The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26

ordinarily disturb them in getting out of bed, and I could not see any req son for his going down stairs with out his clothes, or, at least barefoot ed. A peculiar circumstance was that he had two large revolvers in his room, and they were found where they were usually kept. It naturally struck me, that if he had heard thieves working in the lower part of the house he would have armed him self, before starting out to make an | investigation. Any sane man would have taken that precaution. More over I could not understand how a pistol shot could have been fired in the house without arousing the fam fly. The safe had been cleaned out entirely, and even papers had been | taken which were of no value or use to any one except MT. Temple. l thought few days later that 1 had | found solution to many of the pecu- liar circumstances, but in fact l was miles away from the truth.
 fALlSl MI. ISllplo WAS DuI4ou d search was made for his will, and one was found in his desk in his office | in this city. It was dated ten years | before his death, and it gave Robert | Temple, the oldest boy, one-third of the estate, after providing for Mrs. i Temple, and the remainder of the estate was divided equally among the four children. Bob Temple seemed 1 to be the only one who was pleased over the will. The day after the will was read 1 received word to call upon Lawyer Trumbul, MT. Temples law yer. He informed me in the pres ence of two of MT. Temples children, that several months before his death, MT. Temple made a new will in which Bob Temple had been left small allowance, instead of the bulk of the estate. MT. Temples reason for do- ing this was to prevent Bob from squandering the money in riotous liv- l ing and gambling, and the lawyer was positive that the will had been kept in MT Temples safe at home. He had seen it there two days before the robbery.
 With this information in my mind l it seemed to me that the person most l interested in the death of MT. Temple was his son Bob, and the more thought of it the stronger became my conviction that Bob had a hand in the robbery. The way I figured it out was that Bob, who spent most of his time away from home with a fast set, had found out about the making of the will which cut him off. He put up job to get the will, and 1 brought the thieves to the house and let them in with his keys. They went to work on the safe and the old man heard them. He called from his room to know who was there, and Bob an- swered. Then the old man came down to see what was going on. Bob l knew that stealing the will would amount to nothing without the old mans death. I believe that it was the intention of Bob to kill the old man before he left the house. When MT. Temple entered the room Bob, or perhaps one of the crooks, shot him. Then the way was easy for the thieves, and easier for Bob to win his fortune. The evidence pointed in this direction, and some enterprising reporter got hold of some of the facts and published a story about the loss of the will, and some facts which Bob Temple would have to explain.
 "Bob's family turned against him bitterly, and I was on the point of putting him under arrest when Law yer Trumbul received a letter con- taining the missing will from per 1 son who said that he was one of the crooks. The letter gave another piece of startling information to the effect that MT. Temple had not been shot, and the wound in his forehead had been made by falling against the safe. To verify this the body was eXhumed and the wound in the head was found not to have fractured the skull. I found on one of the hinges of the safe few spots of blood, and the sharp point of the hinge had un- doubtedly made the wound
 With the shadow of suspicion re- moved from Bob Temple, I took him into my confidence and found him to be the best one in the family after all, in spite of his wildness He told me all about his habits, and recalled that one day he had spoken to Chan Wooley about his fathers wealth and the valuables that he kept in his safe. | I became a regular visitor in Wooley's gambling house, and one evening noticed a ring on the finger of one of the dealers which resembled one that had been taken from Temples safe. After the game arrested the dealer. I accused him of committing the rob bery and murder. He told me the ring had been given to him by Wooley I got sample of Wooley's handwriting and found that it was similar to the writing in the letter written by the crook who returned the will. I arrested Wooley, and when he learned of the evidence against him he admitted his guilt, but would not give away his partners. He suffered punishment alone, and crooks every where sounded his praise"
 Farrell Did Not FaIter.
 James A. Farrell, of the United States Steel corporation has a reputa-