his father had been in o'toole 's and there was some bad talk , and wendell elbert had a gun and he murdered the bartender with it , then went home and murdered trashcan 's two older brothers and his sister with it - oh , wendell elbert was a strange fellow with a badass temper and he had been getting flaky for a long time before that night , anyone in powtanville would tell you so , and they would tell you like father like son - and he would have murdered trashcan 's mother , too , only sally elbert had fled screaming into the night with five-year-old donald ( later to be known as the trashcan man ) in her arms .