The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-12
CHAPTER I-contInued.


BARLEY was interested He tool
up his pipe. lighted 1t. and .eanln,
back In his chair. listened attentivel,
as Rogers continued.
"when II came time for the mel
to be identified. there was a bit of ,
conflict. The step-daughter was prett,
sure that there had been two men
while Slyke insisted that he had onl,
seen one. In fact. he did not seen
to be very eager to push the case
even requested the police to drop 1t
since he had lost nothing"
BARLEY asked in surprise. ether
why. under heaven, did they keep
on with III"
Rogers shook his head. 81 don'i
know. John. II has been suggested
that the city police did not want to
drop 1t. Anyway. they held the men
and O few days later announced that
they had found piece of paper torn
from newspaper In the room where
Slyke had discovered them. Several
days later they announced that they
had found a newspaper with q torn
corner in Horns pocket, into which
the piece that they had found at
Sykes house fitted"
BARLEY asked with a weary air.
did they later find q piece of cloth
torn from the coat or trousers of one
of the men? Find 1t, perhaps. ON a
bush near the window the men hau
Jumped out Off"
Rogers gave his friend a startled
look.
II thought you had never heard OF
the casef They did find such piece
of cloth"
BARLEY half laughed. II never
heard q word of II until you told me.
j had an idea that piece of cloth
would be found that had been torn
from the clothing OF one of them.
piece that would fit. say, the torn
trousers of one Of them"
Rogers threw me q look. as If to
ask how BARLEY could have guessed.
then remarked. IL don't see how you
hit II Off, John; but that's the very
thing that did happen. All this did
not come out until the trial When II
was introduced. II made stir. Both
men claimed. In fact. that the whole
thing was frame-up."
He paused to relight his cigar be-
fore continuing:
1.-THE man TO whom the trousers be-
Ionged asserted that they had been
taken from him the week after he had |
been put in Jail. and that there was
40 tear In them when he gave then, |
up. A tailor at the trial testified |
hat the cloth was so strong that II |
'ould not have been torn away by |
.atching on anything. and that II
ooked to him as If the piece had been
ut out with knife"
BARLEY threw back his head and
nughed. Rogers was thoroughly dis
LEASED. II don't see the joke"
''There is no Joke. Rogers. Tell me
vho found all this evidence? Was II
he pollce?"
cad of the local police. II was a day
r so after the crime that most of Ii
vas discovered"
i broke In to say. Il presume the
len claimed the police faxed the evil
ence?"
Rogers nodded. That's Just what
hey did claim. In fact. their whole
efense was on that line. They were
aid TO have been night-fshing on a
anne preserve near the lake. good
cal was made of the fact that the
evidence was not found
ven days In fact. admit that IL
,oks "a bit fishy. Still. you never
card OF the police taking evidence
D the extent they claim this was
ONE
We both laughed and our laughter
shade darker. We had in mind the
harges that one of the newspapers
'as making at the time against his |
wn detectives. that they had planted
kls ON some men they wished to
But even al that. he was right.
olice do not fake evidence to l
tent that this story of his
10 hint. Bartley's next re- I
nnkhat he felt as did. {
Rogers. though the |
look queer. take 1
kade a STIR" {
ead. ut did not |
lg 1t now. The
ems denial was {
later the law
hen reform !
eare all getting
thinks there :
liscarriage OF $
look into the f
TO do 1t al r
Barley asked
ng new?' Il
gers. that de