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oh

oh

thank you

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where's this punch going man I got a

farmer in the cave County he'll pay top

dollar with no questions good thing old

picker didn't think to mark his Hogs

damn if he Mark some tags him or tattoos

them on a [ __ ] as he keeps raising them

all keep stealing them

oh

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oh what time is it

it's time for land

oh you stink hold your nose

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haven't seen you since the election

congratulations now where's the badge

well at least you're not showing off

you know I hear the board of aldermen

refused to buy you a gun a lot of fun

well they're supplying my ammunition

they give me a lighting radio from a car

35 a month for gas and a monthly 200

salary I had to buy my own gun

well I wasn't showing either well it's

in the glove box of my car I hope that's

the closest I ever have to get to it and

you've got nothing to worry about

Marshall errors I bet the last time a

Lawman fired a gun in this town is about

uh 1880 and he thought he had Jesse

James Court

boy don't miss your door today Dean

there's a couple of doozies in here

today listen to this I heard they make

them up some letters no one realized

them letters no I've seen her once on TV

she said they're real letters listen to

this

Dear Dora I am a married mother of six

children age 47. my husband age 52 has

recently expressed a desire to my

Dorothy you better get moving you're

gonna miss the bus wouldn't that be a

shame and here it comes would you move

your butts

our husband age 52 has recently

expressed a desire he's still making

breakfast Savannah oh look at who's here

I thought you're too sick to get out of

bed and go to school I'm feeling better

after the bus is gone please do me a

favor Darlene would you drop dead only

if you promised me real nice funeral

listen Adina Darlene how come you don't

call Mama Mama so tell us some breakfast

to Dana if you ain't too sick to stay in

bed he wanted to stick to make your own

breakfast thanks a lot Adina

my husband age 52 has recently expressed

a desire how come you don't call Mama

Mama

Paulette would you wait a minute I'm

trying to read something here but how

come Darlene how come what don't you

holler her she's only four years old

because she's not our mama Paulette

who's not oh for crying out loud

Mama

I'm your mama

and I'm clawed mama and I'm Tommy's Mama

but Darlene is Santa near me and Dorothy

all have a different mama do they have a

different Daddy not as far as We Know

no y'all got the same Daddy

let's see these up if you ain't get them

up see if you want some breakfast my

husband aged 52 has recently expressed

some desire to his husband

that was a different wife I had back

then her name was Barbara

and she's their mama where is she she

run off what's Hawaii

a wife

a wife's a mistake Every Man Has to make

now and again and nobody has ever

figured it out why

three tickets to spider daddy Itsy Bitsy

Spider

what the water's back

down came the rain and washed the spider

out

open up the spout again

right

I don't care anymore

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I took you got it

what was your pleasure lives

we have a cold one six-pack to go

how's the business done well I could

complain

what's the point

I'll get you nowhere

okay

okay

do you want these orders uh separate

yeah he's got his own money no I don't

what happened to the quarter dad gave

you I don't know I lost it

let's take out for mine

you want it you pay for it I don't have

my money and you don't have your candy

let's go

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he's got that candy there

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what's the problem

I was only yelling about

I guess it was about a little bit of

candy

is it all settled I guess

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I want my money back what money is there

something to matter Miss yeah there's

something to matter whoever wasn't here

waited on my little brother accused him

of trying to raid the store and I want

my money back I never accused him of

nothing he just had some articles that

hadn't been paid for us all and I was

just asking if they was going to be paid

for I'm calling my sister a liar I never

called anybody a liar

I'm just saying the way it was there's

some kind of problem here

nobody accuses my little brother is

stealing what are you talking about Miss

don't get snotty with me

if anybody's being snotty around here I

wouldn't say it was me

here's your money back

it's the last of it you'll ever see from

our family again that your privilege

suits me fine

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where are you going

something else you want

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I've never accused anybody of stealing

in my whole life I certainly wouldn't

accuse a little child of sealant I never

accused that little boy of a darned Hey

Nobody's saying you did Imagine

all right now I want to know which one

of you two rotten [ __ ] accuse my kids

for coming into this rotten store I'm

trying to write

I'll take one of the both yeah on the

damn street and whip your rotten asses

off

now which one of you called my kid a

thief

nobody called your child it's safe

oh who's the boss around here I'm the

boss around here I'd be happy to explain

to you what happened if you'll just

quiet

keep telling me to quiet down I didn't

come in here to quiet down I'll come in

here to find out who had the damn

almighty God call my little boy Thief

wait outside

let me have a pack of butts

I guess not Mr Rowan

sir it's my understanding that nobody in

your family wishes to do any further

business than this establishment

matter of fact

that's my understanding so be it

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little bit of candy

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she's still a boss in the store

