8 EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY 8
The group reads a reward poster regarding information leading
to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Josie A.
Langmaid.
HATTIE WARREN
(impressed, looking at the
poster)
Can you believe it?! 2000 dollars!…
Imagine what we could buy with that.
FRANK WARREN
(Scolding Hattie)
Oh Hattie, this is a grave matter. How
can you talk of luxuries when an innocent
girl's life has been stolen away.
HATTIE WARREN
(apologetically)
You're right, Frank. Please forgive my
rash remarks.
FLORA STEVENS
(pointing to the poster)
That insane murdering tramp might still
be lurking around here! Doesn't that
scare you?
CAPITOLA SAWYER
(very sure of herself)
Of course it scares us; but with Officer
Hildreth and Detective Dearborn on it,
that monster is sure to be apprehended
soon.
CLARENCE COFREAN rides in on a horse.
CLARENCE COFRAN
(excited, holding out a
newspaper)
Hey, I got the Monitor. Listen to this…
(Reading from the paper)
"Shocking Murder in Pembroke! A School
Girl Waylaid, Ravished, Murdered,
Beheaded and Secreted in Broad Daylight.
Arrest of suspected Assassins."
HATTIE WARREN
(Intrigued)
Read on… quickly.
The assembled group crowd in around Clarence as they listen
intently to every word.
CLARENCE COFRAN
I am… give me a chance, Hattie
(Continuing to read)
One of the most diabolical murders ever
perpetrated in New England, was committed
Monday morning, within a quarter of a
mile of Pembroke Academy, upon a road not
much traveled.
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