The outlaw Blackie Thompson Credit 54It wasn’t clear if Blackie would ever agree to testify in court to
these matters, but White hoped that he had enough information to
save the case. He left Blackie surrounded by guards and rushed
with Agent Smith to interrogate Burkhart again.
Back in the box, White told Burkhart, “We’re not satisfied with
the answers you gave us last night. We believe there’s a good deal
you didn’t tell us.”
“All I know is what’s common talk,” Burkhart said.
White and Agent Smith played their last card: they told Burkhart
that they had another witness who would testify to his
involvement in the scheme to kill Bill and Rita Smith. Burkhart,
knowing that he had been bluffed once, said that he didn’t believe
them.