The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-03-23

took out the piece of paper on which
he had been drawing and had care
lessly thrown II into wasie-papei
basket as he passed. On II were the
same figures that / had found On the
magazine cover. Even then | was slow
to believe he could be the murderer
though science had proved that a per
son always draws the same design.
found the same symbols on the knife
handle. There was but one way he
could have been killed.
My Cd. how?'' Roche gasped out.
"The knife blow came from the
front. You who sat next 10 the chauf-
feur heard nothing. No one could
have crepr up on him without making
some sound Therefore the knife had
To be thrown"
Thrown we gasped.
"Yes. Tint was the only way II
could have reached him. The blow
came from directly In front OF Brif-
| feur. II could only be thrown. Upon
the knife handle were the circles such
as | had found elsewhere. Someone
had scratched them on II In q mo
ment OF ideness. Ii was trench
knife. Doctor King had been TO the
front; he was the only one directly
in front of Briffeur, and the only one
who could have thrown IT, We had
all agreed that Briifeur was killed be
cause he knew who had murdered
Slyke. and that the same man muir
10 ia
proof. also. The only person. outside
of fine family. that the dog liked was
Doctor King. The day we found
Slyke dead the dog came in. growled
at the rest of us but let King pat
him."
The doctor raised his head. his face
white save for two red spots In either
cheek. His eyes were pools of blaz-
Ing light. He looked al us wildly for
second. then threw out his hands
and in "A voice. low at first hut grow
ing louder AS heFconflnued. he admit
ted. Yes. killed them. never In
tended To do so. God knows! II nll
goes back some time"
Barley interrupted him. ITO the
time when you got mixed up with
Slyke and Briffeur. selling whlskyT
"Yes-yes, that was II. II goes
hack to that" His voice faltered. then
he recovered. II came back from the
war. broke. Slyke suggested that J
20 in with him ON running whisky. !
had a camp and fast motorboat on
Lake Champlain; II was all ] did
have. He suggested we run the whis-
ky down the lake from Canada to my
camp. then bring II on here and hide
II in the vault. He never played fair
with us; he cheated us again and
again. That's why Briffeur suggested
we break into the house and see If
he had told the truth about the
amount of money he said he got for
it. He kept the records of all our
sales In his safe. We tried fo--you
know the rest about the robbery
His voice trailed OF into II whisper
/ recalled that he had been shell
shocked. and wondered II he could
stand the strain he was undergoing.
1.-THE night was at Curries to din
~
who called me up on the phone"
His voice was shrill now. and ! |
thought he would break down at any |
moment.
HE said he wished to see me. and |
| started over here. ran into Brif- |
feur, who told me that Slyke had sold |
the rest of the WHISKY for SOB 600. |
Well-where was II" He stopped. |
confused. and passed his hand over
his face.
"Oh. yea-the whisky. went up |
10 the tower. and he suggested we go
,ut on the balcony-why. don't know
asked him what he got for the wis
Ky. and he said $4,000. knew he
lied. and told him so. We quar-
relied. qunrreled- All at once. he
dashed n revolver on me and said he
had a good mind to kill me-he had
been drinking"
Again his voice trailed away into
silence and his eyes closed. Then he
ecovered himself with an effort and
Continued. Just what happened then.
don't know-don't know Ny nerves
ave been In pieces since was smell
shocked. We struggled. and know
shot him. did as you say Took
lin downstairs. undresSed him. and
iut the revolver In his hand | knew
most people would
hink he had killed himself. | was
sorry-but | am hardly to
,lame for his death. My big mistake
vas calling in Mr. Bartley the next
morning. knew. If could fool him.
could fool everyone. /,
He paused: his head sank again
nto his hands. saw thai BARLEY
tilted him deeply and his voice was
oft and his face grave as he asked.
And BrifTeur?''
With un effort :he doctor raised his 1
cad. 4
IT was always afraid OF that mnn
lie was cruel and treacherous. When
saw him at the inquest | knew that /
II was over: that he would give me Z
way And when the lights went out. S
a Wild rage ! threw that knife. /
ont know why" Then he almost $