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The Photographer
episode 18

1.       Who played the photographer?
John Carradine

2.       How many times had the photographer taken pictures of the McCains?
Three

3.       What was the first picture he took?
Lucas & Margaret’s wedding

4.       What is the photographer’s name?
Abel Goss

5.       Why can’t he take Mark’s picture?
The latch is broken on the camera

6.       What does he pull from his wagon?
A six gun

7.       Who does he see across the street?
Col. Whiteside and Bart Jamison

8.       Who are these people?
They ran a prison camp during the Civil War

9.       How long was Abel in the prison camp?
One year

10.   What is Whiteside afraid of?
Goss will kill him

11.   What room is Whiteside staying in?
Room 28

12.   What does Lucas ask Mark to do?
Ask Abel to come to dinner

13.   How much does it cost for a picture?
Four bits

14.   What is Whiteside in North Fork?
To buy Big Spring Ranch

15.   What instructions doe Abel give to Mark?
Hold still for 5 seconds

16.   Where does Mark hide when the shooting starts?
Under Abel’s wagon

17.   How many empty shells are in Abel’s gun?
Two

18.   Why is there more than one empty shell?
Abel shot at a rattle snake earlier

19.   What does Micah discover?
Whiteside was shot in the back and never drew his gun

20.   What does Abel not want to talk about in court?
Being in prison camp

21.   What does Abel tell Lucas about Mark?
He grew up with fine qualities, like his mother

22.   What instructions does the Judge give?
No smoking, chewing or any other use of tobacco

23.   Who was the first witness?
Lucas

24.   What hangs on the wall behind the judge?
The Declaration of Independence

25.   Whose portrait is hanging in the court?
George Washington

26.   Who was the second witness?
Bart Jamison

27.   How much did Whiteside pay for the ranch?
$10,000

28.   What does Lucas want to do in the “cause of justice”?
Develop the negative of Mark’s picture

29.   What does he need to do it?
Paregoric Acid & Potassium Cyanide Solution

30.   What happens to the vitally important evidence? 
Jamison shoots it

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