Visited my great aunt Tessie on Monday and she is the only surviving sibling of Dickie. She related a tale of Dickie and Brendan when they were together in New York. Sadly it involved copious amounts of Porter and the law, in that they were both arrested for drunk and disorderly and locked up for the night in one police precincts. The following morning they appeared in court to answer the charges, but they failed to impress the judge who doled out a heavy fine for their troubles. Brendan was so outraged by this miscarriage of justice, that when asked if he had anything to say, he told the judge the tale of St Patrick removing all the Snakes from Ireland. The judge asked what the significance of his tale was to his case... None whatsoever says Brendan, other than all the snakes must have made their way to New York and become Judges!! The judge threatened to have them deported after locking them up for a spell. Dickie said he felt like giving Brendan a dig for almost getting them locked up. He told him It's good to be smart, but not clever to be a smartarse...Anyway they got home in one piece. Unfortunately she could not remember why they were there, but did say that it was sometime in the late 40s or early 50s. Should I find out more I'll let you know.