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Genre:
Crime, Drama
History, Thriller
FINAL
DRAFT
October 31, 2006
180 pages
Excerpt
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Clarence
Darrow |
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Plot
summary:
At
1:07
a.m.
on
October
1, 1910, an explosion rips through the Los
Angeles Times building, killing twenty
workers. At daybreak, two bombs are
discovered at the homes of prominent
businessmen. One is defused. The other is
not, leaving the city in a grip of panic. A
manhunt ensues. Two members of the iron
workers union are arrested and charged with
murder. With attorney Clarence Darrow at the
helm, the
resulting court battle becomes the first
trial of the century.
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Memorable
quotes:
GENERAL
OTIS: O,
you anarchic scum, you cowardly murderers,
you leeches upon honest labor, you midnight
assassins, you whose hands are
dripping with the innocent blood of your
victims!
CLARENCE
DARROW: It's
just an incident in the evolution of things.
Because one does wrong does not mean that
all the others are wrong. They did not mean
to kill anybody.
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