Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1923 Page: 3 of 12
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John Bartley noted criminal In-
vestigator recently returned from
Secret Service work during the
war is asked by the governor of
New York to investitate a mys-
terious attempted robbery of the
Robert Slyite kome at Circle Lake
near Saratoga and toestablish the
guilt or innocence of two men in
the penitentiary for the crime A
miscarriage of justice is suspected
Bartley finds in It the restaging of
an old case is interested and agrees
to solve the mystery With his
friend Pelt a newspaper man
Bartley goes to Circle Lake the
pair becoming the guests of Bob
Currie an old friend The three
Visit the Slyke home Slyke re-
tents Bartley's coming saying he
II satisfied the two men in prison
are guilty Bartley is not Next
morning Slyke is found dead in
bed apparently having shot him-
selt Miss Potter the dead man's
sister-in-law the village police
chief Roche and the family phy-
sician Doctor King all agree Slyke
killed himself but Bartley Insists
he was murdered Investigating
Bartley finds evidence that Slyke
after a card party he had given
was shot on the tower of the house
undressed and placed in bed Dur-
ing his absence from the room
someone removes the revolver
from Slyke's hand A boy working
In the garage asserts he heard a
shot during the night apparently
"in the air" of course really on
the tower Ruth Slyke's step-
daughter still further complicates
the case Pelt Interviews the mem-
bers of the card party He finds
to his surprise that Slyke appar-
entiy wealthy broker had offered
to sell his friends whisky He finds
evidence that the men In Jail for
attempted robbery of Slyke were
"framed"
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CHAPTER V---Continuect
"You did not see three glasses did
you?"
"No" he answered surprised at my
question "No only two"
Thanking him I said goodby and
Left
When I returned to the newspaper
office I found the files of the past
year awaiting me The story that
Rogers told us In Bartley's library
1 end the account of the crime in the
' paper were substantially the same
There were however one or two
slight differences that seemed to me
Implattint I had understood Rogers
to say that the step-daughter Ruth
bad positively Identified the men now
In prison but nowhere In the news-
paper was It stated that this had been
the case What she had actually said
was "I think one of them is the man
4 I saw in the room" There had been
w- Idpntiflontlim nt fuR triPri
Tr- filo positive Identification of the men
it by ber or by anyone else for that
7 "latter Slyke himself had testified
that he did not know whether they
- were the men or not
Three things had convicted them
First the piece of paper found in the
room where the burglary bad taken
place and which fitted into a torn
corner of a newspaper discovered
later In the coat of one of the men
second the piece of cloth said to have
been found on a rose bush beneath
the window of the room entered and
which fitted the torn place in a pair
ef trousers belonging to one of the
men—there was some doubt as to
whether the trousers had been torn at
the time the man was arrested—and
last of all the footprints under the
window Thus their conviction rested
en a piece of torn newspaper and a
hole in a man's trousers—rather
' feeble evidence it seemed to me
Moreover the police had not discov-
ered any of it until some days after
the crime The more I thought of it
- the more I agreed with Bartley that
thy case was remarkably like that
t it- WO burglary case in England
Leaving the newspaper office I
called on some of the other men who
Lad been at the card party They all
agreed that it was Slyke who had sug-
gested Lawence's staying and
laughed at the idea that he knew any-
thing about his death One of them
told me that several week a before he
bad bought three cases of whisky
from Slyke I could not understand
why a man of Slyke's position should
wish to sell whisky to his friends
As I passed the court house on my
way home I noticed the words "Dis-
trict Attorney's Office" on a window
and it occurred to me that stored
away somewhere in there would be
the exhibits in the burglary case I
entered and asked to see the torn
ell piece of paper and the bit of cloth
The only person In the room was a
boy of eighteen who went into a back
room and returned with a box under
his arm Opening it he shook out
on the desk before me a newspaper
saying "This is the paper they found
in the man's pocket You can see the
flo
torn edge"
lie pointed to the front sheet of the
newspaper one corner of which had
been torn away Lifting another piece
of paper from the box this time a
small one he fitted It into the torn
corner I glanced at the heading of
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Charles JDtittott
Illustrcitionsby :
Irwin Myers
IrigitiNYerS-
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the paper It was a copy of the Bos-
ton Evening Times and the date was
that of the day before the burglary
I felt that I had accomplished very
little by my afternoon's work The
only new evidence was Lawrence's
statement that Slyke had been expect-
ing some one after he left I wished
that he had accepted Slyke's Invita-
tion to remain until this other person
came With the exception of this and
Slyke's having offered to sell whisky
to two different men a fact that could
have no bearing on the murder I had
found out nothing
I found Bartley talking with Mrs
Currie who had returned during the
afternoon I was Introduced and we
went In to dinner at once
When the dessert was over and we
were drinking our wine and smoking
comfortably Bartley leaned back in
his chair with such a deep sigh of
contentment that Currie laughed
"Better than murders eh John?"
