A Shot to the Grave

8/23/1934
During Aunt Alexandra's Missionary Society. Atticus unexpectedly walked in. It was strange because he usually stays out late when Aunt Alexandra has these meetings. Aunt Alexandra and I followed him into the kitchen where he asked Calpurnia to go with him to Helen Robinson's house. When Aunt Alexandra asked Atticus what was going on, he told us that Tom Robinson had been shot and killed. Apparently, he'd tried to escape prison, and he would have if not for his crippled arm; he was running that fast. He was shot seventeen times which was, in my opinion, too much. It was sad moment, but we knew we had to go back to the Missionary Society with our heads held high.