“In what ways?” I asked.
“As I said, I think the defense did the best they could under the circumstances. I don’t believe they thought they had any chance of an acquittal, but I think they had great hopes to avoid the death penalty.”
“Is there anything you would have done differently if you had the defense, say in the misdemeanor case?”
“I think I would have put more emphasis on the possibility that the arrests were illegal in NC and the extradition was a sham. Did you ever find any extradition orders? It would have been filed by the governor of Virginia, and the Edward boys would have had to sign off waiving extradition.”
“I searched the court records in Hillsville and in Mt. Airy. I found no such orders”
“So what led to the apprehension?”
“The story I was told, by a creditable s
