The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-16
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Her words tumb.ed out 81 her IN.
coherentiy ITS because Bob Elliot
was close % the Bar Hook when
Mason vas Killed. Poor Lee Hlshop
knew that-thouEh I don't thiak be
knew that be- knew a. u"
Kentucky Jones said. Bishop told
me that be knew
And now. said Jean. now I've
got 20 tell you that I've known this
all along E-almosi from the frst- And
L"
You're sure you want 10 tell
me this. Jean3"
I have to tell you-you make me
tell you
IAN right he said. what. CT.
acily. n Bob Elliot holding over
your faihevf"
Somehow he's guessed the truth
that-whoever killed Mason killed
him with my fathers rife. I knew
that when put the bullet into your
hand at the inquest; I've known for
days that you must know that. too.
though you said nothing 90 me"
Yes. he admitted. 4 figured on,
that
And Bob Elliot knows tim
certain be knows Il. Though swear
l don't know how be Is 50 sure"
But you yourself are sure that IL
Is tFue-that the murderer used
your fathers rineT
'The-the-yes: I'm virtually Ger.
tain of that And my father knows
Il. He"
Have you talked this over with
hlmf"
~No-how could II It's changed
him 50 hardly know him. He used
20 have a terrible fighting temper
hut where Is Il nowf lie doesn't
dare come To a show down with IL
liot he's afraid OF the effect the
shock would have on my mother"
and on you.
ION my mother" she repeated.
-He doesn't dare face Il out because
of her. But Just as he won't fight
Elliot because of that-someihlng In
his makeup keeps him from protect.
INK himself. too. Nothing would
bring him 10 hide eyldence-ihough
that evidence might turn against
him. as well as against the true
murderer. lie must have known"
Then said Kentucky. 'hls alTbi
about being somewhere else az the
time Mason was kllled-is not so
good as some people have been led
10 SUPPOSE
He hasn't any testimony In sup
port of Il but mine. They'll discount
that. because I'm his daughter: even
even II they don't break my testl-
mouy In some other way.
He did not stop to tell her that
he knew by this that her support OF
Campo's abb had been perjury. In
stead he asked her. How many peo-
pie know that Campo-your father
set out to kin Bob Elliot the day
Mason was kllledT
She cried out with a shudder In
her voice. You even know thatf"
Bob Elliot told me that he said
shortly.
Jean Ragland looked dizzy. and
sick Then who can tell how many
people Bob Elliot has toldg'
And how many people" Ken
lucky said slowly. do you think can
tell living man from a ghostlr
Her voice quavered irregularly, no
longer fully under her control
What do you meant"
There used 10 be a picture hang
Ing In the Bar Hook ranch house "
Kentucky said. a picture in a dark
wood frame. That picture was stolen
because somebody thought II had
something TO do with the Mason
case. When you saw that pic
ture was stolen. you were panic
stricken. and hid the empty frame
from your father Now I'm going
20 tell you what that picture was"
You can't-you never saw
1T was a picture OF a man on a
horse. When you first looked at that
picture IL seemed TO be an enlarged
snapshot OF Bob Elliot only-when
you looked close. IL was not Elliot,
but John Mason. Do you deny that,
JeanT"
No" said Jean miserably. You
seei It's Just as / said. Nothing