The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-07-17

other in silence. At last the coloDe
spoke
",rom." he said. II want to tell vol
at the start that I'm goin' TO accep
every word you say as gospel. and
want you to tell me the whole truth
Then while were waitin' for your IA
Their to get here I'll know better what
TO do in beginnin' arrangements for
your defense You must tell me the
Gods truth. my boy"
Tom Suickland's plucky eyes. un-
Pickering. though still bloodshot from
overnight drinking. held those of the
speaker in level glance.
IN tell you the truth. colonel" he
answered II won't vary from it by u
hair il know il.
How did the meetin' between you
and STAN Tucker come about. Tom?'
asked Colonel Todhunter Tell me
| just when and how you killed him"
Colonel" replied Tom Strickland.
81 have no recollection of killing STAN
Tucker last night don't even remem-
Der meeting him"
What do you mean by that?"
Il mean that | started out to meet
STAN. and that it was my intention to
kill him II lie didn't publicly tell the
truth about him and Lottie- May Dog
gett, but | ain't clear In my mind as
to what happened after | left Nick
Bledsoe's barroom. got to drinking
there. thinking while ! was waiting for
STAN Tucker to keep an appointment
that | made by letter. and got tired
waiting for Stam to show up. so start
ed out to 20 to his house. seeing as how
he wouldn't come to the place ! had
named. This much | remember. and
I've got a confused recollection of wan
dering about the edge OF town. but the
first thing | remember with any dis
tinctness after leaving Nick Bledsoe's, |
is finding myself In the Nineveh hotel |
barroom drinking again Whatever
happened between Is gone from my
memory ! was drinking hard. Colonel
Todhunter. and that's all there is to it.
started drinking because | had lost
''''f bitb Nait W hdDDtHtu W
me. sir" Tom concluded
You were armed. OF course. when
you went To meet STAN and have 1t out
with him?''
Yes. sir; | had my pistol on me-"
We'll. then-well then. Tom-when
you We're arrested this mornin' after
STAN fuckers body was found on the
side OF the road halfway between his
home and the town. what story did
FOUR gun tell, boyy II you had had
'hootln' scrape durin' that time your
weapon would have said so-a man
n your condition. with this difficulty
ettled. wouldn't have reloaded his gun.
What fix was yours In. Tom?"
That WAS the first thing the deputy
herlfr looked at when he placed me
lnder arrest said Tom Strickland,
lis eyes dumbly perplexed. Colonel
'odhunter, one chamber of my pistol
vas empty. reckon | must surely
ave met STAN on the road and killed
i'm"
Tom" said Colonel Todhunter. al
lost pleadingly. whatever way STAN
tucker was killed he got one shot at
he man that killed him. His own
ieapon was a-layin' right at his hand
then they found him. and one bullet
nd been fired from it, In Gods name.
~ boy. If you was that other man
on must have some sort of recolec-
on OF the shootin' scrape. It's the
nth I'm tryin' TO get at. Tom: the
nth OF how STAN Tucker came to his
cath. II you killed him we've got 10
now it, because the whole line of de-
,nse has got TO be based on absolute
nowledge OF the truth of whether or
Of it was you that shot and killed
tam Tucker last night Dig down in
our mind. Tom My God, boy, you've
Dt to remember everything you did
very minute of the time you say you
as out lookin for STAN Tucker!r
Tom Strickland drew a deep breath.
Il must have been me that killed
m.p he said. IL was on my way to a.
it And who else wanted to kill ,
M? But | can't remember anything G,
bout it. Colonel Todhunter. I'd be n
ad If ! could" :,
Colonel Todhunter sat helpless for a N
oment. Finally. did you go home
ter the hotel bar was closed?'' he IN
;ked. ~
NO, sir. ] slept at the hotel last "a
ght"
What time were you arrested?' sb
About o'clock" or
Yesterday afternoon, when you had pt