CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
The red Chevy pickup had three men crammed in the front seat, and seven more riding in the flatbed with the tailgate down. Armed to the teeth with rifles, shotguns, and revolvers of all calibers, they drove around hoping to find Beau Camp; most were liquored up.
One vigilante even brought a long rope with a noose tied at one end, and figured there were plenty of tall trees should they find that low-down dirty skunk. Two more pickups, loaded with desperate men, were also out searching the countryside for that murderous villain.
Calls came in to the police station concerning the public’s safety with armed, drunken men marauding all over the city streets. Chief Miller now had Buddy radio all police units, to seek out and find these pickups and send the offending bunch back to their homes. Any one refusing to comply was to be disarmed and arrested on the spot. Chief Miller had the full support of the Mayor; lawlessness would not stand per Brent Carver, not in his town.
It would take four, two-man black-and-whites, nearly two hours to finally corral these vigilantes and force them to disband. Peace would finally return to Saint Cloud, if only for a short while.