Secret Agent Man: Ken has been in McCormick for a few weeks. On July 29th, Ken visits the Sheriff's Department to obtain a copy of the jail log and we get introduced to Press Gable - father of Sheriff Jimmy Gable. Sheriff Gable is not in the office today but THE sheriff is.....Press Gable.

Ken gets a call from the sheriff the next day and he finally gets to meet Jimmy Gable. After politely requesting a copy of the jail log, the sheriff refuses to allow Ken and The Messenger access. When reminded that the jail log in public record, Ken is given the option to get out of the sheriff's office or he will be thrown out.

A mention of an unsolved murder from 1982 makes the papers and draws attention to the lack of law enforcement in McCormick and further angers the sheriff and the Gable family.

Many townsfolk begin to think Ken Fortenberry is some kind of secret agent man the feds have sent to McCormick to get to the bottom of all the drug smuggling that everyone suspects has been going on.

The small weekly paper begins to have lots of news to print.

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