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emeared over it. ‘‘It was not there Friday, I know,”’ said
Mel Stanford, ‘‘because I swept the floor Friday at that
place. The white substance appeared to have been swept
over with a coarse broom; we have such a broom, but the
one used by me Friday in sweeping over that identical spot
was of finer straw; the spots were dry and the dark led
tight up here within five feet of where the smear was.’’
Blood and haskoline.

Jim Conley saw her go up and didn’t see her go down.
Necessary, absolutely necessary, that this man should put
her where he said in his telegram or letter the body was
found. The discovery made Monday by Barrett and Jef-
ferson and Mel Stanford and seen by Beavers and Starnes,
but not only that, but reinforced by Darley, for Darley says
“I saw what appeared to be blood spots at the dressing
room, a white substance had been smeared over it, as if to
hide it.’? And Quinn says ‘‘The spots I saw at or near the
dressing room looked like blood to me.’’

Sometimes you have got to go into the enemy’s camp to
get ammunition. It’s a mighty dangerous proposition,—
Doetor Connally knows what a dangerous proposition it is
to go into the enemy’s camp to get ammunition, he has been
an old soldier and he will tell you that there is no more dan-
gerous proposition—I expect Mr. Mangum knows seme-
thing about it, this going into the enemy’s camp to get am-
munition; and yet in this case, conscious of the fact that we
were right, having Darley tied up with an affidavit, wo
dared to go right into the enemy’s camp, and there we got
the best evidence of the fact that Frank was more nervous
than he had ever been known to he except on two occa-
sions, one when he had seen ¢ little child killed, and the
other when he and his boss had had a falling out—this man
Montag, who was so afraid something was going to be
twisted in this case—and also Darley saw the blood. It
was a mighty hard pill for Darley, it was an awful hard
situation for him, but we drove it up to him and he dared

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