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including Harvey Burke, who was a man from Picayune, who claimed, quote, Walters told him that the Dunbar boy was not stolen for money, but for revenge, as Dunbar had given evidence against an old crippled man and caused him to be compelled to work on the streets as a convict. Okay. It really didn't matter that statements like this one contradicted the prevailing theory of a conspiracy.

including Harvey Burke, who was a man from Picayune, who claimed, quote, Walters told him that the Dunbar boy was not stolen for money, but for revenge, as Dunbar had given evidence against an old crippled man and caused him to be compelled to work on the streets as a convict. Okay. It really didn't matter that statements like this one contradicted the prevailing theory of a conspiracy.

It really only mattered that it supported the belief that the boy was Bobby Dunbar and had been taken by William Walters. Yeah. Didn't really matter the details surrounding it. They were just like, oh, see, yep, he did it. And it's like, but none of these stories are adding up. People are telling 14 different stories of how he got with William Walters.

It really only mattered that it supported the belief that the boy was Bobby Dunbar and had been taken by William Walters. Yeah. Didn't really matter the details surrounding it. They were just like, oh, see, yep, he did it. And it's like, but none of these stories are adding up. People are telling 14 different stories of how he got with William Walters.

In response to the growing number of just bonkers affidavits collected by the prosecution, Walter's lawyers, Dale and Rawls, started collecting their own affidavits that established a timeline of events and traced Walter's movements at the time of Bobby's disappearance. Okay.

In response to the growing number of just bonkers affidavits collected by the prosecution, Walter's lawyers, Dale and Rawls, started collecting their own affidavits that established a timeline of events and traced Walter's movements at the time of Bobby's disappearance. Okay.

They wrote in a statement to the press, "...we have sat silently by and seen so many false statements published in the columns of the public press that we feel that the public is entitled to know the real facts on these dates." Okay. Whole day that Bobby was missing. So, boom, alibi.

They wrote in a statement to the press, "...we have sat silently by and seen so many false statements published in the columns of the public press that we feel that the public is entitled to know the real facts on these dates." Okay. Whole day that Bobby was missing. So, boom, alibi.

This statement confirms Walter's own story in which he told police on the day of the boy's disappearance, quote, I worked on a machine for young man Thigpen and went from there by old man Thigpen's, by Holden's, worked on a machine for Holden and doubled back and spent that night at old man Thigpen's.

This statement confirms Walter's own story in which he told police on the day of the boy's disappearance, quote, I worked on a machine for young man Thigpen and went from there by old man Thigpen's, by Holden's, worked on a machine for Holden and doubled back and spent that night at old man Thigpen's.

Yeah, honestly, forget that.

Yeah, honestly, forget that.

Old man thing.

Old man thing.

So this guy like they are all like he's saying yes he was at my home working on my sewing machine. Just like he said he was. On those two days like stayed at my home that night. Back to back. And then Walters is saying I was at his home and I stayed there those two days working on that machine. It's all adding up.

So this guy like they are all like he's saying yes he was at my home working on my sewing machine. Just like he said he was. On those two days like stayed at my home that night. Back to back. And then Walters is saying I was at his home and I stayed there those two days working on that machine. It's all adding up.

By the time Walters was extradited to Louisiana to stand trial, he was at a huge disadvantage. Like Julia Anderson, William Walters was poor. He was uneducated. He lacked the resources or knowledge to mount any kind of proper defense against his accusers, who were honestly like part of a wealthier, higher social status than he is.

By the time Walters was extradited to Louisiana to stand trial, he was at a huge disadvantage. Like Julia Anderson, William Walters was poor. He was uneducated. He lacked the resources or knowledge to mount any kind of proper defense against his accusers, who were honestly like part of a wealthier, higher social status than he is.

More importantly, the majority of Walters' witnesses lived in Mississippi. And while it wasn't too crazy of a distance to travel, the majority of them lacked the funds to travel to Louisiana and testify on his behalf. Yeah. So a lot of people could see that this was a disadvantage, that a lot of the people that could come and testify on his behalf couldn't get there. Yeah. So the residents of St.

More importantly, the majority of Walters' witnesses lived in Mississippi. And while it wasn't too crazy of a distance to travel, the majority of them lacked the funds to travel to Louisiana and testify on his behalf. Yeah. So a lot of people could see that this was a disadvantage, that a lot of the people that could come and testify on his behalf couldn't get there. Yeah. So the residents of St.