Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-23

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Il Was a Copy of the Boston Evening
Times.
corner. l glanced at the heading of
the paper 1t was a copy of the Bos-
ton Evening Times, and the date was
that of the day before the burglary.
The piece of cloth was next shown
me. After examining it l thanked
the boy, and returned to the car.
l felt that l had accomplished very
little by my afternoons work. The
only new evidence was Lawrence's
statement that Slyke had been expect
ing some one after he left. / wished
that he had accepted Sykes invita-
ton to remain until this other person
came With the exception of this and
Sykes having offered to sell whisky
to two different men, fact that could
have no bearing on the murder. had
found out nothing
l found BARLEY talking with Mrs.
Currie, who had returned during the
afternoon I was introduced and we
went in to dinner at once.
When the dessert was over and we
were drinking our wine and smoking
comfortably, BARLEY leaned back in
his chair with such a deep sigh OF
contentment that Currie laughed.
Better than murders, eh, John"
BARLEY joined in the laugh. ANY
thing is"
rie said thoughtfully, what causes
people to commit murder. They al
ways get found out"
"Not always, Laura" answered
BARLEY. 81 know it's the opinion Of
most people that a person who COM
mits murder is discovered In the long
run, but that is not true. l should
say that about so per cent Of the mur-
ders are never solved. You ask why
people kill. AS a rule, it is done in
rage or in sudden passion Of some
kind. Such crimes are easy to solve.
1t is the small percentage that are
planned that are difficult. You see,
we first look for the motive of crime,
and if we can find that we can usu-
ally solve it."
Currie, who had been listening care
fully, broke in with, 81 presume you
will solve this Slyke affair quickly"
BARLEY was silent, watching the
smoke Of his cigar curl toward M
ceiling His face was eXnresSiont.
when he replied: "Oh, can't tell,
Bob. l have not found anything of
Importance yet"
/ glanced at him in surprise. It
seemed impossible that he could have
spent whole day at Sykes and not
have discovered something Of value.
Mrs. Currie turned to her husband.
Bob, what are you men going to do
this evening? You know this is the
night Of my musicale"
Currie gave such a groan that we
all laughed. "There Is q long haired
tenor coming here tonight, and
crowd of women who will roll their
eyes at him and lie like the devil,
murmuring How beautiful It's no
place for US. Well go to Saratoga
and come back when it is all over"
Before we started Currie said he
had to give some orders to his men,
and BARLEY and I went to our rooms.
l gave him brief outline of what /
had discovered In Saratoga. He did
not ask any questions until / men
toned that the newspaper from which
the corner had been torn was a copy
of the Boston Evening Times, then
he asked the date Of the issue. When
told him it was that of the day be-
fore the robbery, he took his cigar
from his mouth, grinned, and threw
out his hands in an expressive ges-
ture.
That's enough to prove those men
had nothing to do with the burglary.
You know the Times Is an evening
paper, and Is not sold on the news
stands far from Boston-not up here,
at any rate. II copy of the paper
mad been mailed here, as 1t would
have to be, 1t could not have reached
Saratoga until hours after the rob-
berry had taken place. Such being the
case, the men that broke into the
house could not have had 1t with
them. nor could the police have found
u piece torn from 1t in the room the
next morning"
saw his point 'and was eager to-
learn what he thought Of the other