 In the presence of John Elder and the local judge, Dave manages to relate the tale of his father's crimes before he dies.Now vindicated, John takes up arms in righteous fury and kills Hastings, who is hiding in his gunsmith shop, by shooting up a cask of gunpowder inside his own gun store, blowing up the building.William H. Wright picked up a copy of "Life of the Marlows" by Glenn Shirley in a Los Angeles, bookstore in around 1953.