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Mountain standoff ends in a midnight trial trap
Bill Dale is lured by Walt Turner into a hollow basin where Balls and Torreys trap him for a mock trial under a walnut tree. A juried lynching looms at sunrise as Dale, bound and surrounded, bargains for one last chance to prove himself in hand to hand combat.
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Walt Turner
Turner
Laurel
Madison County
North Carolina
Attle Creek
Ball
Moreland Coal Company
Dale
Bill Dale
Torreys
Adam Ball
Cutthroats
Ball-Torrey
Gonnies
Adam
Dave
Jedge
Morelands
Littlefords
Old Ball
Kitty
Philadelphia
Walnut Tree Court
Torrey
Judge Ball
Co’te
Black Adam Ball
Goliath