in Sag Harbor, when I passed the old jail. A kindly old lady was sitting out in front of the jail. She gives tours here in the summer, so I decided to take it and see the inside of the jail, not that I haven't seen the inside of a jail before. The place was condemned and shut down in the 70's and prisoners Sag Harbor Police had were then taken after that to Southampton for lodging. One guy named Gil Collins hung himself inside the jail one night about 1966 after being arrested for public intoxication. The place has three cells and interesting photos and other items. Worth a look if your in town on a summer weekend. One photo I noticed was a guy under arrest who was a drunk named Peek-a-Boo. It reminded me of an incident that happened over 40 years ago. Peek-a-Boo lived in a upstairs apartment over what was then Rocco's Antique Shop, next to the nowadays Fisher Antique store. Anyway, my friend and I were on bikes going to Harry Young's bike shop. This was about 1965 and my friend got into a shouting match with peek-a-Boo who was hanging out his upstairs window. Peek-a-Boo then proceeded to dump a pail of piss on my friend's head who was on the sidewalk below. My friend said,
"I think I better go home and take a shower".
Shit, it could have been worse; number 2 instead of number 1. Enough said. True story.