That night, “Scrub” and Cass meet Matt and Adam in a clearing near Springfield, “Scrub” picks a fight and in the ensuing scramble he is killed. Cass shouts “Murder!” and calls for help. The Sheriff arrests the brothers and takes them to jail. Mrs. Clay, summoned from
the camp nearby, sees her sons dragged off, followed by an angry, lynch-mad mob. Lincoln is among the townsfolk attracted to the scene by the excitement. He rushes to the side of the woman who was responsible for his study of law. She pleads with him to save her sons
lives and he offers his services as her attorney. This is his first case. Lincoln rushes to Springfield and arrives just in time to face the seething lynch-mad mob in front of the jail, clamoring for the necks of the two terrified boys. (To be continued).
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1939, Page 2
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143That night, “Scrub” and Cass meet Matt and Adam in a clearing near Springfield, “Scrub” picks a fight and in the ensuing scramble he is killed. Cass shouts “Murder!” and calls for help. The Sheriff arrests the brothers and takes them to jail. Mrs. Clay, summoned from the camp nearby, sees her sons dragged off, followed by an angry, lynch-mad mob. Lincoln is among the townsfolk attracted to the scene by the excitement. He rushes to the side of the woman who was responsible for his study of law. She pleads with him to save her sons lives and he offers his services as her attorney. This is his first case. Lincoln rushes to Springfield and arrives just in time to face the seething lynch-mad mob in front of the jail, clamoring for the necks of the two terrified boys. (To be continued). Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1939, Page 2
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