Madden shifted on his seat. He glanced at the document and at the others and then gazed out the door at the darkness.
“Looks like a clear case; I always imagined if these men’s past was dug into there would be a lot of crooked business turned up. But granting that everything is as shown, with Lucerio the county attorney under Sorenson’s thumb and the community as it is there’s a question if Saurez’ statement even will be enough to convict them.”
At that Janet jumped up, her eyes gleaming.
“That is not all the proof, not all by any means!” she cried.
“What more is there?”
“Mr. Johnson’s evidence.”
“Johnson’s!” came in surprised tones from all four of the men uninformed of the rancher’s story.
“Yes, he saw the man Dent killed and the plotters make your father, Mr. Weir, believe he had done the killing.”
Steele stared at Johnson dumbfounded.