Chapter 16

People from all over town begin to come to the Tom Robinson trial. Many of our neighbors came as well, except Miss. Maudie. She says that she doesn't want to watch someone on trial for his life. Jem, Dill, and I try to come in with a big crowd so Atticus wouldn't notice us. We ended up getting seat because of Reverend Sykes letting us sit in the balcony.


Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, begins to question Heck Tate. Heck tells us how Bob Ewell told him to go to the Ewell household because his daughter Mayella had been raped. He found Mayella bruised and beaten. Mayella told him that Tom had raped her. Apparently, after Tom did the crime he had ran away from the scene. I honestly don't believe any of Mayella's story. I think she's a liar. This is a picture of Mayella and Atticus while on trial.