How do the people of the United States react? How does Grampa react to the news in the paper? chapter 11

The article says that Emmett's body was found with a bullet hole in the head and a cotton gin pulley wrapped around his neck. Hiram is horrified to learn that Emmett was brutally murdered and is convinced more than ever that R.C. has had a hand in this. The nation is shocked. Grampa is just as shocked as Hiram, if not more, but it is only because of the damage this crime could do to the community's reputation. He does not care that much about Emmet.