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Show - SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, lCH JWSL, " ' pjsMjBe-Bonaaw .. PUSLICATIG. . ; "T - goond Close Matter at jOffle a ' ; rca sin ' ? A SALS Poultry Ranch of near. V twtr acre, within one block of Wrnacie; food coops for tOO bona. flUU 1M, BUI JUUUa WA UUI) " Men home with heat Price MJSOG, jrma. Martin Nielsen, rnone Jr aiLO Baled or loot bay; U deliw baled bay in lota of ton more. Lakeland - Farnn, . wett. tr-tho-Jordaa, Uhl Ptont 45Rt J. t v . "! 80-ltj it SALE One , treea mllcb cow Vurbam. I yean old wlta , heifer L- Wm tell: cheap for ain, J. SALEr-Dalry owi : and hetfen, Dth - Jeraeyi and Bolatelne by i:, Knudten, Proro, Phone 7t- ; CHICKS Gar t aatabllehed t baalneae .relatione , 'with of the beat Batcharlea in Cal- a& eas take car of tob on 1 Day Old Chick qaeation thie y. - Get your orden In early. ' R. fiahbjr'-" rrrlM I 1 '. TSPAPT23 FOR tULl Two jmblaatlon Bewtpapars fa Salt xa Cooaty; fair etrevlatiom and ad. ilataf patronac e and Job wort Mo at. .Good field. WOl aall tery le. Amertcan fork, Utah. Amor 14-tt RALB-OairtateM 8, a WhiU thorn day old puDeta, alao day broilers,. Utah ref erencea, CUpaed, ka Hatchery, Jemao K. Etrat, p. MS D. Bt, Petahma, CaL IS-tf LOST - t ' fire' dollar creeaback be- vrii v tuij fli uw uv onaav fop ttor. Bring to Cltiseii office. t FOB SX3TT )partment-U block north of Orem ion, lira, Annlo Greene, JLmert- Pork, l-tf WAITED pOARD ' WANTED with - PrtraU lly, Am. Pork, addreee L, dtlien tO-ltp. BSClLLUriOCS - ' ySSTt IP LONELT; tor reanlU. try M; beet and most noceeafol "Home er"j hondreda rich wlrt marriage etrlotly coafldeatlal; moet re-ale; re-ale; reera experienee: deacrlptioni je, '"The BucceMful Qub,- lira. ,A Box 568, Oakland, Calif. lt-Ztp lOnCl TO CSZDTTOES ; Ike PeuH JiUeUl Butrlet Ceirt nan, Utah Conty. ihe matUr of the eeUte ; of 7 Crooketon, Br, deeeaeed. Wor, wm premt clalma .with Where to the nnderaifned at hie 4ence tn American . rnrV TTt.ii y. Utah, on or before Itk day I wrch, H2J. , . ; f a WBKit H. CROOKSTON, Jr, wWetretor of the eatate of Rob- i "n, er, deeeaeed. I -ucuon Feb. I,, 1WI.. . ' klm.tZ "op'Tonr baby loe t whi. tt. C W.fir ty Farm i W-B.ran.- to-td. to-td. ,.:' ban," ocredtted-r"A . for the' l'r Wh.; wanti onthinr ui0IL ."L M l 0nct or Inter. tahrSi.. ntchery. 8e" the ad,. , . h l ! : I.-':. SI j J : . ,,.. a J 'J S -f ff. Cf tflM ItU at) "CHArTCR t Joh Bartiar. BoU4 ertm. nai iBVaatlsmtor, recently raturrxd from BecNt 8rvlo work durlni tbe war. le ak4 bjr tbe fovarnor ef mow Tore te bivaatlgaU a myatertoua atUmpUd rok bery of the Jtobart atyke home at Circle Lake, arar Baratoaa. Peculiar elrovim. etaacea ot the eaee totereet Batlty, aa4 he aecapta. v . . 'CHAPTER IL-WItt hie friend Pelt, Bartlay go to Circle lake, the pair eecorainc the aveata of Boh Curtle. aa fid friend. The three visit the alyke home, dyke apparently reerata BarUey'a "wnini, saying ns tm aatisnoa tne twe la prison for the attempted robbery were uilty. Barfler is not, Next mora foe Blyka la found dead kt bad, apparent ty harlnf shot blmeeK. CHAPTER III ,. ? " tulclde or Murder, s, i. , , v I wm oat of bed In a moment and getting Into my cloth ea u rapidly aa I could, roily dreaded, I . followed Bartley oat onto the lawn, which wma tOl wet with the morning dew. , Wt meted the field and went throngh the woode in alienee. At laat I Ts tared to aak what It was that he had heard regarding Slyke'e death. .' "About fire mlaatea before I woke yon, King "phoned to any that bo had been called to Slyke'e house that ho waa dead. He wae told that he had committed rraldde.'IU-- 4 :, . y '4 "Why ahonld .bo bare killed hlnv aelf r I aaked. "He did not look to mo like a man who had aerre enough for that- -1 r :::::rr v.; .- ; f..In a moody toue Bartley repliodj 1 don think bo did." and left mo to ptissle oat hie meaning. . ;-.