The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-06

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terry of her uncle's death. The
Judge was always willing to list
en- to her latest theories, but
though he never said so, Avice
felt pretty certain that he did
not suspect the Swede.
She told him of FSbsy's finds,
and he said curiously, "what did
he mean by mudi"
''He didn't say mud" cor
rected Avice, she said dirt. l
think he meant soil or earth.
"How would that be cluef
Any one can get some soil from
the place, if they don't take too
much. A few square feet might
be valuable"
"Why pay any attention to
that rubbishy boyG" exclaimed
Pinckney. "Why not get
worthwhile detective, and let
him detect?''
eyes, that's the thing to do,
agreed Hoyt. duane stands
well in the profession.
" Alvin Duane! just the man.,
and Pinckney looked enthusiast
tic. "But he's bit expensive
Never mind that cried
Avice; II must find uncle's muir
derer at any cost ~
"Then let's have Duane" and
Judge Hoyt reached for the tcle-
phone book. !;
Meantime the administrators
CT law and justice were pursuing pursuing
the uneven tenor Of their way,
hoping to reach their goal,
though by tortuous route. /
Its mighty queer thing"
said District Attorney Whiting.
IN dead sure the western chap
killed his uncle; we've even got
his uncle's word for it, and yet
] can't fasten it on him.
"But," said the chief Of police
to whom this observation was ad-
dressed, aren't you basing your
conviction on that curious coin
cidence Of names, Cain and
Kane? To my mind that's no
proof at all.''
We'll, it is to me. Here's
your man named Kane. He's
mad at his victim. He goes to the
place where the old man is. And
as he kills him, the old man says,
Kane killed me. What more
do you want? Only, as I say,
we've got to have some more def
mite proof, and we can't get it.
Then you can't convict your
man. I admit it's in keeping
with that young fellow s western
ways to kill his uncle after a
money quarrel, but you must get
more direct evidence than you We
dug up yet"
" And yet there no one else
to suspect. No name has been
breathed as a possible suspect;
the idea Of a highway robber is
not tenable, for the watch and
money and jewelry were I'M
touched.'
What about the Swedeo"
Nothing doing. If he had
killed the man, he certainly
would have done it for robbery?
What else? And then he would
not have come forward and told
of the dying words. No, the
Swede is innocent. There's no
body to suspect but Landon, and
we must get further proofs. .
The district attorney worked
hard to get his further proof.
But through his sleuths searched
the woods for clues, none were
found. They had the bare fact
that the dying man had de-
nounced his slayer, but no cor
roboration Of the murderer g
identity, and the neighborhood of
the crime was secured for other
witnesses without success.
The district attorney had new
er really thought the Swede com
mltted the murder. A grilling
third degree had failed to bring
confession and daily develop
ments of Sandstrom's behavior
made it seem more and more i'm
probable that he was the crimi-
nal.
And SO Whiting had come to
suspect Kane Landon, and had
kept him under careful watch of
detectives ever since the murder,
in hope of finding some further
and more definite evidence
against him..