Mayor Brian Rodgers

Prosecutor: Please explain your relationship to the defendent.

Mayor Brian Rodgers: He grew up next door to me. I didn't know quite what to expect of him; he was a precocious child, though always a bit strange. Very interested in the goings-on at Lovecraft University, and for a few months it was rare to see him not talking to Doctor Orlando Laswell, a professor there.

He helped me in my mayoral campaign of 1934, and -

Robert Therson: HELPED? I'm singlehandedly responsible for your entire electoral success! I explained that enthralling the voters was absolutely trivial, and you agreed to go along with the plan! In return you eliminated Emanuel for me, so I could get the house at --

Judge Wilson: Order! Mr. Therson, this is neither the time nor the place to bring up charges of electoral fraud, especially directed at yourself.

-- From the court record of Robert Therson, February 29rd, 1944