SOCL 4471 Chapter : Day 12
Document Summary
By 09. 14. 45, wf has been convicted of 1st degree murder of at + sentenced to death (article 740-30). Deadline for filing appeals for conviction + sentence have expired (m + p failed to reserve bill of exceptions). On 03. 02. 46, foster + venezia drive electric chair to new iberia. F is a camp captain at lsp (la state penitentiary). V is a prisoner, a trustee, + assistant to lsp"s electrician--esnault. When the cat"s away, the mice will play. F + v spend the night + early hours of the following morning visiting barrooms + drinking. One barroom is the green lantern--owned by george etie. In a flashback, we learn about the reign of terror conducted by ozenne + deputy walker in the spring of. A welding school that will potentially drain away the agricultural labor force to the threatening oil industry. Also, efforts by the naacp to register black voters--a threat to white-dominated political rule.
