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Night of Horror in Lundy’s Place and a Family Dilemma
Jerry Ogden recalls his father Alex Peterson entering Lundy’s Place to confront a deadly wager. Lundy and two gamblers plot a ritual of ransom and robbery while the crowd revels around. Peterson faces a grim choice to save his brother Jerry as dawn nears and a hanging looms.
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Jerry Ogden
Alex Peterson
Andrew Ogden
Peterson
Alex
Jerry
Joe Lundy
Lundy
Deacon
Dad
Uncle Jerry
Burke
Webb
Fitch
Lundy’s
Dryden Pope
New York
President Cleveland
Madame du Barry
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Bill
Bluebeard
Napoleon
Richey
MacCoy
Howdy
Mac
Gamblin