I said if she's still the boss in the

store

yeah I guess she is

she the boss in the street too

Mr real and there is no boss on the

streets as far as I know I'll tell you

what

I'll give you one hundred dollars

cash money

if you're trying to whip my old lady

right here on the street

you don't have to whimper

you just have to try

though I doubt you could whip a data

I don't know whether you're drunk or

altogether out of your mind or just

plain ridiculous

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have I seen who

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West West

give me the highway patrol

are you hollering about

cheers

how long ago did they leave

or they took off about 10 minutes before

you boys got here I don't know how long

they're there for that

well he probably heard my call

he's got police scanners on all his

Vehicles you know this fella

yeah me rolling go back a long ways

I guess you folks know he's been a wagon

load of serious trouble around here for

a lot of years

well what we want to know is

what can be done about this situation

sheriff on the streets public property

Miss Westman as long as he don't set

foot on yours

he's in the clear and he knows it

next to lawyers criminals know the most

about the law

even if he was out there yet couldn't do

anything more than aggravate him a bit

so what you're saying is

not a damn thing you can do about it

that's what you're saying

well I guess just go and show it don't

pay to refuse Lynn Rowan pack cigarettes

maybe Roost would have talked to Hank

Davis first as he fell a row and plugged

in the head a few years back before your

time mayor he shot somebody oh barrels

you kill him one for not trying though

the living proof Hank come on over here

we just telling the boys here about your

run-in with Lynn Rowan uh-huh why'd he

shoots you

never did know

just got it into his head I'd wronged

him somehow which I never did

he can do that

gets Notions

I had two eyewitnesses besides myself

first and back doc before it ever come

to trial

because he'd already got the word

indirectly from Lynn

that if he testified and Lynn got

convicted

he was a dead man

so that was the end of Cliff testifying

the other one shoot Len's lawyer made

mince me to him one two three and then

walked away from it

he always has

never did know why he shot me

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gets Notions the wind does

Marshall

he's out there again

how you doing land

foreign what's happening

I don't know Marshall you tell me what's

that

well I just happened to be passing by

and I seen you parked here and I just

wondered you know

how come over heated

just waiting for it to cool down

seems like it's chilled down

why don't you give it a try

I do appreciate your concern no more

yeah you know just doing my duty

had a boy

cabbage

hey give daddy a big hug

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thank you

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what what is it

we just keep that now

we gotta assume it's against the law for

someone to shoot a shotgun in the middle

of the community don't we well now if he

points the gun at a person uh well I

guess you would be but I'm not real sure

about shooting a shotgun in mid-air man

we'll have to just check the local

ordinance on that now in the meantime if

you'll just keep your eyes open don't

hesitate to report any suspicious

activity

okay

suspicious activity like what for

instance like Lynn will come into our

house some night shooting us both in our

beds because when I'm beginning with

this match I'm beginning to think the

law isn't worth a damn for us yeah yeah

Western woman's a real mouthy lady I'd

say she's got one of the biggest mouths

and six counties on her

I'll tell you her biggest trouble is her

biggest trouble is I won't take her out

yeah

it is he wants to get personal with me

and I'm flat won't do it

I'd say that puts her on a damn short

list don't it Lin you wouldn't be a lion

oh man watched him in there

now there's a different story

there's a man needs a lesson talk to him

I thought what kind of man what kind of

man lets a woman boss his outfit yes

old man or no

there's a fella needs a lesson talk to

him

there's a fella needs a lesson talk to

him

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right there

how's it going

you've been calling the law of late Wes

that's what they call you in West oh I

ain't been calling the law

hey hey

you want to fight me Wes

heroin

this year's private property along here

you know

and I want you off it

boys

let's go get yourself some more beer

sure thing man yeah

hey Wes

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that happened

oh who shot you

what happened you're coming with me shut

up and get in the damn truck

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Caucasian 45 to 50 years old six foot

