Anguish of the Innocent

ANGUISH OF THE INNOCENT is a story about how innocent people suffer because of the guilty and the extent some would go to defend them.


            How can the vengeful actions of  one person cause so much pain and anguish to so many innocent people? 

            How could Joshua and Louisa Poseys lives of peace and tranquility be so greatly effected by one man?

            Wade Posey and John Mayo see the pain caused by this single act of revenge and take it upon themselves  to prove the innocence of their friend, Joshua Posey.  

            Mattie Posey Mayo is caught up in helping protect her dearest friends.  She takes extreme measures and is put in danger in her efforts to keep them from the clutches of the Ku Klux Klan.  


            How could the course of Billy Richards entire future be so drastically changed by this same action?  His grief over the death of his father and the possibility of the death of an innocent man causes him to react in ways that would change his life forever.  John Mayo compromises his integrity and goes to great lengths to help him.   


Some said it all started at the wedding of Mattie Posey and John Mayo - but I really think it started long before then.  I suppose Red Sawyer had it in his heart to lash out at some black man, some black family - any black family - it was just that Louisa Posey exerted a bit of independence which Red interpreted as defiance.  Red hated defiance, which was difficult to understand since he defied much of the social decorum of his time.  He had no idea how his one act of revenge would a