The article I chose is “Midnight in the Garden of East Texas”. The article is about a murder case: the town’s richest and snootiest widow was murdered by an acknowledged good guy. The odd thing is that even the guy murdered the widow, people in the town still think the guy is a very kind and nice guy.
Voices are as follows:
District attorney Danny Buck Davidson: He represents a outsider. He was surprised about Bernie’s good reputation, and he tried to tell everyone that Bernie is an accomplished actor who pretended to be a nice person.
A waitress: she thought Bernie is a sweet man.
Someone else: also thought Bernie is a nice guy.
One man: he thought it is hard to believe that old Bernie kill a person.
A woman: she didn’t even care about Mrs. Nugent, the victim, and thought Mrs. Nugent was mean.
Carthage’s congenial Methodist minister, the Revened E.B. Beasley: he thought Bernie still need prayers.
City councilman Olin Joffrion: Joffrion didn’t gave his voice, but just state what he saw.
One woman: she thought Bernie is the first on the list of people she knew were going to heaven.
Other woman came up tho the district attorney: she prayed for Bernie.
KGAS owner Jerry Hanszen: provide background information about the town.
Don Lipsey, former owner of Hawthorn, who had hired Bernie: he said Bernie showed no romantic interest in women at his age.
Bernie’s sister: she thought the loneliness Bernie went through in his childhood made it his calling to serve people.
Paula Carter, a fellow church member and a counselor at the high school: she thought Bernie brought a lot of compassion to the town.
Lloyd Tiller, one of Mrs. Nugent stockbrokers: provide his thoughts towards Mrs. Nugent.
A close relative of Mrs. Nugent: said Mrs. Nugents seemed to lapse into a low-level clinical depression.
A teacher at the high school,
A close relative of Mrs. Nugent thought Bernie enjoyed Mrs. Nugent’s money.
Bernie’s sister said Bernie was a buyaholic and found himself living a dream after he becoming friends with Mrs. Nugent. Also, she recalled that Bernie said Mrs. Nugent was controlling.
Ruth Cockrell, Mrs. Nugent’s first cousin said she doubt Bernie but didn’t know who to talk about because Bernie was so beloved.