Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-21
CHAPTER xIl-continued.
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yroning Times, q paper 10 Whlch
go hid not subscribe, had been
sa,5ad 10 him by mistake. he had
ION reading book only a few days
$50 "6Ued with murders and the
~ and he remembered the account
- robbery in it ana how the evil
3snca was manufactured. On his way
ms be stopped at the police station
-. information, and offered to drive
=. r,alipa out to the home of the
=, Who had been arrested 1t seems
.sst the state police had taken them
= their own homes and allowed one
- the men to change his coat be-
4 to-e taking him to jail. The local
a .olica wanted to search the coat
mich had been left behind. 1t was
aara that the chauffeur had his first
l5oa Of planting the evidence. He
.o-o tie corner off the paper, and at
tho mans house managed to slip the
s nsvspaper into the pocket Of the coat
before the police examined IT.. Later,
q, Sykes. he threw the little torn
oare of paper on the floor so that
tbey could find that, too.
When he had finished, / wondered
n the how had not been right when
Ne thought that the man had been
slmply fooling him. But If it were
true, bis story, taken with the dying
words Of the chauffeur, would be
enough TO free the Inen in prison.
decided to take him with me to the
police station and let him tell his
story to Roche.
On our arrival in Saratoga we were
lucky enough to find both Roche and
Black together. without any com
uent on my part, had the boy repeat
bis story to the two officers. They
listened with a good deal of interest
Roche, Of course, had handled the rob
berry, and knew more about 1t than
~ Black; but Blac,', / knew, believed
Nj that BrifTeur was the murderer of
Syke, and the boys story confirmed
bis BELIEF
We debated the story for an hour
Roche taking the view that the chauf-
NJ feaT might have been fooling the boy.
and Black that the chauffeur had told
the truth and was too drunk to real
TIE what he had said.
Roche clinched his argument by de-
handing, "Why, under heaven, should
Sybe owe Briffeur a large sum of
money!?
That was, we all agreed, the weak
point in the story.
MY Lord, Roche exclaimed as a
Thought occurred to him, "do you
realize that it was Briffeur that found
The torn pieces Of cloth on the rose
eusa. the piece that fitted into the
nant pantsg"
IN establishment I asked, at WASP"
1t sure was. He came into the
police station a few days later with it
ana ted US where he had discovered
Y ana asked If we knew what 1t was.
We found later that 1t fitted into a
aoie In the pants one of the fellows
was wearing"
was he ever In the cell with those
'lea z Black asked. with a glance at
ne.
les several times. Slyke asked
'4st We let him go in and talk to
ITEM
Back threw out HIS hands in dis
eust MY G.. Roche, one would
1'-S you Kept hotel. You let any
OlS 90 In and out that wanted to-"
aoeae flushed. and replied angrily,
as.' siyke had lots of pull here,
- ! aon think it did any harm to
!, ~ chauffeur see those men"
N9ae' said Black dryly. at only
.s ain chance to snip a piece
~. ohe Of the mems trousers"
mats foolish" Roche laughed.
~ / don't know" was Blacks
~ l9a can't prove he did not.
II -'ei saw the piece of cloth I'M
brought 1t in to you. He was
= sea alone with them. and had
I'll s'.a.e g cut out the piece Of
- ION cant prove that the chauf-
Story IS not true. Ii fits in
4 -. WIN FACTS than the evidence
y aS those men to jail. But, oh
= easy way you run this jail 2"
s.2aled at US, and was about
.''s "ar1 he was called from the
49, 18aS and I lighted cigars and
s-s he asked at last. "what
n. ...as Of my theory that Brit
'-s'4er-a SIykeY'
ar ssa little thought to the
rs.4 s-l said as much. Black snr-
De-. dding, You know that
e,s = I'D the district ATTORNEY
t. r. ss Tie only verdict that can
ssse.gs 10 in the Slyke case is
r-uarks astonished me
ssrs.. l that It was almost I'm.
tn, y PRESENT convincing legal
81 a.yze had been murdered
esr vas still the chaureur,s
ia H explained. If he hao
s-a as BARLEY thought he
4le# too much sbout Sivko,,
seemed to me that +,
s-1lct Of suicide would b,
s- told Black ~ tbts - ~