Confessions of Jim Conley

May 1913

Those stains on his shirt were not blood, Jim Conley insisted. He was simply trying to wash out rust marks. The day watchman was mistaken when he said they were blood. And yes, he had dropped the shirt, but that was because he was startled. He had no intention to hide anything. He just needed a clean shirt to wear to the coroner’s inquest.

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