Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-08-04
CHAPTER XlV-continued.

downstairs into the room where the
dog WIS"
But" Roche commenced.
BARLEY did not let him finish. "Yes,
/ know. The dog should have barked.
The reason he did not was because
the man was no stranger to him."
The doctor spoke once more, but
you have not proved any Of these
things are SO; you are just suppos-
Ing"
NO" came the answer 81 have not,
but let US consider some Of the points
that have been proved. Slyke tried
to telephone several times during the
evening and failed to get his party
each time"
Roche and Black were astonlshed.
This was the first time they had
heard anything about the telephone
calls.
when he failed again and again to
get the person he wanted" BARLEY
continued che asked central to try
and locate him for him. All calls
from here so through the Saratoga
exchange, and It was very easy to find
out whom no wanted. But that is not
oil, On magazine found on the
table beside the whisky glasses were
a number OF little circles drawn with
pencil, circles that ran into each
ether"
what has that to do with itY
asked Black. voicing his wonder.
"A great deal Those same circles
were on the handle Of the knife with
which BrlfTeur was killed. have also
a little piece of paper with similar
circles drawn on 1t, and / know the
person who drew them It has been
proved scientifically that II a person
is playing with pencil and begins to
make figures unthln&ingly on any
thing his subConselous mind win trick
him into always drawing the same de-
sign. I found the circles on the maya
zine in Sykes room, on the knife
that killed Brifeur and again on the
piece OF paper. l know to whom
slyke telephoned, and | know also a
person who saw the murderer enter
the house to call on Slyke the night
he was killed"
We leaned forward breathlessly 10
catch his words, which came with a
cold. cutting edge, as he added crisp
ly. Nov, knowing all this don't you
think the person that drew the
circles. that was telephoned to. that
was seen going into Sykes, has some
thing to explain? Don't you think so.
Doctor KingY
There was no answer and BARLEY
demanded sternly Doctor King, you
are not going to deny, are you, that
you killed those two men?"
The question was so unexpected
mat I sat stunned, He was the Inst
man l should have suspected. Currie
cried, My Cd. John, and fell silent
The doctors face had gone dead
white, and he sank Imply back in
his chair. without raising his eyes
he stammered. scarcely above wills
per. the words drawn from him
against his will, "No-o-no--I killed
them both
Tie next instant he realized what
he had said and half rose from hts
chair then fen back. clasping his
head in his hands l could not be
lleye my ears, That BARLEY should
suspect the doctor OF the murders
seemed incredible enough; but that
the doctor himself should admit that
1t was true was beyond belief Roche
looked first at the doctor, then at
BARLEY, his eyes bullying with aston
ishment. Black alone seemed to real
lie all that the doctors admission en-
tailed. Curre was still too dazed tc
understand. for King had been a good
friend of his,
Barley broke the silence with. I'VE
have proved that the doctor is the
guilty party. He himself has admit
ted It. ] have suspected him 70,
some time, but when he gave that or,
as Sykes figure appeared, knew
that I was right"
The doctor was still sitting with
his head in his hands. and BARLEY
glanced down at hln pityingly before
he continued to the rest of us. "Frou
the first, suspected that whoever had
killed SIyke had some knowledge OF
medicine. The average layman would
not have known how TO place the re
volyer in Styles hand in such WAY
that 1t would appear TO be suicide
The point that puzzled me was that
the eyes were almost closed II tht
guilty person knew enough to place
the revolver In Sykes hand before ii
ktltTened. he should have known tina.
the eyes ought to be open. Miss Pot.
ter explained THIS discrepancy BY say
Ing that she had closed the eyes her
self. frightened by fhelr stare. Then
/ was baffied. True. there we're the
circles on the magazine. but l did not
know who made them and there
seemed no way II finding cut Then