Black Legion Page #7

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You swore a sacred oath to Ruth too.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

- What am I gonna do?

- You do what I tell you.

I'm sending Ruth a wire,

begging her to come back.

You straighten yourself out.

Be a decent guy or I'm going to the cops.

Sure, Ed. Sure.

But I tell you they won't let me out.

You can't go to the cops.

You've gotta give me a break.

I'm giving you better than you deserve

and don't make me change my mind.

Hello.

Yeah, Frank.

Not tonight. I got a date.

You did what?

Okay. I'll be right over.

You sure fixed us up,

didn't you, big mouth?

I couldn't help it. I was drunk

and he got me sore. It just slipped out.

We gotta shut that guy up

or we'll all go to the can.

I can't go tell the boys.

You know what they'll do to me.

Now what do you want?

You needn't bark at me.

I came back to get my purse.

- It's got my keys in it.

- Come in and get it and get out.

You ought to be ashamed,

letting that big brute beat me...

...and throw me out.

Wait a minute.

- Who beat you up?

- That Ed Jackson.

He's always beating women.

Told me himself

he beats up his girl all the time.

Oh. You don't say.

You don't' have to worry, kid.

Everything's gonna be all right.

You don't think the boys are gonna let

any man beat up a woman, do you?

Come on, Jackson, get going.

Oh. Taking me up side roads, huh?

Aren't you the clever bunch of kidnappers.

Only an army against one.

- Aren't you afraid I might gang up on you?

Shut up.

It's too bad you can't put

a nightshirt on your voice, Cliff.

Who are the rest of you?

Take off those sacks.

The cops will be glad to hear about this.

Well, what's the matter, you afraid?

They better change the name of your outfit

from the Black Legion to the Yellow Legion.

Get him out. Strip him down.

Get him. Get that man.

Ed.

I didn't mean it.

I didn't mean it.

I don't know why I shot.

Ed, I...

Ed, I tried to tell you

them Black Legion guys don't fool.

Ed! Ed!

If any of our listeners

see a man answering this description...

...kindly notify the police.

Jackson disappeared around midnight...

...after leaving his family

on the porch of his home...

...while he went to put his car

in the garage.

And now to continue our recorded program,

we hear, "Fancy Meeting You. "

How do you like that? A guy goes

to put his car away and disappears.

Probably went to play

rummy with some of the boys.

What's yours, buddy?

- Give us a glass of water, will you?

- Yeah, sure.

Kind of thirsty, ain't you?

Yeah.

Mind if I have some more?

No.

- How are you tonight, Jim?

- Hi.

Let's have coffee.

Don't stick your thumb in it.

Heh. Look who's trying to rib me.

Flash. Edward Jackson,

missing from his home since midnight...

...has been found murdered

with a. 38 caliber bullet in his body.

Louis Leonard, 26-year-old dairy farmer,

discovered Jackson's body...

...lying in a grove

at the northeast section of Cobb's Woods.

A possible clue to the murder is revealed

by the discovery near the body...

- Turn it off.

- of a black hood...

...fantastically decorated with skull

and crossbones.

Oh! Oh!

- What's the matter?

Police are investigating...

...the theory that this hood

may have been the mask of mystery...

- ... behind which the perpetrators...

- Why, it's a. 38.

Yeah, and four slugs used up.

"Considered internationally as the

greatest recorders of the news today...

...we, the sponsors,

invite you to listen to... "

"The News Parade. "

"The country is seething

with excitement over the revelation...

...of a mysterious and possibly

sinister organization, the Black Legion.

'Organized as a secret patriotic society...

...this legion assumes

an ominous appearance...

...as authorities uncover its strength

and scope, probe for its true purposes'...

...says State's Attorney General

George F. Porter. "

"At first we were amused

at the legion's...

...childish regalia

and its blood-curdling oath.

Then we began finding whips

with copper rivets...

...and guns of the type and caliber

used in the murder of Edward Jackson. "

"Says the Reverend Dr. J.K. Lane of the

State Council of Protestant Ministers... "

"'Any organization that appeals

to narrow prejudice...

...and attempts to enforce its creeds

by violence is inimical to our democracy...

...and repugnant to the ideals

of every good Christian...

...and every decent American. "'

"Meanwhile, in the Kaminga County Jail...

...police continue their questioning

of Frank Taylor...

...who is being held for the murder

of Edward Jackson. "

"'Frank Taylor, did the Black Legion

order you to kill Jackson?"'

- "'No, I told you. No. "'

- "'Why did you do it?"'

- "'I don't know. "'

- "'We know that your gun killed him.

- Come on, Taylor. Why did you do it?"'

- "'I don't know!"'

All right, come on.

Do you belong to the Black Legion?

- Black Legion have anything to do with this?

- Be a good fellow. Give us a story.

Might as well give the story.

It's coming out.

Give us newspaper boys a little break,

will you, Taylor? Come on.

All right, boys. Leave him alone.

The guy don't feel like talking.

Aw.

Oh, don't, darling.

Don't, darling.

Oh, please, Frank. Please.

Taylor, here's your attorney.

How do you do, Mr. Taylor?

My name is Brown.

Brown? That ain't the name of the lawyer

my wife told me she hired.

Well...

...confidentially, I'm not a lawyer.

I had to say I was

to get in here to see you.

Some friends of yours asked me

to have a little chat with you.

- What friends?

- Good friends.

Interested in making sure

you get a fair trial.

You tell them I'm through with them.

Get out.

I got myself into this jam.

I'm gonna take what's coming.

Now wait a minute, Mr. Taylor.

You're taking rather

a selfish point of view.

There are a few people who are interested

in seeing this trial comes out right.

All right for them.

Well, if you don't wanna be loyal

to your friends...

...you should consider

your wife and child.

What about my wife and child?

- You love them, don't you?

- Sure.

You wouldn't want anything

unfortunate to happen now...

...just because you're stubborn,

would you?

All right.

What do you want me to do?

Heh. That's better.

When you see your lawyer,

you tell him the story I'm gonna tell you.

And when you get into court,

you stick to that story.

You killed Ed Jackson in self-defense.

Now, here's the way it lines up

step by step.

Yes, I see.

You say that Jackson started swearing,

shouting at you?

- Yep.

- Then what happened?

Well, I got out of the car to argue

with him, then he pulled a gun on me.

I tried to get it away and while we was

wrestling around that way, it went off.

Mm-hm. Mrs. Danvers saw all this?

Well, sure.

She was sitting right there in the car.

Taylor, are you positive, absolutely positive

that you're telling me the truth?

Now, why should I lie to my own lawyer?

All right. I'll have a talk

with Mrs. Danvers.

If she substantiates

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