The sub., 1945-07-19

Mrs. Garcia and Edwards. be- Neve they are here together only for appearance sake. think they have had a quarrel. They act very strange"
 You would expect that wouldn't you?" Pee Wee said. Tt goes be- yond that. Who unsold Mrs. Garcia on this oil well proposition? It could have been his wife or he could just have changed his mind. Your guess is as good as mine"
 All right, I'll try 1t another way" said Murphy. From the record, we are safe in believing That whatever Mrs. Garcia want ed from MT, Garcia she got. If she had wanted Edwards to have the forty thousand dollars for the oil well, I think he would have had it. Pm convinced she didn't want him to have it."
 But why, Murphy? It couldn't have been because she thought it would be throwing the money away. She was never that care ful about his money"
 ''I believe she took the stand she did, is or was in love with Ed wards. I think that is why she came to Nevada in the first place" :"
 It don't make sense to me" Murphy said. T don't doubt but what he and she were more than friends. He is just the kind of 8 guy she would go for. That seems to me to be just the reason she would want him to have the money" Murphy said.
 That is a good theory, but you haven't got anything to back 1t. We know Edwards has got an air tight alibi," said Pee Wee.
 His alibi does not prove he did not hire someone to do the job. Walanda for instance. For some good reasons of her own Mrs. Gar cia is sure that Edwards Is in dan- ger, and no matter what comes be- tween them she has got to stick with him or become involved her. self"
 That is building an ant hill in- to a mountain" said Pee Wee. "Do you mean to tell me on the little we know at this time, you are ready to say you are convinced that Edwards is guilty?"
 I'm not saying what believe just yet" snapped Murphy. I'm trying to get into Mrs Garcia and size this thing up the way she is doing. Whether Edwards killed Garcia or not she thinks he did"
 T will keep my opinions for a while yet" Pee Wee growled.
 A horSeman came riding by the church at this time. He didn't glance right or left.
 Pee Wees eyes opened wider. "That is Hugh Chappei," he said.
 T imagine he has business in town Murphy said, Tor you wouldn't see him around here at this time. Suppose we drift back to the hotel. If we run into him, we will have talk with him."
 When they reached the hotel, they went right up to their room. They found their door ajar. Mur- phy eyed 1t suspiciously.
 The maid must have left it Open," he said. He pushed 1t back the rest of the way and there sat man in a chair by the window.
 Come in," the uninvited guest said, T told the clerk I would wait up here for you boys to come back. I am Hugh Chapel, Gar cia's stepson."
 T know you are," said Mur- phy. What is the excuse you have for barging in like this?"
 Hugh Chapel laughed as he saw him looking around the room. You need not worry about your things. I haven't done any Snooping around just felt the less people knew about this meet ing, the better 1t would be for all of us. I don't know what Bishop has told you about me or what you have heard from other sources, it doesn't interest me very much. I hated the old man when he was alive and I still hate him now that he is dead, but I didn't kill, him. l have had good many years that could have done it if I had want cd to. I could have killed him when he was young enough to have something to live for. I
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