“So what do you think started it?” I asked.
“I only know what I heard. I think something sparked it, maybe like Lew pulling his gun, and then all hell broke loose. I heard there was noise that sounded like a gunshot, but a lot of people are saying they’re not sure that’s what it was.”
“Do you think it was the Allens or the court officials who killed Judge Massie, or Lew Webb?”
“Like I say, I think both sides fired enough shots; they both could have killed people.”
“John, tell him about the hole in the judge’s chair,” Jeff said.
“When I went back into the courthouse,“ he said, “after all the shooting, I went up front to see if there was anything I could do for the judge. There was a big hole in his chair. On the side facing Deck Goad. In the trial they claimed it was just a chipp
