Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-12

He takes orders. or course he'll take
money. too, if 1t comes his way. Like
master. like man"
Those two," said Kent slowly.
"know the identity OF the body. For
good and sufficient reasons. they are
keeping that information to them
selves. Those reasons we aren't likely
to find out from them"
Murderer has brlbed en- oplned
Balm.
Possibly. But that presupposes
that the sheriff found something on
the body which led him to the muir
derer, which isn't likely. How improb-
able II Is that a murderer allowing for
argument, that there has been murder
who would 80 as far as to cover his
trail and the nature Of the crime by
binding the body on grating, would
overlook anything like letter incrim-
mating himself!"
What did the sheriff find, then, in
the dead woman's pocket?"
perhaps handkerchief with dis
tinctive mark"
"And that would lead him to the
identity OF the bOdy?
presumably. Also to some one,
we may assume, who was willing to
pay roundly to have that identity con.
cealed."
That would naturally be the mur-
derer, wouldn't it," asked Sedgwick.
mo. don't think so"
ut looks to me so,' said the lawyer
Hes the one naturally interested in
concealment."
"l'm almost ready to dismiss the no.
tion Of a murderer at ALL"
why soY demanded both the 9th.
ers.
Because there was no murder prob
ably"
How do you make that out?" que.
ried Balm.
From the nature Of the wounds that
caused death"
They look to me to be Just such
wounds as would be made by a blow
with heavy club"
Several blows with heavy club
might have caused such wounds. But
the blows would have had to be deliv.
cred peculiarly. A circle op the skull
six inches In diameter, impinging on
the right eur, Is crushed in. If you
eau Imagine man swinging Il base
ball bat at the height Of his shoulder
repeatedly and with great force at the
victims head you can infer such
crushing in OF the boue. My imagina-
ton hardly carries me so far"
"Rentiug down from above would be
the natural way said Balm.
"Ceruinly. No such blow ever made
that wound"
Then how was it made?" asked
Sedgwick.
Probably by a all from the cliff to
the rocks below"
And the fall broke the manacle
from the right wrist?'
"The broken manacle was never on
the right wrist"
"Thafs merely conjecture" said tho
lawyer
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