jed miller? came on wilt and me while we were walking through the woods. he was crazy jealous, and he grabbed at me. jed shot wilt. jed said that my father told him that he wanted to get rid of wilt. if i talked about what i saw, my father would hang. what was wilt henshaw? a drunkard's son. why, a drop of rain is worth more than he was. jed miller is the biggest man this town has ever seen, and he's the man that my daughter should marry. that's fine. still here? well, i found out what happened to wilt henshaw. yeah? jed miller killed him. oh, i've got a witness. uh-huh. abbie fenton. how long have you known? since it happened, i guess. well, why didn't you arrest miller? nobody's been pressing until now. look, if you need some backing, just swear me in, that's all. i don't need backing. when jed comes back into town, i'll talk to him. you'll talk to him? where is he? up at his sawmill. he's got maybe a dozen men with him, all pretty handy with guns. you've got more than a dozen men here in town. why don't you swear them in? you can't get anybody to join a