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Breaking Blue

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Release: August 17, 2004

ISBN: 1570614296

ISBN 13: 9781570614293

Breaking Blue

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Release: August 17, 2004

ISBN: 1570614296

ISBN 13: 9781570614293

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