Allen, Zadok

A bushy-bearded, half-crazed, alchoholic nonagenarian of Innsmouth whom the narrator managed to open up about local history.  As a young boy, Zadok saw the sacrifices Obed Marsh made off Devil's Reef and, by telling Selectman Mowry, caused Marsh to be arrested.  This was the act that caused the nightmarish epidemic of 1846 which destroyed half the people of Innsmouth (including Zadok's father).  Zadok told the narrator too much and disappeared.

[The Shadow Over Innsmouth - H.P.L.]