Bartley joined in the laugh "Any-
thing Is"
"I have often wondered" Mrs Cur-
rie said thoughtfully "what causes
people to commit murder They al-
ways get found out"
"Not always Laura" answered
Bartley "I know it's the opinion of
mast people that a person who com-
mits murder is discovered in the long
run but that is not true I should
say that about 80 per cent of the mur-
ders are never solved You ask why
I people kill As a rule It is done in
rage or in a sudden passion of some
kind Such crimes are easy to solve
It is the small percentage that are
planned that are difficult You see
we first look for the motive of a crime
and If we can find that we can usu-
ally solve it"
Currie who had been listening care-
fully broke in with "I presume you
will solve this Slyke affair quickly"
Bartley was silent watching the
smoke of his cigar curl toward the
ceiling Ills face was expressionless
It Was a Copy of the Boston Evening
Times
when he replied: "Oh I can't tell
Bob I have not found anything of
importance yet"
I glanced at him in surprise It
seemed impossible that he could have
spent a whole day at Slyke's and not
have discovered something of value
Mrs Currie turned to her husband
"Bob what are you men going to do
this evening You know this Is the
night of toy musicale"
Currie gave such a groan thatmwe
all laughed "There is a long-haired
tenor coming here tonight and a
crowd of women who will roll their
eyes at him and lie like the devil
murmuring 'llow beautiful!' It's no
place for us We'll go to Saratoga
and come back when it is all over"
Before we started Currie Bahl he
had to give some orders to his men
and Bartley and I went to our rooms
I gavs him a brief outline of what I
had discovered in Sallitoga Ile did
not ask any questjons until I men-
tioned that the newspaper from which
the corner had been torn was a copy
of the Boston Evening Tittles then
he asked the data of the issue When
I told him it was that of the 'day be-
fore the robbery he took his eigar
from his mouth grinned and threw
out his hands in an expressive ges-
ture "That's enough to prove those men
had nothing to do with the burglary
You know the Times is an evening
paper and Is not sold on the news-
stands far from Boston—not up here
at any rate If a copy of the paper
had been mailed here as it WouId
have to be It could not have reached
Saratoga until hours after the rob-
bery had taken place Such being the
case the men that broke into the
house could not have hod it with
them nor could the police have found
THE WEATHERFORD DEMOCRAT
a piece torn from it In the room the
next morning"
I saw his point and was eager to
learn what he thought of the other
things I had discovered Above all I
wanted to now what his opinion
would be of Lawrence's statement
that Slyke was expecting some one
to call after he left To my surprise
he was much more Interested In the
fact of Slyke's having offered the
whisky for sale I had expected when
I had finished with my story that be b
would tell me what be bad discovered a
after I left him at Slyke's But as he R
did nothing of the sort I finally found t
courage to inquire
"Well Pelt" he said with a quiz a
cal smile "there are two things that t
I want very much to discover The
first thing I would like to know Is
what bus become of Slyke's chauf-
feurr v
Seeing I did not understand he
went on: You know we sent for him
but they could not fInd him Up to
the thne I left the house they were
still looking for him Not only that
but the chauffeur and Siyke had a
quarrel yesterday afternoon"
"A quarrel?"
"Yes No one was near enough to
hear all that was said but the cook
heard the chauffeur say 'I don't dare
to do It' and Slyke reply 'I should
have done it before' The butler you
remember told us that while we were
in the tower he saw the chauffeur on
the steps leading to the second story
The chap has disappeared no one
knows where The police are looking
for him and may get him I hope so
There are a few things I should like
to ask him"
"Maybe it was he who took the re-
volver" I suggested
"Has it occurred to you that It is
a strange thing that a man like Slyke
should spend most of his time up
here? For the past two years he has
lived here almost entirely His of-
fice In New York Is closed and he
Is rumored to have lost money Why
did he stay here all the year round?"
