KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
. 'AUGUST 28, 195$
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THATS THE 64-DOLLAR .
QUESTION, CHIEF? I'VE'
BEEN SEARCHING FOR
BULLET MARKS ON THE
BONES NO RESULTS.
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THE WORK
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IM WITH YOU, CHIEF. IM
CONVINCED THEY DELIBERATELY
DRESSED HIM IN A MUCH SMALLER '
SUIT THAT WASN'T HIS OWN IN AN
vATTEMPT TO MAKE IDENTinCATTCN.
IMPOSSIBLE.
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MEANwHILE, SAM CATCHEM HAS BEEN
CALLED BACK TO THE SCENE BY. THE
OFFICER ON GUARD.
SEE? SOMETHING SHINY
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ONE OF THOSE.
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HOWEVER, THEY MAY HAVE SLIPPED
. UP. IT SEEMS THEY FAILED TO
; REMOVE HIS OWN SHOES, THE SIZE
OF WHICH JIBES WITH HIS BONE
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LOOK.
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L THICKER.' THIS MAN OBVIOUSLY HAD
ONE SHORT lEG.
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AT FIRST I THOUGHT
IT VAS A STONE-BUT
ITS TRANSPARENT.
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EMBEDDED
IM TUC
- YEAH THATS THE
LITTLE GADGET THAT
FITS INSIDE AND HAS
A WIRE ATTACHED TO
A BATTERY. ,
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WE HAVE
SOMETHING, )
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MEAN WHILE-
IT'S HIS ROOM, MA'AM!
3U NEVER WANTED
ANVTHINCj TOUCHED.
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SEEMS I REMIND HIM
OP WIS DAUGHTER GEE
, IF THAT'S GOOD, I'M GLAD,.
0' COURSE BUT SHOULD
ANYONE- BE REMINDED?
WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER
JUST TO FORGET 7
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STILL, YUH CANT FORGET
SOME THINGS - LIKE TH SMART
D.A. WHO GOT HIM INDICTED. AND'
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WIFE AND KID AND THAT
CRAZY TYPE JURY
BUT TH CLINCHER WAS TH'
PREACHER, WHO'D TALKED TO
MRS. LEETS AND ANN, AN HOUR
AFTER MR. LEETS HAD GONE
3UT ON TH' LAKE FlSHItl'
PREACHER HAD GONE
WAY OFF TO AFRICA MISSED
TH' WHOLE TRIAL AND ALL
BUT WHEN HE GOT HOME AND
HEARD 'BOUT IT- AND TOLD
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TH' D. A.'S qREATVlCTORl
FOUND HIM GUILTY f
HOW CAN TWELVE PEOPLE
BE SO WRONG BUT
THEN A COUPLE O' KIDS
SHOWED UP-THEY'D BEEN
SCARED TO TALKjO,
J ypoORMR. LEETS ! A MILUONB
vikn DOLLAR HOME- GARDENS -LAKE- f-Jl
. -- -ii I MOUNTAINS BUT HE JUST SITS , j
feSH? AND STARES AND SEES NOTJjlN' T
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I fi'lUStlCB IS "BUNa BLtt SHE IS."AvLi'
AH' DEEP AH' DUMB AH' HAS I )T7 il-f i
A WOODEH LEG? iwurv prroi euhhe- ' i VJ " 'lrJlili' I I
. A BITTER THOWJHT BVT POSSIBLE jnj X&S&f -Jj
OR MAYBE HE SEES TOO
MUCH MEMORIESHIS WIFE .
AND LITTLE QIRL-MURDERED F
ALL HIS HOPES AND DREAMS"
SMASHED r NO WONDER
IV.
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TOLD 0 TWO TOUGH BUMS
PARKIN' A BATTERED OLD PANEL
TRUCK ON A WOODS ROAD, AND
SNEAKIN UP TO TH' LAKE COTTAGE
WHERE TH' KILLIN HAPPENED
TH' KIDS HID THEN RAN
HOME-DIDN'T TELL WHAT
, THEY'D SEEN FOR WEEKS
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BUT, TONY- QOTTA J
i BE A MOTIVE WHY
I DID TH'JURY FIGGER
4 MR. LEETS COULD DO
SUaANAWFUL THING ?
HUNDRED THOUSAND?
LOT O MONEY, TO
PLENTY PEOPLE NEVER
HAD NOTHIN'"'
LIKE THEM ON TH
JURY, I QUESS
7 BUT MR. NO? BUT HE'LL 1
I LEETS USE PC REAL
DOESN'T NEED GOOD -YES?
V THAT KIND EAL
MONEY-If
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