Minor Characters
Augustus Potterham
Augustus is a friend of the narrator’s. He is playing football with the narrator, Randy Shepperton, and Nebraska Crane when the story opens. He has a reputation for being clumsy.
Lon Everett
Lon Everett is a man from town who is driving drunk and crashes into Dick Prosser’s car. He punches Dick twice in the face, making his nose and lip bleed, even though the car accident was his fault.
Mrs. Shepperton
Randy Shepperton’s mother.
Mr. Crane
Policeman and Nebraska Crane’s father.
Old Man Suggs
Town citizen.
Mr. Potterham
Augustus Potterham’s father.
Cash Eager
Owner of the hardware store that the mob break into to grab guns.
Will Hendershot
Town mayor.
Hugh McNair
Town citizen who tries to calm down the mob.
Pansy Harris’ Husband
Pansy Harris’ husband comes home to find Dick Prosser with his wife. He is the first victim of Dick’s shooting spree.
Willis
One of the policemen sent to Pansy Harris’s shack after Dick Prosser shoots her husband.
John Grady
Second policeman sent to Pany Harris’s shack to capture Dick Prosser.
John Chapman
Chapman is the favorite on the police force, possibly “too kind to be a policeman.” Dick Prosser shoots him through the heart in the town square just before fleeing town.
Doc Lavender
Deputy and member of the mob killed by Dick Prosser.
Wayne Foraker
Member of the mob killed by Dick Prosser.
Ben Pounders
Member of the mob that captured Dick Prosser. He brags in the town square that he fired the first shot when they captured Dick.