Part 3, Chapter 37 Summary

Lenny Fargarson, the young man from the Kassellaw murder trial jury, is shot while sitting in his wheelchair on his porch reading. Everyone blames Danny Padgitt, since he promised revenge on all the jurors. Willie helped the Sheriff by retrieving a list of the jurors and warned Miss Callie. The Sheriff asks Willie and Harry Rex to speak to Lucien Wilbanks, Danny Padgitt's attorney, about bringing Danny in for questioning. Wilbanks refuses to produce Padgitt, since there's no warrant and no evidence against him. Willie returned to Miss Callie's, where her family and neighborhood were on watch with guns, in case anyone tried to harm her. The whole town was full of tension and fear.

Part 3, Chapter 37 Analysis

The suspense is heightened again when a gunman kills one of the Padgitt trial jurors. Willie fears for Callie's safety. Rather than just...