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happened ‘be right, a fitting curtai raiser for HA. It soon became apparent, _ however, ¢ atthe newspaper ‘would not be launched in time to have the sto: i Another | possibility arose. man ‘at my wedding was a trusted old | friend from the South, Charles Morgan : Jr.,' a brifliant and courageous civil: * rights lawy er who had been a classmate .. of George | allace at Alabama and later - infuriated allace and other such pre- he The’ “best aa wae hensile hdtemongers by legally repre-'; p senting blacks trying to get into white . a hen Morgan arvived, 1 ‘explained the story to him..He:; had agreed to legally ‘advise me. He said ! should try to get the story into print as soon as possible, in order to prevent even the appearance ‘that I was overstepping my. Constitu- «tional rights as areporter by withholding | ‘information about a wanted criminal. “AS he saw it, I didn't have a legal obli-- ? gation to turn Cooper in, only to print ‘ my story as quickly as possible, and then. ‘possibly turn over my information to. the authorities.. -.- wus Morgan said, and I agreed, ‘that ‘the: wi! story seemed a a natural for.s a book Mor.» ae i “didn't. believe ‘anyone Saye 8 on, “mian—could ° have P The ‘details, ‘he spun on’ “the the, Grisis, and his “motives. “for doing. it. “gan “had recently represented ¢ Col An: thony Herbert, the ‘officer. who, spoke out on military, seandal cover ups, had ‘done a book with him. He suggested, oe contact Col. “Herbert's, agent, Gerard. "McCauley, i in New York. eat “s There were ‘enormous problems ahéad, ' “Gomplicating: “either | publication of | magazine article or a book. There was a possibility, of ‘course, that the whole story was a fraud, a la Clifford Irving ‘Cooper had readily’ ‘and. thoroughly a _ swered every question I ‘asked him, an . 1 asked him some pretty tough ones over ; three days, of intense interviewing, ques: aay He yielded up so. Smiieh information, in Ffact, that soon felt 1 knew a lot more “Vathan T wanted to~ “know = “details, I be-. ‘lieved, “that would “yesult. in his. ‘being captured if they were. ‘published. 1 urged ‘ehim to turn himself in and.take his chan: |. eceS with] 12 fair-minded jurors who might be “{mpressed "with the: story of. -why he ssaid he did it—-out, of rage and ‘out of a desire to prove he wasn't ‘the ‘used Up’ cold man Boeing implied he was when the. company ‘summarily fired him at age 49. “He said ‘he'd think. about, it. He said ‘meantime,’ ‘he: “wasn't, “worried ‘that™ any “details he'd given: ‘me “would, ‘endanger chim. ‘He just ; said he didn't. ‘want. “to “talk ome anymore until after, he’ ; eS Re