The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1932-01-29
CHAPTER V-Continued


Turner asked if Whittlesex ever
had been an accessory to murder
before the fact and told him he
was going to be-"
"No doubt. On occasion Tom
would below out that he intended
to kill six rascals in a most enjoy
able way. He must have had some
idea that he would be ballooning
around somewhere above to see it.
Tom was an incorrigible sentiment
alist. romanticist and idealist. He
should have corrected himself"
Nothing happened for nearly two
years." Stanton suggested. what,
do you imagine, broke the peace?"
tom Turner was shrewd where
men were concerned" said Mr.. Oar
ling. HE was more than shrewd.
He was intelligent. That's a tall
thing to say of anyone, but he was.
He knew these men. and they knew
one another. They would see from
the first why the bequest had been
made. Tom laid it on thick with
terms they couldn't misunderstood
as to loyalty and fidelity. Their
first instinct, you see, Lieutenant,
would be to smile and resolve to
defeat him. They had each an in
come of say thirty thousand a year.
and what could be more reasonable
than to shake hands with one an
other on it and laugh at Tom Tur-
ner?
"They would do this. Turner
knew they would, but he also knew
them deeper than that. He knew
they couldn't trust one another
They were justified in not trusting
one another. They were of varying
degrees Of courage, but none was
afraid of direct action. Distrust is
bad thing to have in your mind.
1t puts an enemy behind you in
the dark. 1t was bound to become
intolerable for these men to be won
dering which one would break the
truce. The temptation was always
there. They had feared Turner him.
self for a long time. He knew they
did, and that gave him so much
satisfaction that he was content TO
wait for this.
Gradually they convinced them
selves that they were out of danger
from him. They knew they were
when he died, until they learned of
the will. You will see how COM
pletely he had them. 1t did none
Of them any good to try to with
draw from participation. One might
have done so. He might have re-
nounced his rights and have de-
nounced his patron, but neverthe-
less if he died of pneumonia or a
bad appendix or from having a car
run him down the shares of his as
sociates increased Ii men did not
have confidence in one another
lhCSC NOhhillObo nOhib OC dLpiVdS-
ant. You will have read in the will
that Turner said money was what
the man who had il was.
Our gentlemen evidently have
tried believing they could trust one
another They also strengthened
their confidence by keeping as far
apart from one another as they
could. My records show them wide
ly scattered about the world. All ex-
cept Blair and Ashley, who seem
TO have chummed it."
"All that satisfied me as to mo-
tive" said the lieutenant. IT'S fan.
tastic, as you observed, Mr.. Oar
ling, but there's cause and there's
continuity in the case of Clayton,
Brown and Trembly. By the way,
do you know of a woman named
Maisie? | mean in connection with
any of these men,"
Mr.. Darling shook his head.
"She was used as a decoy for
Clayton" the lieutenant continued.
"She hasn't been found. That's a
side issue. Our continuity breaks
at the red lanterns at the Wiscon-