I had just recently move to Md. when this all happened. I often saw Billy and his wife in restaurants and fox hunting. He had a bad reputation for buying "killer horses" and riding them to death. The man was a walking time bomb. After their breakup his wife spent time hiding from him. He thought the Hattie Carrol thing was a joke and he would never be convicted. The slum landlord thing was another thing that he thought would never catch up with him. Actually, I know a few too many Southern Md. boys that are just like him.