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Breaking Blue

by Timothy Egan

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In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos (many of them displaced farmers who had fled the midwestern dust bowls), robbed dairies, and engaged in all manner of nefarious crimes, including murder. This history was suppressed until 1989, when former logger, Vietnam vet, and Spokane cop Tony Bamonte discovered a strange 1955 deathbed confession while researching a thesis on local law enforcement history. Bamonte began to probe what had every appearance of widespread police crime and a massive cover-up whose highlight was the unsolved murder of Town Marshall George Conff. The fact that many of those involved, now in their 80s and 90s, were still alive made it imperative that Bamonte unravel this mystery. The result is Breaking Blue, a white-knuckle ride through institutional corruption and cover-up that vividly documents Depression-era Spokane and an extraordinary case that few believed would ever be brought to light.

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On the night of September 4, 1935, during a season of unsolved robberies, the town marshal of Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington was shot to death. Here is the story of how one man's hunt through a half century of police cover-ups unlocked the secret behind the nation's oldest continuing murder investigation.

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About the Author

Timothy Egan is the Pacific Northwest correspondent for The New York Times and the author of The Good Rain. He lives in Seattle.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781570614293

Author:

Egan, Timothy

Publisher:

Sasquatch Books

Subject:

General

Subject:

Murder

Subject:

Police corruption

Subject:

Criminals & Outlaws

Subject:

Murder - General

Subject:

TRUE CRIME / Murder/General

Subject:

Murder - Investigation - Washington (State) -

Subject:

Police murders - Washington (State) -

Subject:

Crime - True Crime

Copyright:

2004

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

20040831

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

256

Dimensions:

8.48x5.62x.65 in. .68 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by Libri, On the night of September 4, 1935, during a season of unsolved robberies, the town marshal of Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington was shot to death. Here is the story of how one man's hunt through a half century of police cover-ups unlocked the secret behind the nation's oldest continuing murder investigation.