Preacher wounded in running battle with outlaw posse!
The town’s beloved Preacher, the enigmatic moral guardian of the city of Aftermath, lies wounded in his bed after he was mercilessly gunned down by as villainous bunch of rogues as this town has ever seen breezed in from the East yesterday. Preacher had gone with Virgil Swanson to inspect his handiwork in the churchyard when the posse approached him before drawing iron in an unprecedented assault.
Preacher, no stranger to a gun himself, covered the flight of Virgil, seeing the gravedigger safe, before returning to the fray in an attmpt to prevent any of his flock becoming their next victim. Despite being outnumbered 7-1 Preacher took the time to read the scriptures to the bunch of no-gooders and exchanged shots with them as they cowered in Clem’s undertaker’s. It was at thast fateful moment that a lucky shot from one of the outlaws caught Preacher in the shoulder, throwing him from the saddle of his beloved Angel. As Preacher lay in the dirt the outlaws opened fire on the hapless Clem and even shot at Angel too!
The gang eventually skulked out of town under the cover of darkness, but not before one of their number, a mere kid, had been taken into custody. He will stand trial for his crimes next week. The local sherrif has posted wanted pictures of the remainder of the gang, and the entire bunch of desperadoes now has a price on their heads - $10 a man and $15 for the gang’s cold-blooded leader. Will no -one bring these evil men to justice?
Posted by
Trent Buchanan
June 2nd.