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debt collecting missions make Arthur a straight up dick. Like the one with the woman and her son. It was the husband who owed the debt, but he died of illness so the debt fell to her and when Arthur shakes them down, the son gives him the stinkeye (understandable) and Arthur tells him (paraphrased) "you best show respect boah or your mama will be mourning a second family member" Like slow down, man.

Honestly I loved the way that whole arc played out. At the beginning of the game Arthur is a dick. He does those missions because he doesn't care about those people, he just cares about the money. He gets tuberculosis because of the specific one you mentioned and it makes him question his whole life. It's one of the reasons he changes and seeks redemption. I don't know if you've finished that whole quest line yet, but he does try to make it up to the wife and son and it's a really well done bit of story.

I also thought it was interesting that it turned out the Pinkertons picked up Strauss and he didn't say a word. He died in custody, never gave anyone up even after what Arthur did to him.
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