A few months after his kidnapping, the FBI calls Gillespie to recap the events surrounding it and the murder of Captain Tom Duggan. In flashback, it is revealed that his kidnapping was meant as distraction by BOAP to draw attention from their main plan, to assassinate Reverend John Carter, who is coming to Sparta to commemorate a civil rights march that went through the town. First the group hired an ex-con with a grudge against the reverend, but he is killed during the attempt. The group then makes an attempt to kill Duggan's Godson because they feel he might talk. However, he survives and soon they make plans to make another attempt on Reverend Carter's life.
—Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>