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We looked up to see a man whose appearance was as polished and natty as his voice He wore a seersucker suit of the finest quality and a straw boater with a jaunty red band He could not have been much more than thirty, and he carried a wicker porte leather satchel jammed with papers

He introduced himself as Jonah Curtis and explained that he had been appointed by the state of Mississippi to prosecute the White Raiders

“I had my assistant reserve a room at Miss Maybelle’s establishment,” he said “But Maybelle took one look at gested I bring myself to this address”

“Welcome to the house of pariahs, Mr Curtis,” said LJ “You are welco as this trial takes”

“I do appreciate that, sir And please, call me Jonah”

Jonah Curtis was almost as tall as I He hat anyone would call a handsome man

And Jonah Curtis was one other thing besides

Jonah Curtis was a black man

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ONE IMPORTANT PIECE of the puzzle was still

Who would be defending the White Raiders?

The nextinto the house yelling, “Those goddaoddamn criminal defense attorney in the South!”

Jonah looked up from his book “Maxwell Hayes Lewis?”

“How did you know that?” LJ asked

“You said the best” Jonah turned to ood lowlifes who viciously attacked a colored et?”