three 250 pounds brown eyes brown hair

baby driving a green 1977 Chevrolet

pickup

507 507 go ahead 507 regarding armed

assaulting Darby defines his little

radio traffic as possible subject will

be picking up all transmissions

won't you Lynn

going to do is hit right where the state

line HLN

they're going through Copeland

let's see who gets there first

then don't get excited

Charlie Wilson

thank you Lord

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why don't you

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open a door and step out of the truck

that you Wilson

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or something

then rolling you under arrest on

suspicion of assault with a deadly

weapon

who got shot

just moved to the back of the truck

both hands on the tailgate feet spread

and the truck

slide over under the wheel and get out

the left side

show me a hand

do as he says

how was he got shot

move to the back of the truck

hands on the tailgate feet spread

let's all just settled down now

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hey

we got ruined tonight

let me want to nail him for a really

long time

I'm happy for you then

I got him dead to rights this time

the good news is Wes will be walking out

of the hospital in a week to 10 days the

bad news is he'll be living on mashed

potatoes and tapioca pudding for the

next couple of months

and not too much talking in the

meanwhile

they'll be talking strong and clear

enough in time to stand up in the court

of law and say who did it that's the

best news

I'm inclined to accept Mr teague's

argument Mr Knowles

yes sir honor

and Mr Teague

I am releasing your client on a bond of

thirty thousand dollars

preliminary hearing is set for February

18th

I hope you get luck here with and then

your predecessors did

and this fellow's been hard to nail I

understand

my heart don't tell

a long back he was in here on something

like 19 failing accounts

I mean maybe you want to dig out the

records it couldn't hurt

give me the highlights

most of the serious stuff was to do with

his wife Adina that's before she was his

wife

and she was maybe 15 at the time the her

and another woman were living with two

two of them yeah the two of them and the

other one's two kids by Rowan

I was married to someone else at the

time and had maybe four kids with that

one

I mean it's hard to keep track of The

Offspring everyone keeps a lot of ladies

busy

anyhow

it turned out a demon was taking some

real rough treatment from him and after

enough of that or I guess too much she

blew the whistle

she told about at least one time when

he'd forced his attentions on her and

various and savory ways and that gave us

the rape charge or being underage we got

the child molestation out of that eight

counts

about two weeks from trial Virgil Teague

comes up with a big announcement Rowan

has divorced his wife and married Dina

that's into witness and the case

yeah yeah I'll marrying the Dina that

does sound like a Teague idea let me

slick is butter Virgil well what about

the arson

that was her folks Medina's they'd

helped her out when she was trying to

cut loose and rolling

he didn't much care for that

and burned their house down

Dina was our witness there too

she watched him do it

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and then people's dogs made a fuss so uh

he shot it

shot the dog

shot the dog

how you doing boys

staying out of trouble yeah you bet man

we'll be seeing you man

that's right boys you will be seeing me

how you doing Hank Lynn

oh

total the uh lady have

oh she ain't drinking she's driving

raid the grocery store

is that a fact

must have been after some candy and

cigarettes

you should have seen that knife Billy

what knife was that

knife that old boy come at me with him I

must have been about a foot long

he's getting on in years at West but

he's a tough old bird ain't he

he was intending me serious broadly harm

as far as I can see

uh it was him or me

yes sir it was him or me

well you wait and see Billy

now the truth of it'll all come out

that's the American way

what the hell is going on

what's he doing on the loose

it's the American way

so far what we did me and Madge we got

ourselves one of those walkie-talkie

things

we're gonna take turns staying up

through the nights and keeping watch

during the days

one of us going to try to stay with him

at all times so I doubt he's gonna stand

for that too long

have you and Wes got yourselves any kind

of protection Ruth yes

but I sure don't like it don't feel bad

about it

I'm a peace loving man but I believe in

God guts and guns and our right to our

faith in all three

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you keep sticking your nose and you're

