Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-14

the gun before, must have recog-
nized it, but refused to admit 1t.
Who was he protecting? How was
the servant involved In the murder
of his master? The more he re-
volved the question in his mind, the
more certain Peter became that the
woman in blue was the key to the
crime, and that Fletcher, If he
could be made to talk. could reveal
her identity. He could not share
kilday's conviction that the case
against Webster Spears lacked only
substantiating proof.
Just like every other trail we've
hit" Kilday complained. as they
headed back to his office. "a blind
alley. Dan Bulls and Fletcher are
the only two who can identify that
woman for us, but neither one of
them will talk"
Wen find her." Peter treasured
him. We've got to find her. 1t
seems to me that, one way or an
other, she supplied the motive for
this ,rime."
Kilday stopped and laughed
aloud. why didn't l think of that
before?" he asked, and then, not
waiting for the question on Peters
lips, continued. THAT sedan parked
in front of Spears last night was a
Cadillac and it belonged to Calls
Shipley. Did you notice its color?
Was 1t green?"
mo good declared Peter. Il had
thought of that, but unless Bulls
was deliberately trying to throw US
off the track, the woman In blue
could not have been Calls Shipley.
You forget she never left the church
at that time. She returned to the
front. She was one of the brides
maids and was In the church when
the crime was discovered, only a
few minutes later"
The sergeant meditated on this.
That's right, of course. But did
Bulls tell us the truth? Was there
a green Cadillac at all? That may
be a detail out Of his own magma
ton, simply to throw us off the
track"
That's possible, Of course" Peter
admitted.
Kilday returned to his former
theory of the crime. "After ALL" he
declared with much earnestness,
After all, who do we know tried
to stop this wedding? Webster
Spears. Rylle Carmody, too, of
course, but his action was instigat-
ed by Spears. Both Doctor Aber-
nathy and Nick Royce talked with
Franklin after the senior Carmody
left the study. Choo Choo Train
was the last person we know Of that
saw Franklin alive. Royce saw her
step into the study with him a few
minutes before the crime was COM
mitted. And yet 1t doesn't seem pos
slble that she could have delivered
the death blow. Added to that, we
have the fact which she, herself,
pointed out. She was known to be
his mistress and she knew Royce
had seen her enter that room with
him. 1t doesn't seen reasonable to
believe that she would have COM
mitted the crime under these cir
cumstances. She was too openly in
Wiling suspicion to be contemplating
q crime.
Doctor Alternately was In the
church. We know that. Daniel
Bulls had a motive, but he evident
ly had left before Ambrose Carmody
vas admitted to the study. OF
course" the detective admitted, she
might have returned later, but |
hardly think so. He, too, had walked
In there openly, and every one knew
he and Franklin were enemies.
That wasn't the way he would have
gone about 1t If he had had Frank
Inns revolver in his pocket and was
planning a murder.
"Of all those we know to have
been back there, that leaves only
Nick Royce, Calls Shlpley and the
woman In blue. Whether we want
to or not, Wen have to leave the
woman in blue out of our present
calculations, because we don't know
/ who she Is. AS for Royce, what mo-
tive did he have? And Calls Ship
ley" the detective shrugged, you
know what ] think about her. She's
lying. Why? To protect some onei
Then it must be Rylie Carmody,
whom she admits she loves, or
Webster Spears, who she says IL
only a good friend. Nevertheless we
know that she visited him at his
house last night, although she de-
mics 1t.
Peter" the detective continued
earnestly, your theory in regard to
the f1nQpr-DrIntg Is q 0ood ono IN