Bartley suddenly changed the subd
Pct "Miss Potter cleared up one
thing for us today I knew that If
the murderer was shrewd enough to
go to the trouble of placing Slyke
bed he knew enough to know how
the eyes should look Their being
closed puzzled me I wondered how
he had made such a mistake But
when Miss Potter told us it was she
who had closed them I knew that I
had not been mistaken Whoever
killed Slyke knew what he was doing
There was only one chance in a thou-
sand that he would not get it across"
"It was well planned' I suggested
"It was not planned at all It was
a sudden impulse a quarrel I don't
believe that when the murderer
went Into that tower room to see
Slyke he had the least idea of kilt-
lug him"
"But think of the pains he took
It must have been planned"
"No" he replied "the planning was
done afterward"
"After he was killed?"
"Yes Look at the factst Pelt
Siyke was killed on the balcony of a
tower fifty feet above the ground
A man who planned a murder would
not pick out such a place It was the
last place in the house he would have
chosen Just suppose that some one
had heard the shot and investigated
The murderer would have been
trapped with the dead body of his vie
To escape he had to go down
two flights of stairs and through the
big room Let us say that Slyke In-
vited the man to go upon the bal-
cony—for what we cannot say—and
then they quarreled and the person
killed him on the Impulse of the mo-
ment The next thing to do was to
get rid of the body Finding the coast
clear he took It Into the next room
and undressed It and carried it down
to the bedroom and placed it In bed
He knew how a body should look
after suicide and that a gun could
be placed in Its hand"
"Ile seemed to be pretty sure no
one would disturb him at it" I ven-
tured Bartley nodded "Yes there Is no
doubt of that That brings up another
astonishing fact Down in the big
room was a young dog that did not
like strangers The murderer In
order to get out of the house bud
to go through that room yet the dog
did not bark"
"Then it was someone In the
house I" I interrupted
e "The coolness with which the mur
'
d derer took plenty of time in undress-
a big the body and the fact that he did
it not seem to be afraid of being
Out makes it seem probable IVily
didn't the dog bark I Because he knew
whoever it was That makes it seem
as If It were someone in the house
is or at least as if It were someone that
a knew both the house and the dog well
s "Of course Pelt until we discover
thp motive we cannot get very far
m At present there seems to be none
s There Is nothing missing and no up
!h parent reason for Slyke's murder It
ly seems an absurd sort of -a crime
That's why I think It was done on
m impulse not premeditated" Ile
thought a moment then added "I dkl
ir think I knew the kind or a person
w that might have committed a crime
s like this But—"
"But what?" I asked eagerly
Ile opened the door with a little
y smile on his lips and it was ant until
11 we were half way down stairs that
s he completed his sentence "But—I
don't know"
"He removed the paper and
disclosed the label of a well
known brand of Imported
whisky"
(TO lel CONTINUE4
DISTINCTIVE NEW WRAPS
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but discriminating fancy of fashion-
able WOMCIL However light and ir-
re4ponsible their texture may be
their collar at least make a gesture
that hints of warmth These collars
are often of fur and more often of a
fahrie—in any case they are an out-
standing style feature
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moire soft wool In fiat and in nappy
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wraps with crepe de chine especially
In a dull finish the favorite Black
leads in the preferred color hut brown
beige tan and similar shades are in-
cluded The colors are sonletimes
brightened by brilliant embroideries in
several high colors on the collar cuffs
and occasionally In borders or bands
Figured silk serves the same purpose
Gold embroidery is discreetly used on
the brown or black crepes lending a
touch of splendor that Is approved
everywhere In the fashions of today
When embroidery Is dons in gray
beige or white it is used as lavishly
as the designer chooses as In the hand-
some coat pictured This is a wrap-
around model in black crepe de chine
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ways are rrivaled In popularity
Some of them flare toward the bottom
of the skirt portion IN'hether flaring
or straight-line they are flat at the
front and back Capes are more
vatted in outline there are trim mod-
els that follow the lead of coats close
to the figure at the front and back
with godetk introduced at thft side
Others are voluminous hut graceful—
a combination made possible by the
ilelicacy of the materials uped
of the thousand and one aces-
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get at UAL pa that merely go to corn
plete the toilette there are some that
have a passing vcrgue and others that
musl be reckoned with every season
For instance veils gloves and bags—
among others things—we have always
with us but one must take note of
their variations from searon to sea-
son replaeing the old and worn with
the new and up-todate
This season the choice In gloves in-
cludes the mousquetaire the strap
wrist the short-buttoned glove and
new arrivals with turn-over tops In
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answer the demand of the hour for
diversity In design and are shown in
styles that progress all the way from
the short "vamp" veil which is a mere
strip of lace just covering the eyes to
circular floating veils that reach the
shoulders Tile masque veils covering
eyes and nose are popular
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DeMotte, N. S. Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1923, newspaper, April 26, 1923; Weatherford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2147041/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.