Friday, November 04, 2005
1978 Boston Ave (Frank-5)
Another month, another famous Boston Avenue landmark up in flames. The "Bishop's Corner" strip club was the scene of this early morning job.
From the Connecticut Post
Exotic dancer's death recalled as bar burned
By DANIEL TEPFER
BRIDGEPORT — On Friday, a fire closed Bishop's Corner. In its day, however, the notorious East Side strip bar was the focus of regular police interest, including the fateful October 1999 meeting between Mary Beth Coover and Lisa Rene Crabtree. At the time, Coover was tending bar at the Boston Avenue emporium while the skimpily attired Crabtree, the mother of three, was gliding around a pole at the center of the bar for the amusement of the clientele. The body of 28-year-old Crabtree, who grew up on an American Indian reservation in Oklahoma, was subsequently found Oct. 19, 1999 wrapped in a carpet on the floor of Coover's Main Street apartment. She was stabbed 28 times in what police described as a near-dissection. Blood was splattered throughout the apartment. View entire article
From the Connecticut Post
Exotic dancer's death recalled as bar burned
By DANIEL TEPFER
BRIDGEPORT — On Friday, a fire closed Bishop's Corner. In its day, however, the notorious East Side strip bar was the focus of regular police interest, including the fateful October 1999 meeting between Mary Beth Coover and Lisa Rene Crabtree. At the time, Coover was tending bar at the Boston Avenue emporium while the skimpily attired Crabtree, the mother of three, was gliding around a pole at the center of the bar for the amusement of the clientele. The body of 28-year-old Crabtree, who grew up on an American Indian reservation in Oklahoma, was subsequently found Oct. 19, 1999 wrapped in a carpet on the floor of Coover's Main Street apartment. She was stabbed 28 times in what police described as a near-dissection. Blood was splattered throughout the apartment. View entire article
