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about the whereabouts of the other two guys in Lucky’s crew, John Favors and Tom Jenkins.
    The Sheriff first called John Favors’s house. His wife answered on the first ring.
    “Hello,” she said in an anxious voice.
    “Hi, Tammy, this is the Sheriff.”
    “Oh no, what’s happened to Johnny?”
    “Is he home?”
    “No, he’s not home,” she said irritably. “Do you know where he is at?”
    “No, I do not.”
    “How did you know he was not here?” she asked.
    Damn, now he had to show his hand a little bit, which he didn’t want to do. “Well, Lucky’s missing too, so I thought I would check to see if Johnny was home because he hangs out with Lucky a lot.”
    “Johnny has never done this. He might drink a lot, but he always comes home. Something is wrong. Can you find him, Sheriff?”
    “Yes, we’ll do our best. I already have multiple squad cars looking for Lucky, and we’ll look for Johnny. Hopefully, we’ll find him.”
    “Please let me know as soon as you find him,” Tammy pleaded.
    “Sure will.”
    The Sheriff ended the call. He called Tom Jenkins’s wife and got the same response. He was missing, and his wife was worried.
    Next, he called Junior, his son.
    “Hello,” Junior answered in a groggy voice.
    “Junior, this is your dad. Get your ass up and into the station. Lucky and his wrecking crew are missing.”
    “Holy Shit! You’re kidding.”
    “No, I’m not.”
    “What do you think happened?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Do you think Leon escaped, and they’re hunting him down?” Junior asked.
    “I don’t know. Just get to the station as soon as possible. Then we’ll discuss what we are going to do.”
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    Shortly afterwards, the Sheriff met Junior at the station along with the midnight officer. The station was located near the south end of downtown.
    “Sam, any developments?” the Sheriff asked.
    “No. Ryan and Finley just radioed in, and they haven’t seen Lucky.”
    “Tell them that they need to be searching for John Favors and Tom Jenkins as well. They’re missing.”
    “Oh my God,” said Sam. “This doesn’t sound good.”
    “Give me the phone,” the Sheriff ordered. “I want to call Luke and see if anything unusual happened on the evening shift.”
    The Sheriff dialed Luke’s number. Luke answered on the third ring.
    “Hello.”
    “Luke, this is the Sheriff. We got an emergency down here. Lucky Bennett, John Favors, and Tom Jenkins are missing.”
    “Oh, shit!”
    “Did anything unusual happen last night?”
    “Um, let me see. No, I can’t think of anything.” Luke paused. “Wait, I got a call that a nigger was missing. I think his name was Leon. But other than that, nothing major happened.”
    The Sheriff ended the call and relayed the conversation to Junior.
    Junior said, “Let’s pay Leon’s house a visit. Maybe his family knows something.”
    “Great idea,” the Sheriff responded. “Sam, you stay here, but keep the patrols going.”
    “Okay,” Sam replied.

Chapter 4
    On the way to Leon’s house, the Sheriff and Junior confided in each other.
    “Dad, this is bad. Something must have gone wrong. This is not like Lucky. Lucky should be home by now.”
    “I know. I know. I’m very concerned. Well, if Leon got away, he will probably head home. You and I are going to camp out there until he emerges.”
    “Maybe Leon is hiding in the woods,” suggested Junior.
    “Well, when the sun rises, we’ll search the woods.”
    “Dad, do you know where they were going to do the lynching?”
    “Yeah, sort of but not the exact spot. It was supposed to be a little north of the lake.”
    “Well, let’s check it out. What are we waiting for?”
    “Shut the fuck up. I’ll give the orders around here, Son.”
    “Okay, Dad, I’m sorry.”
    “When the sun rises, we’ll check it out. I don’t want to check it out now because people would get suspicious that we would know to look there. I mean there’s over five hundred square miles of woodlands.