Today, Ray and I went to St. Stephen’s Episcopal church here in Sherman. Normally, I play hookie from church when I’m in Texas since being here feels like vacation, but Ray had other plans for today. He had struck up a conversation with Carol and David Griffith, a couple we have recently gotten to know…
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1st Scene of Story
It was 4 pm on a mild afternoon in May of 1930 and the small Texas town of Sherman had gone from drowsy to wild with rage in only a few hours. A colored man had reportedly raped a farmer’s wife and there was talk that he had mutilated her, as well, and that she…