Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-02

cal tone as he paused 10 relight his
cigar. Miss Potter dreamed more
than once that Slyke had been killed.
We are told a dream is a suppressed
wish, and that In our dreams our
wishes are often hidden by symbols.
This woman probably did not wish
Slyke actually dead. She had no
quarrel with him as far as l know.
What she did wish was entirely differ
ent She wished that he might be
away so that he would be out of
some trouble, and her suppressed
wish caused her to dream that he was
dead. That's the reason why I be
lieve that she knows more than she
will tell"
what can It be?" I asked.
81 don't know, but It is something
that was causing a great deal of
trouble to Slyke, perhaps to all Of
them. 1t might even be something
that will bring dishonor Anyway. 1t
was so serious that sleeping or wax
Ing, It was on her mind. l wish she
would talk; we need all the light we
can get"
But that does not actually prove
that she knows anything about his
DEATH" / suggested.
BARLEY turned quickly and glanced
at me to see if I were serious. Seeing
that I was, he explained 81 don't
say that 1t does. The ouiia board
performances and the dreams were
before his death, not after it, Of
course. the fact that the dog did not
bark throws suspicion IN everyone
that was in the house at the time"
He was silent for a while, glancing
thOughtfully out of the window, and
then resumed MS story.
After left him he had locked him
self in the tower Tor over an hour and
gone over the two rooms and the bal
cony almost inch by inch. The only
thing that had escaped us in our first
search, he said, was a small stopper.
the end covered with red wax. He
was not sure whether the finding of
the stopper meant anything or not
His second examination had made
/ him more positive than ever that
Slyke had been murdered, and that
the murderer wished his death to ap-
pear to be suicide.
1t would be almost impossible to
make a jury believe that it was muir
der on the slight evidence that we
had, and / said as much to BARLEY
He agreed with me, and admitted he
would not be surprised if King, as
coroner. brought in n verdict of sui
eide. l pondered on this a while;
then a thought struck me.
Suppose, after all, he did kill him
self, Barley. You base your theory
Of murder on the position Of the bed
clothes and the way the gun was held.
Suppose he did kill himself, and some
other person. not the murderer, came
in.c the room and pulled the bed
clothes up around his neck"
He shook his head in denial. ave
would still have, Pelt." he said with
a rather sarcastic smile, "the other
questions TO be answered. First, we
would ask how the blood-stains got
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