going to be having a visit one of these

nights and we'll we'll trust you up

we'll let you look on some of the boys

give your wife a good time

especially could use a bit of a change

you come ahead come ahead and try it I'm

waiting for you you got a real nice

looking wife for a ugly little sloth

don't first

he's all talk

used to be he'd come to town maybe once

a week or so

now it's every day

he's scaring a lot of other people in

this town besides the westerners

generally been his way mayor he can sit

there till Christmas knowing we can't do

a damn thing about it

except they ain't got that long

preliminary hearings coming up next week

hang loose boys

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your motion to dismiss Mr Teague I find

reasonable cause to believe that a

felony assault in the first degree have

been committed I'm binding your client

over for trial

next court date March 5th

Bond will be continued

uh in view of the circumstances your

honor may we have an order that Mr Rowan

have no further contact with Mr or Mrs

Westerman

still ordered and Mr T do I have your

assurance that there will be no further

intimidation of the complaintance on the

part of your client

you have your honor I won't say I wasn't

nervous that felicans stair holes right

through you

better them kind of knees he did real

good Wes

they got him now

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two weeks from today we're going to walk

right back into that courtroom

land's going to swear under oath that

it's impossible for him to get a fair

trial

in Fuller McCabe Beacham Lawson

Winnebago or Roper counties

because of citizens of these counties

are bios and prejudice against him

that's a hell of a lot of prejudice

ain't it

thank you

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honey

the wheels of Justice grind exceeding

slow

especially especially when Virgil Teague

is cranking him

well but what if he gets convicted I

mean how long will he get in jail

what I think about that jail though

what did I tell you

remind you when we get home

foreign

they can't put somebody in jail for

defending themselves against somebody's

trying to kill him

don't you worry boy

people been out to get me all of my life

I'm beat to me why

but I never spent a solitary day inside

you

the time will never come I do

only way the other

listen up no hanging around after school

I want you right home

bye

hello if your husband testifies as a

trial you could lose several members of

your family Jack

that was the fourth time now there's got

to be something that can be done about

it well there isn't why not damn it

because it's just a voice on the

telephone

and no way to prove it's him

he'd just Bluff and hun

G we're just gonna have to wait it out

oh

hey hey Marshall

got a minute

that ain't you looking all official now

once in a while don't hurt I wouldn't

want folks to think I wasn't earning my

pay had a boy

I never want to ask you Paul well that's

the way I guess you know what we got uh

something of a trial coming up in the

near future but this is so-called

shootout yeah well sure Lynn I know

about that which is going to be a total

Force well there's some trials are I

guess what I've been meaning to ask you

Paul I was wondering uh

well I was just wondering if it was your

intent to testify against me to see a

farce of a trial

I'm called to do my lawful Duty land

I'm just gonna have to do it

hey now what's going on here Lynn I

guess you know what would be necessary

to do to anybody anybody had handed

putting me in jail look here Lynn

there's never been any trouble between

me and you

let's not be starting any well we ain't

talking starting trouble we're talking

finishing it

hey we honey

oh good lord now what the hell

I know how you feel Paul is it something

that makes me damn nervous to seeing a

weapon in the hands of a female

tell her to put that thing away Lynn

you two years

let's all calm down huh

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let's go get us a beer Marshall I ain't

drinking today

I'm just gonna be about my business now

y'all just calm down okay land

y'all just calm down now

have a nice day Marshall

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what the hell is this Paul this is me

resigning

oh don't you think you're overacting

just a bit

overreacting didn't you hear what I said

Dan I believe they'd have seen blow me

away as not I ain't a professional law

man six months ago I was working on the

damn pipeline now you're expecting me to

go up against Rowan alone when the real

cops won't do diddly you're the only

lawn we got in Darby Paul you got none

now

oh God

wow guys

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it's a Friday afternoon or did I read my

