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Show fr7 obscure Old Testament s c r i p t u r e that when false prophets were executed, t h e i r faces should be destroyed to indicate that in their deceit they were ' f a c e l e s s before the Lord.' The bullet intended for my f a t h e r ' s face had missed because the second gun was heavier - a .38 caliber weapon not easily handled by a woman, had The assassins/disappeared. "Then I put my hand to my head, thinking what s h a l l I do?" Aunt „ face showed the exasperation and t e r r i b l e sense of loss that registered with the r e a l i z a t i o n of his death. "I got on my kees beside him and said, 'Darling, speak to me.' But he was already gone." "Then I thought, I must c a l l for help. But I couldn't remember the emrgency number." Another patient had come in just then,asking 'What's going on here, Helga?" "Dr. A l l r e d ' s been shot, I think he's dying." Aunt Helga clutched her head again. "Then Mary said, very gently, ' I s there anything I can do?' I asked her for the emrgency number and called an ambulance." Then there was nothing to do but wait. Aunt Helga telephoned my mother. None of us expected that the assassins would be apprehended. 'Vengeance i s the L o r d ' s ' we told each other. But in the week following the murder, amazing pieces of evidence would be discovered. Two men sorting through a large commercial garbage bin. found a sack c o n t a i n ^ the jacket worn by the assassin, a gun box, several spent cartridges,and, soda-pop oans bearing the f i n g e r p r i n t s of several Church of the Lamb of God members. Four hand-drawn maps showed routes to my f a t h e r 's office and to 'the school.' But the evidence - 100 pieces . |