Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-05-12

a piece corn from it IN the room me
aext Eorning."
saw his point and was eager to
learn what he thought of the other
things I had discovered. Above all,
wanted TO know what his opinion
would be Of Lawrence's statement
that Siyke was expecting some one
70 call after he left To my surprise
he was much more interested IN the
fact Of Sykes having offered the
whisky for sale. had expected. when
had finished with my story. that he
would tell me what ne had discovered
after l left him at Sykes But as he
did nothing of the SORT, finally found
courage 10 inquire
Wei. Pelt" he said with q qufZZi.
cal smile. there are two things that
l want very much to discover. The
first thing I would Ike to know is
what has become of Sykes chauf-
feurT'
Seeing / did not understand. he
Went on You know we sent for him
bat they could not find hi.f. Up to
the time l LEFT the house they were
still looking for him. Not only that
but the chauffeur and Slyke had
quarrel yesterday afternoon"
a quarreIg"
Yes No one was near enough to
hear all that was said, but the cook
heard the chauffeur suy. I don't dare
to do it, and Slyke reply, I should
have done 1t before. The butler. you
remember, told us that while we were
in the tower he saw the chauffeur on
the steps leading to the second story.
The chap has disappeared. no one
knows where. The police are looking
for him and may get him. hope So
There are a few things l should like
to ask him"
Maybe it was he who took the re,
yolver." / suggested.
Has it occurred to you that It is
strange thing that a man like Slyke
should spend most Of his time up
here? For the past two years he has
lived here almost entirely. His OF
fee in New York is closed, and he
is rumored to have lost money Why
did he stay here all the year roundY
BARLEY suddenly changed the sub
ject. Miss Potter cleared up one
thing for us today, I knew that, Il
the murderer was shrewd enough to
go t. the trouble Of placing Slyke in
bed, he knew enough to know how
the eyes should look. Their being
closed puzzled me- l wondered how
he had made such a mistake But
when Miss Potter told us it was she
who had closed them. l knew that
had not been mistaken Whoever
killed Slyke knew what he was doing.
There was only one chance IN a thou
sand that he would not get 1t across"
1T was wei planned" | suggested.
1T was not planned at all Ii wac
a sudden impulse, a quarrel. | don't
believe that. when the murderer
went into that tower room to see
Slyke, he had the least idea of kill-
ing him"
But think of the pains he took.
1t must have been planned"
mo" he replied, "the planning was
done afterward"
After he was killed."
yves. Look at the facts Pelt
Slyke was killed on the balcony OF a
tower, fifty feet above the ground.
A man who planned a murder would
not pick out such a place It was the
last place in the house he would have
chosen. Just suppose that some one
had heard the shot and investigated
The murderer would have been
trapped with the dead body of his vic
tim. To escape he had to 90 down
two flights of stairs and through the
big room Let US say that Slyke in
vited the man to 90 upon the bal
cony-for what, we cannot say-and
then they quarreled and the person
killed him on the impulse of the mo
ment The next thing to do was to
get rid of the body. Finding the coast
clear, he took 1t iAto the next room
and undressed It, and carried It down
to the bedroom and placed It in bed
He knew how a body should iook
after suicide and that a gun could
be placed in its hand"
He seemed to be pretty sure no
one would disturb him at it" / ven
tured.
BARLEY nodded. "Yes. there is no
aoubt of that. That brings up another
astonishing fact. Down in the big
room was a young dog that did nol
like strangers. The murderer, 10
order to get out OF the house, had
to go through that room, yet the dog
did not bark"
"Then 1t was someone IN the
house, / interrupted.
The GOODNESS with which the mur
derer took plenty OF time ID undress
ing the body and the fact that he dl1
not seem 10 he afraid Of being fouuo
out makes il seem probable WIS
didn't the dog bark Because he knew
whoever 81 was. That makes It seem
as Il it we're someone in the house
or at least as If 1t we're someone tuaf
knew both tho hoase and the dog we.
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