Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-23
The Police Theory

VIII Wy W heep Lnlb dIldIT
from the papers, Mrs. Wilmington, !"
promised the chief of police to me
as he rose to telephone his orders.
"You must not expect to get off
scott free. There are lots of places
this story can leak out.
First, ! will send a man over
to the hosital to remove Jones to
q private hospital and allow no one
to ge into the room excepting the
doctor and nurse without written
order from me-"
But, chief, l want to see him as
soon as he is conscious.
"Of course, you shall have your
order before you leave"
The chief started things going SO
quickly that / could hardly believe
my ears.
After detailing four men to find
and shadow both Phil and Tony
Soper he telephoned the hospital
and got DR.. Thornton on the wire.
'Wait. a minute, Mrs. Whining
ton. DR.. Thornton is going to talk |
to me and you may want to know
what he says about Jones'"
The chief listened d while in ST. |
lence and then said: Zones shows
signs of returning consciousness.
Inc doctor thinks that by tomorrow
morning at latest, he will be able
to talk to you. They think he is out
Of danger, but no one can tell about
this for day or two.
He says Jones shows the Effects
'f drugs and hardship and that the
keeps moaning the name of Sheila
md asking why she does not come.
Then he sinks back a moment or
wo into unconseiousness again from
Which he is apt to start up ana
SIX If Sheila or his sister Susanne
as come in yet"
The chief listened again intently.
'!odded his head in approval again :
nd again and then he hung up the :
aeeiver.
Turning to me he said: "Dr. I
hornton's theory is that Jones ;.
rote letters-both to Mrs. Spen-
r and to his sister and then took n
me kind of slow poison in his Y
ON expecting that he had timed it
that after he had gotten the two
Jung women to listen to him and
had told his story he would die
nveniently and more or less dec :,
tly. =
Either the poison worked more D
lckly than he thought it would ~
neither Of the young women n
ought enough of his summons to in
rry to him. u
His loud breathing brought some
'ited man to the door of his room 4
d this man turned in call for III
pohces You know the rest. "
'it all tallies with what you have
d me, Mrs. Wilmington. IA
You remember the letter your iTE
ter-in-law got from Jones when
forgot to give his address"
Yes, yes, it was then we sent
ny out to find him." / interps
I'd. As
Well" continued the chief, ne MI
'te one to his sister at the same fol
9 telling her that he was dying to,
that he had asked Sheila to tn
le and see him and begging his tic
er to come, too. ito
The Jones girl, thinking to see VIII
eitneh matters, had gotten your thu
ther to station himself across Au
way in that doorway, intending bel
they both would follow your car
er-in-iaw when she went in to
Jones.
She banked on your sister-in-
$ loving nature and expected see
to be very affectionate when in
found that Jones was DIVING. ert,
they got to the doorway, how Lib
, Just after Tony Soper, having and
ID Jones adress, had taken your Six
'r-in-law, Mrs, Spencer, in 10 wor
the man who was dying. Aft
frs. Spencer, of course, found gale
> unconscious and Soper, know und
the scandal that would ensne If com
L
Spencer was found there hur- one
her down the steps. At that ers.
you three saw her from the reel
landing on the other side ap- offe
ltly fling herself into Soper's the
espairing because she thought
she could now never prove her 81
enee nor explain her presence sueeI
at house, your sister-in-law gon
: - 'he one friend who trust talk
- ers
'ere You have the whole thing Haw
Wilmington, construetea on a shiel
ng theory" one ,
~ nave tna whole truth, ture
Find Sheila at any cost. Home
to ask her forgiveness for scraa
ng her for a moment. And ana I
'hief, we must keep it out Of da y
'wspapers, hin
came OUT OF the great office eBurl
e, almest happy, was con shonI,