thoroughly intimidated and overwhelmed by the surroundings, and within seconds began to choke up as he described his horror at finding his boss hanging from a sycamore tree. “What time did he call you that Sunday morning?” Jake asked. “Around nine, said to meet him at the bridge at two.” “And you arrived at two on the dot, right?” “Yes sir, I did.” Jake’s plan was to use Boggs to illustrate how Seth took care of the details. He would later argue to the jury that Seth left the note on the table, packed up his rope and ladder, drove to the site, and made sure he was good and dead when
