..Johnny""s up for re-election in November.You""ve got it all figured it out, haven""t you? Johnny Iselin""s Boy, Medal of Honor winner.That should get you one of the fifty housand votes."The narrator continues in voice-over, describing how Raymond""s heroic action was corroborated by the surviving members of his patrol - the only ones who witnessed the event:On the afternoon of his arrival in Washington, Raymond Shaw was decorated at the White House by the President of the United States.The suspect had escaped from jail 10 days earlier, and supposedly had no relatives.The fugitive had killed the first Mountie who had chased him - Bennett.The Commandant had full confidence in Sgt.Bruce""s abilities: "You""ve never failed us yet."Marie""s Journey To a Small Lakeside Village:With Boniface, Marie arrived by boat at a large Indian settlement at the edge of a large lake - the jumping off point for adventures into the outdoors.Temple...She""s a lush, the lady.After she bends the elbow a few times, she begins to see things: rats, roaches, snakes, bats, you know.I try to run a nice, clean, safe town here.A town where a man can sneeze and not get his brains beat out.You follow me?...Why don""t you tell me how you killed Mr.Colbert, and I promise you, you""re gonna feel a whole lot better.Virgil offered a believable excuse for his southern visit: "I was visiting my mother.I came in on the 12:35 from Brownsville.I was waiting to go out on the 4:05." The Sheriff accused him again: "Yeah, and meanwhile, you just killed yourself a white man, just about the most important white man we got around here, and you picked yourself up a couple hundred dollars!" Virgil responded: "I earned that money, ten hours a day, seven days a week," but he Sheriff didn""t believe him: "Colored can""t earn that kind of money, boy.