I was on the HBO site yesterday, and it appears there was an error on their site. One of the bio’s that has never been available is Henry Scudders. However, for a time yesterday, the actual BIO for Scudder was listed (by mistake) under the link for Dora Mae. Dora Mae’s picture was there, but below is what was printed on the bio.
Now, it doesn’t give up to much, but I think it does shed some light on who is who, depending on how you interpret it. And, yes, I’m new, so will spend some time figuring out how to properly post the black spoiler box:
Henry “Hack” Scudder - Born in 1893 in Texas, the only son of Hilton Scudder, a notorious Grand Dragon in the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, allegedly raised by his mother, Magnolia, after his father’s death in 1889. Early in childhood, the boy’s powers began to manifest themselves. Besides incipient psycho-kinesis, Scudder could read minds and divine the past and future from touching objects.
At 20, Scudder joined the 1st Canadian Depot Battalion in 1914, stationed in Lemberg as an observer with the Austro-Hungarian army. An assassination attempt by a Russian officer was thwarted by a runaway circus-bear, Bruno, whose master, Professor Ernst Lodz, soon became aware of the American’s uncanny powers. The two traveled together, performing for (and fleecing) the wealthy in European salons from Belgrade to Paris.
Aware that the Russian was still pursuing him, Scudder fled to the United States. There he met Flora Hawkins, who became his common-law wife. The two had a son, Ben Hawkins. Once again sensing the Russian in pursuit, Scudder left his wife and infant son, taking a job as “The Gentleman Geek” with the Hyde & Teller Company until it was purchased by Management.
By now a heavy drinker, Scudder wandered the Southwest as an itinerant laborer-including a stint at the ill-fated Babylon Mine-before disappearing in Mexico.
