Just to clarify, the trooper(s) that Bucky shot ("allegedly," whatever), was without thought. The man that harbored him from PA was friends with Bucky.
Ludlow is a blur on the highway in the middle of the National Forest. Good people, mostly working in lumber and/or oil & gas.
This guy is most likely an idiot who had no idea his buddy was a fugitive or had no idea the consequences of harboring him.