The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-10

turned home in the darkness and tossed those keys surreptitiously into the pool he would have been the only one who knew about it. The fact that this note was writ ten is proof that some living per- son knew of the hiding place of those keys, and is almost positive indication that this person put them there."
 Buchanan said slowly, "Why did that person put them there?"
 "To hide them, of course."
 "Why?"
 "If Harry Fielding had those keys,." Jarvis Happ said, "the per son who secured possession of them must have taken them from Harry Fielding. They couldn't have taken them from him while he was alive without fight, un- less it had ben some person ir whom Fielding had confidence. Ii such a person took the keys from Fielding after his death, that per son must have been instrumental in bringing about his death, or else must have discovered his body without reporting 1t to the police Either would have been an indi- cation of guilt.
 If, on the other hand, Fielding himself did not have those keys the person who did have them realized that it would be most in eliminating to be found with those keys, since the mere possession ot the keys ties some person up with the surreptitious operation oi Robert Caise's automobile. That means that some member of this household was out at a late hour last night, and it is only reasonable to suppose that such a secret noe turnal excursion was connected in some way either with the death of Harry Fielding or the events which led up to it."
 Buchanan suddenly dropped his attitude of hostility. His eyes glist- ened with interest.
 I've still ain't getting anywhere MT Happ." he said, because the person who tossed those keys into the pool did it to conceal them Such a person would never have written note telling where they were. Therefore, the person who wrote the note wasn't the person that chucked the keys in. That means that some other person knew those keys were thrown in. So if you're going to figure two people in on it. you might just as we'll figure Harry Fielding was the one who threw them in. as to fig ure that some other person was"
 Jarvis Happ nodded his head slowly. and said. That. of course. is true if the possession of those keys was wrongful"
 What do you mean?" Buchanan wanted to know.
 The only way that we know Robert Caise left those keys in the automobile" Jarvis Happ said slowly, 'is that Robert, himself says so. On the other hand, isn't it equally logical to believe that he was out last night, didn't want anyone to know this and, therefore shrouded his absence in secrecy Unfortunately. he ran out of gas. He ran out of gas at time when he couldn't readily replenish it. Therefore it became necessary for him to leave his automobile by the curb. Under those circumstances. nothing is more logical than that he would have returned and tried to cover up the fact that he had ben out in his own automobile by pretending he left the keys in his car and then hiding the keys some where such as in the pool.
 Having done that, he would want the police to find the keys frs, because he would want the keys back, secondly, because he would want the police to find them in some place where they had very evidently been concealed by some