Judge and blackmailer scheme over forged notes in Red Gulch
A judge hosts a visiting stranger who claims to possess forged marriage papers linking his wife to a man named Roberts. The conman offers $10,000 to drop the matter, while the judge weighs exposure, political risk, and scandal in a tense, temperate confrontation across a hearth-lit table.
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Blackmailing Judge Richards Opens Debt Dilemma
A bold stranger visits Judge William Richards and reveals a past filled with political and social ascent, including a potential congressional loss and a marriage to Senator Holt’s daughter. He demands 10,000 dollars as blackmail after noting the judge’s wealth and recent bank deposit. The judge, wary but amused, questions the implied leverage as the caller hints at a scandal involving May Robbins.
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