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?There were also five men at a table by the window. ?Who are you?"one of the men asked me.

?"He's from the newspaper!" shouted Lucien Wilbanks angrily

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?This parole hearing is not open to everybody," said the man at the ut of Clanton center of the table.Mr. Padgitt's f family and lawyer, and people from the Kassellaw

?nd the Sheiff" I asked "Can he be here "Yes, he can. ?"But nobody told him about it," I said.Ask the people at the courthouse in Clanton," I said. ?"Sit down, Mr. Traynor," said the jailer."He s T'll find you and I'll kill all of you. ?The five men looked at Danny Padgitt. one of them asked him. Danny didn't say

?anything, "Did he say it?""At the of the trial, Mr. Padgitt turned and spoke to the jurors," I said.the man asked Lucien Wilbanks.It was a minute after ten o'clock I ran up the

?stairs A paliceman stood outside Room 25."You can't come in

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?fanily he said, "Not newspaper people.""I learned from my mistakes lot of good work in this jail. And I'm studying... ?I listened to all of this. Then I had to speak. ?"T'll tell you about the murder," I said."And I'll tell you about the trial."?Wilbanks started to speak, but I quickly stood up. I spoke first."They wro everything down.""I'm a better man now," he said.And I did.There was one more thing before I finished."Did you say that?""I can send you the notes," I said.