00:00Chester became a full-patch member in the Richmond Charter of the Hells Angels in 1970 on December 28th.
00:06Twelve months and 18 days later, on January 15th, 1971, two men, Thomas Big Tom Shule and Charles Charlie Baker,
00:14were brutally beaten and murdered inside the Richmond Clubhouse located at 1530 Hillcrest in El Sobrante.
00:21Both men were from Augusta, Georgia. Shule was 24 years old and Baker was 30 years old.
00:26In the fall of 1971, a confidential informant who was dying from throat cancer disclosed to law enforcement authorities that
00:33he had witnessed the murders.
00:34The informant was Hell Angel William Whispering Bill Pfeiffer, a full-patch member of the Richmond Charter.
00:40According to Whispering Bill, Shule and Baker were brought to the Clubhouse around 6 p.m. on Friday by Chester
00:46Festus Green
00:47to attend a regularly scheduled weekly meeting later that evening for all charter members and to party.
00:52To hear more, pick up A Wild Ride in the Fast Lane by Edward Winterhalder, wherever books are sold.
