It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

My soul is not for sale.

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.

Further, a document names and identifies the actual Red Light Bandits (plural), because in fact there are two.

It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.