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leave the country. She gives him $ 3000 from the safe. He gets Melvin to buy a car for $ 600, and starts the drive to Canada with Jane. He goes to say goodbye to his father, who tells him not to go. He sets off but the car breaks town before he leaves the city. He tracks down Melvin, who puts them in a taxi to a small private airport. A "Mr Smith" meets them there and agrees to fly them to Canada for $ 1000. But he will not take them until
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of state funds. A new friend, George Wilson gets stabbed and killed in the showers by fellow inmate McArdle. William has to appear at the murder trial, and explain that he was helping him write a homosexual love letter. The trial twists things to look as if he is homosexual. The line of questioning
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