The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-05-03

chi TONE ms ne paused 20 relkht Ms
cigar Miss Potter dreamed more
than once that slyke had been killed
We are told a dream Is a suppressed
wish, and that In our dreams our
wishes are often hidden by symbols
This woman probably did not wish
Slyke actually dead She had no
quarrel with him as far as know.
What she did wish was entirely differ
ent. She wished that he might be
away so that be would be out OF
some trouble. and her suppressed
wish caused her 10 dream that he was
lieye that she knows more than she
viii tell"
what can Il beY' asked
II don't know. but II Is something
that was causing great deal or
trouble 10 Slyke. perhaps 10 all OF
them. II might even be something
that Will bring dishonor. Anyway. Il
was 80 serious that. sleeping or wax
Ing. II was on her mind. / wish she
would talk; we need all the light we
can get"
''But that does not actually prove
that she knows anything about his
DEATH" suggested.
BARLEY turned quickly and glanced
al me 10 see II were serious. Seeing
that I was. he explained: II don't
say that II does. The ouila board
performances and the dreams were
before his death. not after H. or
course. the fact that the dog did not
bark throws suspicion on everyone
that was In the house az the time"
He was silent for while. CHANGING
thoughtfully out OF the window. and
then resumed his story.
After I left him. he had locked him |
self In the tower for over an hour and |
gone over the two rooms and the bal.
cony almost inch by inch. The only /
thing that had escaped Us IN our first
search. he said. was a small stopper.
the end covered with red wax. He
was not sure whether the finding OF
the stopper meant anything or not
His second examination had made
him more positive than ever that
Slyke had been murdered. and that
The murderer wished his death to APP
pear TO be suicide.
II would be almost impossible TO
make jury believe that II was muir
Ter on the slight evidence that we
rad. and said as much to BARLEY.
lie agreed with me. and admitted he
would not be surprised II King. as
'oroner. brought In verdict OF sui
'ide. | pondered on this a while
hen a thought struck me.
suppose. after all. he did kill him
elf. BARLEY. You base your theory
4 murder on the position OF the bed
iothes and the way the gun was held.
suppose he did kin himself. and some
'ther person. not the murderer. came
nto the room and pulled the bed
lothes up around his neck"
lie shook his head In denial. 1--WE
vculd stIil have Pelt." no said with
rather sarcastic smile. ''the other
ue~tlons to be answered. First we
would ask how the blood-stalns got !
a the balcony Of the tower We
gould also want to know why the
and did not grasp the gun ms tightly !
$ II should Then We would demand
o know why there was no blood on
he pillow where his head rested. II
font DO. There Is no doubt OF II.
10 was killed"
1 interrupted TO ash II. as Miss Pot.
n admitted she had closed hls eyes.
ny she might not have been also the
No who pulled the bedclothes up
rcund his neck
Hartley replied III IL true that she
III close his eyes but she insists she
,echcd nothing eise.-
"nu,." | broke In. "what was her
'ai reason for doing itr'
~She said. you remember. that the
res frightened her Let q nervous
oman come suddenly upon a dead
Ny and Il Is very possible that the
fcs staring AZ her might - frixhtcu
sr that she would close them Her
CLEARED up point that
'thsred me. Tho accounting for the
rs being ciosed does not prove that
} committed suicide. however Thevs
little enough evidence one way or
'efher. but what therv Is points %
uFdcr and 10 nothinr else
There Is another thinx.- I said
Why was the revolver taken firm
n while We were rpsfsirss Il seetrs
very fc,ilSh thing 90 have done
10 did NJ Was Il the butler "
las r,sfsrf" 4.
Iiofh the huficr and ifis< Potter \,
a been oct - the tower rnom Kart. =,
I reciineied ue fnr <ons time ~
~ we suspected Siyke's death was =,
ir,ier sni pot <nieiiis A. O. who a,
4 taken the revolver. h vas impos \.
'ie q say ~ yet n W. believed
AZ the butler had seen rrifsar oo
. stairs while Ne wsre On the hai. -,
NJ. thee he mixht hs the one. The m
dinx ~ the xua IN the vsulf snd
appearance almost Immediately
'srwsrd seemed 20 point ~ him
ae~ser bad done II had been very
,llsh. III
rhs next matter that ne spoke