<P> Sheriff Bill Dutcher, is the Sheriff of the county in which Smallville, Kansas is located . His duty is dealing with the crimes that occur in the unincorporated county area surrounding Smallville; two of which feature and involve Clark Kent . He is sometimes accompanied by other law enforcement officers, such as Doug Parker, Smallville's local Chief of Police, and later with FBI Agent Foley . </P> <P> Jiggs Markley and the Markley Gang are criminals on the FBI's most wanted list who find themselves in Smallville, Kansas . Jiggs is killed by what the Sheriffs of Smallville believe his gun firing backwards while confronting Clark Kent at the Jewel movie theatre (in reality, the bullet bounced off Clark's forehead). Three others from the gang, made up by Ike "Curly Ike" Kelting, Milt George, and Claude Draper, later kidnap and murder the child of a banker they were holding for ransom . The gang is later taken down, while Ike is killed in a car crash caused by Clark, covering the incident for his town's newspaper . All others from the gang are mentioned to have fled to Mexico . </P> <P> Alger Lee is a young African - American man, who first appears working for the Jewel movie theatre, and later at the Kent Farm (like his father did) when Clark starts moving on away and Jonathan Kent becomes weaker due to old age . Alger knows Clark, and knows Clark can do things no other man can do, but keeps it a secret just like Willi . It is assumed that, after the passing of Jonathan Kent, that Alger and his family get the farm thanks to their generosity . </P> <P> Paulie Scaffa and Herman "Sticky" Stickowski are two of Lex Luthor's well - known henchmen . They perform their duties however Lex wants them do to them, and try not to get their boss angry at either one of them from whatever mistakes they make on purpose or not . Paulie is the son of a father who does not appreciate anything he does, even after showing him a Lexbot robot . Because of that, he hates his father . Sticky, already terminally ill, is smothered to death by Lex, who then offers his wife, Ceil, a job managing a brothel . Ceil Stickowski continues to nearly worship Lex until, near the end of the novel, she realizes he murdered her beloved husband . She is later killed by Paulie when Mrs. O'Shea learns that Ceil is about to spill all she know about Lex's robots to Lois Lane during a fight between Superman and a Lexbot the thug has foolishly hidden in the trunk of his car . </P>

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