calendar wrong where the hell is

everybody someplace else Sheriff what's

going on

Lynn Rowan's going on ain't you heard

it's good so folks don't want to be

where he's likely to be

in town now not yet he'll be alone

stores is closing early now generally

ain't no business

fellas picking up their wives working in

town don't want them going home alone at

night and we close seven o'clock last

night

yeah maybe think you're getting a bit

carried away here

but what the problem here is the law not

getting carried away enough Sheriff

we're doing everything we can according

to the law the law is the law

yeah we keep hearing that a lot don't we

Dodge

a patience is a virtue boys it's only a

week till that trial

here you lost your Marsh

mall and nobody's blaming him

you know the most Marshall ever had to

do in his town maybe shoot a rabid dog

chastise a Rowdy drunk man again nobody

said nothing about crazy man with a

shotgun

don't you worry about it Sheriff I'll

just bet it's legal somehow

yep

real bad for business Lynn Rowan

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you got a cute house

be a shame to see it burning down some

night huh

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thank you

how you doing Wilson

Frank you got a minute

so what's up Wilson you busting me what

the hell for get in there

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Ain't You Frank

when yeah sure we hang out now and again

why

I want you to give him a message for me

I want you to tell him that if he phones

my home one more time

or if he comes within sight and distance

of my home one more time

he's going to find himself staring down

the barrel of a 357 some Dark Knight on

a lonesome Road

and it'll be the last one he ever stares

down

can you remember that Frank

yeah I can remember that

just I'll do

get out

good morning

good morning that's what you think

that's something to show you

came this morning

continue to August 5th 1981.

what's that mean continued

manager trial's supposed to be next

Tuesday won't be for another three

months what it means

why how can they do that

make the law standards head and whistle

the Star-Spangled Banner somebody smart

enough once or two

gonna be a long summer

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looks hot birthday president no kidding

from me

still looks hot

the four-wheel drive

four barrel engine

sliding rear window air conditioning

tilt cruise control dual tanks you name

it might have to set you back a bit

11 000 cash on the hood

business must be good Lynn

meaning what

we ain't nothing land hell I didn't mean

nothing you know

all my women are dying to drive

a couple of them waiting outside right

now maybe I'll I'll let one of them

drive that baby home

that's that's the way to go with women

keep waiting

keep hoping that's the way they like it

the whole question is

well I give old west for his birthday

what do you mean well things got

something coming from me ain't he oh Wes

I doubt Wes would be looking for

anything from you by way of a birthday

present Lynn

Copperhead Maybe

huh

Copperhead or two I've been dropping his

car some night they'd be there waiting

for him in the morning

get rid of the only real witnessing this

makes me real good wouldn't it not good

and final

anybody know where I can get myself a

couple of full-grown copperheads

pay fifty dollars a piece

you're lacking a couple of copperheads

I guess I'll have to shoot the son of a

[ __ ] again

I'll do it right next time

well we've got to sell another

continuous

all right

why don't you run out of grounds

I made some more

I hired yourself a new lawyer

instead of you

and all besides me

his name is Stanley Fowler

he's a state senator Stanley is going to

invoke a law called the legislative

continuous statute which provides then

in any case criminal or civil pending in

the state courts a continuance will be

granted if the attorneys of either party

are a member of the general assembly

Stan is going to follow an affidavit and

the judge will be required to Grant a

continuance

until at least 10 days after the

assembly adjourns

the judge is going to know what's going

on because he's not stupid

but the law being the law is not a damn

thing you can do about it

what'd you do if I had to go to jail

you said you wouldn't gone to jail

for everything I said come true I'd have

a 5 000 acre ranch three Rolls-Royce

cars

what would you do

I don't want to talk about it

wouldn't let you stay here you know

he's fine and the church going farmers

now without me around

you'd have to take the kids get the hell

out of Darby

hmm

how come you keep going into town but

you know it's only because I'm bringing

more trouble

see where I can go

where I can't and what I can do when I

get there

that's the way women are

not you worry though

you ain't never gonna have to look him

in the aisle with nothing like that

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Tay's never gonna come when anybody put

some bars between me and my life

oh wait I want to live it

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members of the jury have you reached a

