Dying Embers by Glenn Trust

Author:Glenn Trust
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Sweat Equity Publishing
Published: 2014-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Leaving the courthouse, the sheriff walked to his patrol car parked across the street. He spoke briefly into the radio. A few minutes later, Stringer and Collins pulled up and got out.

“What’s up?” Pratt Stringer stood in front of his sheriff, a serious look of concern on his face. Darcy Rhodes was not one for dramatics and the call to meet him without explanation was not in character…unless.

“Follow me.” Rhodes got into his car and cranked the engine.

“Looks like we’re doin’ it…today.” Stringer looked at Bert Collins, who had walked up as the Sheriff gave the order to follow him.

“Yep.”

The two deputies jumped into their vehicles and followed the sheriff rapidly around the courthouse square. Anyone watching, and everyone certainly was, would not know where they were likely to be headed until they turned down one of the streets leading out of the square.

The three Coline County cars pulled into the small lot at Perkins’ Garage, blocking all entrance and exit to the location. Without a word, Darcy Rhodes walked into the service bay, followed by Stringer and Collins.

Fallon Burke was standing at a bench cleaning a carburetor that had been removed from one of the vehicles in the garage. He turned as the sheriff and deputies entered, wiping his hands on his shirt front.

“Fallon Burke.” Rhodes walked directly to him, ignoring Elmore Perkins, coming out of the office. “You are under arrest. The charge is murder.” He looked at Stringer. “Cuff him, Deputy.”

“Yes sir.” Stringer turned Burke around, searched him and pulled his arms behind his back one at a time.

“What’s goin’ on here?” Perkins took a step in the direction of the deputies, but Rhodes turned and gave a quick shake of his head, warning him not to interfere. Perkins stopped in his tracks.

There was no resistance. As the handcuffs ratcheted closed around his wrists, Burke grinned wickedly. “You’re fuckin’ crazy. You know that? Crazy.”

Rhodes handed a slip of paper to Collins. “Read this to the suspect, Deputy.”

Puzzled, Collins looked at the paper. He’d heard of this, but never seen it in Coline County. He cleared his throat and began.

“Fallon Burke, you have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and may be used against you; you have the right to an attorney present before and during the questioning; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.”

The case of Ernesto Arturo Miranda versus the Arizona Supreme Court had only been before the United States Supreme Court the previous year. Many departments, especially in the rural south were not yet up to speed in heeding the requirements of the Court’s decision. It was called the Miranda Decision. As sheriff, Darcy Rhodes had received flyers from the FBI advising how the warning should be administered to a suspect. It was the first time his deputies had used the Miranda Warning, and he listened attentively to Collins, reading out the words he had personally typed. There would be no errors in this case, no mistakes.

“Do you understand what Deputy Collins just read to you?” Rhodes looked Burke in the eyes.

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