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Originally Posted by sacentaur
I saw mention that the 3 (of 8) players who gave incriminating statements to the grand jury later saw their confessions go “missing”, thus contributing to an acquittal at trial.
Anyone have more info on this detail?
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This is a myth and can be read in detail here
https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/...x-confessions/
They were stolen, (more to due with Chicago politics than anything else) but it was not that big of an issue bc they just supplied the court with the stenographers originals to read back for the trial...so no it did not contribute to the acquittal