verdict

yes Serrano we have

will the cart bring the verdict to the

court please

you may return the verdict to the

foreman

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be the jury

find the defendant Lynn Roy Rowan

guilty of assault in the second degree

okay

get rid of him for two years praise God

I have to admit I begin to think it

never happened

took him long enough didn't it it's not

in jail yet

might have been worse Lynn second degree

five years

now if they'd have gone for first degree

had been alive

the meantime with a peculiar air it is

of the law of this great state of

Missouri being what they are

you're free to go about your business

pending an appeal

appeal isn't where the pig's guts and

you know it

we lost

you've been inside Frank what's it like

there's good timing is hard it depends

on the individual

keep your nose clean keep your bunk

tight you'll be out in eight months

it'll be eight years to me

what the hell do you do with yourself

all day you wait for it to be over

mostly

okay the way I figured

I figure if I go to prison I'm a dead

man

if I don't I'm a dead man

I guess I'd rather be dead free than

dead caged up you ain't gonna be dead

either way what the hell are you talking

about tell you what though

or maybe just take a few of them with me

about eight o'clock

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yeah

how you doing Bob boys

can't complain

Hey listen here Bob

you're an old army man ain't you World

War II yeah

that's right

you and uh Europe or the Pacific

you ever see that movie uh sounds of Iwo

Jima

one of my favorite movies did you ever

see that one

they have and Duke is dead long live the

Duke you know what I'm saying Bob

don't believe I do

well John Wayne the Duke that's what

they call it

Sands of Iwo Jima

hey here we go I got something here I

want you to take a look at Bob you ought

to appreciate this sucker

oh World War II veteran like yourself

ain't in the honey

you know what I'm gonna do with it

by the way I understand it Ron you ain't

even supposed to be touching the weapon

much less doing anything with one and

what I'm going to do with it

is take out old west

now he's an old WW2 man too any

old boys getting together over there the

veterans hall

reminiscent about a good old war days

yep

this is the honey I'm gonna do that

Westwind

whether I'll rip him first

and then

shoot him and rip him after

either way

I'm gonna lay that old bastard open from

crotch to Crown

like hell you will

you know somebody who's going to stop me

you know somebody who's going to stop me

what the hell is he going

oh hell dicks I think it's coming apart

here damn

put it up Dad don't be foolish that

trash comes over this way carrying that

piece I'm gonna blow his crazy head off

Dad this is damn get the hell out of the

way

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no he didn't fire it he'd be laying dead

in the street now if he did

what the hell makes a difference whether

he fired it or not he's not supposed to

touch a weapon that's the ruling of the

Court you can name him for just having

it

we're just about as close to fed up with

this situation as we aim to tolerate

all right listen I'll need affidavits

from any Witnesses Sheriff now can you

get me those

yeah uh-huh

okay but make sure they understand that

when I file this motion T is going to

know about it and so will Rowan

and damn sure they have affidavits land

damn it the hell can't you keep the lid

on it for for 10 minutes

what do they do

well follow the motion to have your

binary vote you could be behind bars

bending the appeal

do you know how long that could be

who signed the affidavits

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against me Bob

I did

your boys too that's correct

now why did you do that Bob

I believe in the law

always have done

oh it's getting a little harder to do

here late

now we all got to go through the

aggravation has shown up in court all

the way over there in Bethune

Friday

I got to notice this morning

and this is only Monday

could be a long week

and even assuming we was all still fit

for it by Friday

it's a long drive to Bethune ain't it

I'd say that house make a hell of a fire

if it ever went up some night wouldn't

you hunt

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assuming that we make it to Friday

there's a lot of Open Road in that 80

Mile Stretch between here and Beth here

and we're on could be laying for us

now what I got in mind

is a lot of company

how sober

it's time that we all stop grumbling

Over The Back Fence

and murdered in our beard down at the

star and got together on this

now there's enough people in this town

or near two to make a caravan a mile

long all the way over to bethium and

enough people once we get there to fill

that courtroom to the rafters

enough to get the message crossed to the

judge and the cops and Rowan and anybody

else

that this has got to where it's about a

hell of a lot more than just Lynn Rowan

shooting West Western and something

better be done about it quitting yeah

come on Pete let's go right over here

let's go let's go

hey hey

when do we start we don't the hearing's

been postponed for 10 days you kidding

me go over to the veterans hall we're

having a meeting Hank

how are we going to protect Bob Webb and

his boys for another 10 days

it's a law ain't gonna do nothing I say

with Hawk Tire rolling lock him in a bar

until January

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behind a truck yeah

what happened next time you think that

lawyer your head won't weasily mount of

it again I say Landon right now today

let's blow run away and Market pay yeah

no no no no no no no no no guns now

listen to me now

okay the law has done a Twist on us

again

but he has been tried and convicted and

he's going to jail sooner or later that

crazy man ain't never going to jail it's

been a full year of goal he shot Wes and

he's still waking up in his own bed yeah

what the hell's going on you having a

convention it's a big meeting Lynn

I ain't seen so many people in town

since Reagan got elected except they

ain't in such a good mood this time

say that's anything to laugh about Lynn

if I was you I'd stay out of town today

I was you I'd stay out of the county

today

stay here and watch the kids

ain't a good idea

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make yourselves up some kind of a

