Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-08-02

the crime?" he asked.
81 went to bed at midnight"
"You were present in the den, in
which you were insulted by DR..
Long,"
"Yes, sir. But Pm willing to for
get that"
Yet his eyes did not look as if he
were willing; they glowed darkly.
"But we're not willing to forget
it," the detective replied. "The mat
ter of a motive for this murder is
probably the most important feature
in identifying the criminal. If we
have a motive, we have something
to work on. | believe that your ia
Their took your part in that discus
sion."
THAT is true.
"And Southley did also"
Villas hesitated-just an instant.
"Yes, he supported me-"
II believe his daughter sided in
with you, too"
~ would hardly say that"
AT least she offered no explana-
ton why Dir. Long attacked you.
Isn't that true? ?"
at is"
"How did DR.. Long take this com
bined stand against him.
II don't know what you mean"
at seems to me ! am perfectly
clear. Did he become angry"
II won't venture to say. 1t was
plainly the greatest shock to him
when Miss Southley took the atti-
tude she did. | suppose my father
gave him the greatest cause for ang-
err"
"Why?"
"My father took the most deter
mined stand against him, insisting or
an apology or else a departure from
the house."
"And what right did he have to in.
sist that any of Southleys' guests be
told to go? What was his explana.
ton for this breach Of hospitality !!
The doctor was S~outhley's guest, not
your fathers. Why did your father
feel he had a right to insist, in the
terms he did, that Southley expel the
doctor from his house,"
"I-don't believe | know"
Think a minute"
Villas face darkened ever so slight
y.
II don't believe | care to have you
question the manners Of my deac
father"
1T is a fair question"
"In spite of the difference IN thei.
ges, Southley and my father wer,
I'D friends. They were very fire.
With each other in all things"
"And did your father say anything
/, If an insulting nature that the doc
sor might want to avenge 2"
"He called him a pup | think, a
we'll as other things"
you say you went to bed at mid
light. When did you learn Of you
, iathers' ~murder?"
after the levee broke-when tn
others came back to the house an
told me-"
'The sound of the breaking leve
I Weakened you?"
J Eyes"
Freeman called on me next.
sold my story, as far as it concerne
: the finding of the body. | corrot
: GRATED most of Villas testimony.
, "How much time were you alon
y after the scene in the den and tn
time of the m~urder?" he asked.
"a few minutes after a midnigf
. walk with Ernest-between a fe
minutes before one o'clock and in
y mediately after"
) "How did you spend your time? 2
81 was undressing for bed"
d "And then what did you do 2"
IS | told him Of our stock through tt
halls. He seemed particularly int
ested, but also scornful.
at isn't the purpose Of the Sta
to chase down ghosts" he said.
d think the less thought and said
It bout the matter the better. You a
we're under a V strain, and ~
heard the testimony of people in tn;
condition before. 1t usually is n,
worth the paper it's written on.
want to know if you had any time
d yourself between the scene in Il
den and the murder"
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