Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-01-26

had ever been given out, Scotland
Yard had come to the conclusion that
the crimes had been committed either
by crazy Polish Jew, or more prob.
ably by a doctor A well-known doc
tor had been ON the border line of in.
sanity at the time the Whitechapel
murders had occurred; and when he
dropped out of sight the murders
ceased. The English detectives were
almost positive that he was the muir
derer but they could not prove it,
"No more than they were able to
prove" Currie interrupted, that those
men they sent to Jail ever broke into
Sykes house"
The doctor remarked, II was called
in as the family physician by Slyke,
on the night of the burglary. He told
me, at the time, that he had not recog-
nized either of the men,"
BARLEY did not speak, but sat
watching the glowing tip of his cigar
ette. knew he was waiting for the
doctor to say more.
Both the men that were arrested"
the doctor continued, had worked at
one time or another for SIyke. You
would have thought that, IL they had
been the ones who broke into his
house, he would have recognized
them But he told me positively that
night, or rather that morning that he
had not recognized either of them"
AS the doctor did not continue,
BARLEY asked, "Then he never, at any
time, said he recognized either of the
menT
The doctor shook his head. mo. he
never nd. At the trial he said there
had not been enough light for him to
see their faces. Ruth, the step-daugh-
ter, was the only one who thought she
recognized them-that is, one of
them"
BARLEY asked quietly, What was
the mix-up between the state police
and the local policef"
King looked surprised. why, l
never knew there was any. OF course.
there is some foolish Jealousy De-
tween the two branches. The state
police arrested those men simply be-
cause they were sneaking through the
fields at three o'clock in the morning
and refused to give an account of
themselves. l have heard that the Of
flcer in command of the troopers
never believed that these men had
anything to do with the Slyke affair.
Most Of the evidence against them
was not found until several days
later-some by the local police and
some by Sykes chauffeur. When the
police were first called In, they didn't
find any evidence; indeed, l do not
think they looked for any until the
next morning"
Currie rose and suggested we play
game Of billiards; and the conver-
sation about the burglary ended
While play at the game, BARLEY plays
with uncanny skill, and both Currie
and the doctor were almost equally
good players 1t was not until some
hours later, when the doctor was
called away by telephone, that we
realized how late 1t was.
BARLEY and l were tired after our
ride and the long hours of visiting,
and we went Immediately to our
rooms. Neither was inclined to talk,
but BARLEY did unburden himself
enough to say he believed that Slyke
knew who had committed the bur
glary, but for some reason wanted to
hide the fact. Five minutes later, |
was in bed and asleep.
slept without dreaming, until
someone aroused me by vigorous
shake. Bending over me, already
dressed, was BARLEY. l vaguely no
ticed a strange look in his eyes and
traces Of excitement on his face, but
was too tired to be interested and
started to turn over and go to sleep
again. He threw the covers off me,
saying in an eager voice:
"Get up, Pelt, get up quick! Doc
tor King has just 'phoned us to meet
him at Sykes house. They found
Slyke in his bed" he paused
dead"
'Dead% I questioned. but why
how"
BARLEY did not wait for me to fin
ish. "Shot. They told King 1t was
suicide"