schedule so that one or two men are

keeping an eye on them at all times

those whereabouts are known the minute

he creates any kind of disturbance you

call the law

thank you

I'll be too late and to become at all

what if he pulls down on one of us some

night in the dark out in the Boondocks

if a man draws a gun on you and points

it at you you have the total right to

defend yourself

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you're looking kind of Lonesome Billy

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yeah

how about you jeopardize a bunch of us

Sheriff what we need is illegal Posse

that's not a bad idea but I'll have to

get permission from the County

Commissioners first

let me try

I should have an answer for you by this

afternoon

Roland's in town

well

start keeping

us start now

oh

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my God

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where the hell the sheriff going

someplace else looks like

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thank you

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why don't you get out of town and stay

out and don't come back

let's say tonight

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let's get the hell out of here okay

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okay

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thank you

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Are you standing just about right here

and you didn't see nothing when the

shooting started I went for coming I

went up the looks of it where it was

couldn't have been much further up than

right down the street there I was

standing up there by by the post office

looks like you'd have a pretty clear

view of the whole street no yeah

the only thing I had to clear view of

was the truck I was diving under if you

guys had thrown that SOB in jail he

wouldn't be dead now

Jack you heard

hard to believe

you get the shooter

not yet the looks of the truck there was

at least two of them

that's a damn man I got two nails

he was as good as in jail all he had to

do was wait no one well they've been

waiting quite some time but it's the law

well this ain't the law

this can't be the law

you got anything well I think we might

have a bit of a problem here Phil oh I

know we got a problem we got a dead body

and that's a problem no what I mean is

we might have a whole town here come

down blind all of a sudden

it was Todd Lacy

you actually seen him

it was standing right there along the

street it just flipped it up as a gun so

you just started shooting

you see anybody else

no no just him just it was Todd lazy

maybe she needs glasses but it sure

wasn't me she's saying

they'll tell you the truth

I wished I could say I was the one that

done the deed

anybody ever had it coming it was Lynn

Rowan

he stole our livestock he shot our

horses he raped our women you name it

but I got to take the truth here

it wasn't me

well yeah when I left the bar I was

right behind Rowan

I was 12 or 15 feet from the truck when

the shooting started I dropped to the

sidewalk you didn't see anybody with a

weapon I hit the sidewalk sir

let me put it to you this way

I didn't see nothing

and if I had him I wouldn't tell you

the Bible says an eye for an eye and a

tooth for a tooth

those who live by the sword shall die by

the sword

Mr Rowan

lived by the gun

it's the way he died

I don't know I was like just

stood there

Stern

I thought that was waiting for something

this is set up thing they're in a doubt

in my mind

they've been having meetings about

killing them

and everybody knows it

oh my laugh they blamed him for

everything

but he was the best father

to anybody can have

I worshiped the ground he walked on

it just

don't understand how anybody could just

shoot him down in Cold Blood

it was a good hearted person he was good

to his kids

I just hope they remember

I never kneeled down to him

I'll never forget him

cause there'll never be none like him

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there was nothing but love between him

and I

it was the best

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foreign thing for an individual to

strike out in anger or fear and quite

another for a group of townspeople to

conspire to kill someone because they

perceive the criminal justice system as

ineffective in dealing with him

vigilante action is tragic in its brutal

violence

it also indicates a breakdown in the

system itself

unfortunately what is dispensed by such

white sheet Knight Rider mentality never

is Justice

Vigilantes who see themselves as judge

jury and executioner have no place in a

society governed by laws

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the county grand jury failed to return

an indictment in the shooting a Federal

grand jury also failed to issue any

indictments

no one has ever been prosecuted for this

murder

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