How does Sheriff Heck plan to explain Bob Ewell's death in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In an
attempt to protectfrom the public limelight in the wake of savingand 's lives, Heck Tate covers
up Boo's heroics by stating that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife and accidentally stabbed
himself. Sheriff Tate also retrieved Bob's switchblade from the scene and lies toby telling him
that he took the switchblade off of someone earlier that night. Although the kitchen knife
belonged to Boo Radley, Sheriff Tate claims that Bob attacked the children using the kitchen
knife and accidentally stabbed himself between the ribs when he stumbled during the
altercation.

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