-. . When we reached the hooee thorn waa no. outward eTldeace. that any thing nanaual had taken place. Doo tor King's car waa coming np the drive ea we nee red the front of the hooae. With, him waa a abort rod faced lMahman ' in ruw m whom be introddcod, a moment later, aa Roche, the chief of the local police force. . . i-Xi - 1 . Bartley turned to the doctor. "Jnat what; did they tell yon erer - the thon'er he aaked. .t- : "Only what I told yo& I had jnat gotten eat of bed, when the bell rang and an excited voice aaked me to come at once, aa they had Just found 81yke dead and thought he had killed himeeliV";'i'T Before we could ring, la fact beforo we could reach the top step of the plaata, the door waa flung open and Ife Come, Doctor, it'a Come, Juet aa ; I Expected He's Killed Himself" , woman of. -about Bfty rushed wildly to the doctor's slda She was far from an attractive woman, thin, with what is called a hatchet fact . Her, ahrtU voice broke aa she grabbed the doc tor's arm and crlod: "It's come, doctor, ita come, Juet aa i expected. He's killed himself. Oh, I knew there would be trouble. Might after night I have had a message on the oulja board. 1 It aald again and again, Troubte.-troubie coming.' And I bare dreamed that ho waa dead, too. It'a come. He la deed." v J -.. Bartley gave mo a look. This, ho kou. n Mie Ptter. the slater of Uyko'a dead wife and aa ardent apir- ltuaiiat'' :-V'"" ; It waa aomo time before the doctor could get her calmed down enough to Introduce us, .. ' By' the Om4' the 'lntrodoctlotia had been completed, wo were all in the big room in which wo had met Iljke the day before. Currto bad told as the prevleua evening that Slyke waa to have a card party that night and the room Bhoweil that there bad been one. to the center were three card tables, with tbe cbalra pushed back from tbaiu, evidently lefi .aa Uiej were ivhen the tmrtv broke up. It will par joa well to read the ads V ChccrlcailBttttca. , -.- "ft." : ' If 'V'. i - V.-! ... ' ' , ' .f 7TV..4A niurtrdicrjlrj . DtKhLIW and Ca. Ue. After a olck glance around. Bart ley turned to bliss Potter. "Suppose yon tell ns bow kfr. Slyke waa disco red." ;V f : '- ' ' She gave a atart wrung her handa. and answered excitedly, "The butler found him. Mr. Slyke was going nan Ing today, and waa to have been called early. Tbe 'butler went to knock on hla door and found it half opened and f. .:V ? .... -'' . ' Bartley Interrupted, "Then, I take It he usually kept the door of hla room locked." - L " "He did. I do not know why. The butler saw It was open, looked In, called him, and got no answer. Then bo came and told me.? I was at break' fast I went to hla room, and there he was and her voice trailed off to horror, : ' - BarUey'a face waa .very grave aa ho aald,- "What did yon do wbea you found be waa deadr , Tor the hundredth time aha bruahed the hair from her eyes. "I called the serrants -Ituth waa not bore. Then I telephoned for the doctor." Roche did not Hko Bartley'a doing all the queeUonlng, aid be asserted hla official position by aaying that It waa time we went .np to the room where Slyke lay. Mas Potter led the way,-- walking - like one weary and overwhelmed with grief. The room, thirty feet square, wae larger than I had expected to , find. ... It waa furnished fur-nished like a den. The. bed . in one corner waa tbe only evidence that it waa used for sleeping purposes, i Under Un-der the white coverlet we could see tbe still form of a man huddled in a beep, lying on his back, bis legs ox tending, into the air a . little beyond the foot of tbe" bed. Hla face was balf bidden by the bedclothes, which were closely drawn around hla neck and over-' hla. chla,- The dorter bad taken bis, position at Slyke'e head,; and we all stood about bint in alienee nntO Bartley 'a voice broke the atlltoeea. . ; "If issT Potter, when you came la did yon touch the bedclothes at aiir "She hesitated a second, aa if 'trying to think, then replied. "No, I gave a quick took, aaw ho waa dead, and hurried from the room." UlX ; -ri "And they are just aa yea found them I mean,, op around hla chin thla war -. - vr,;--- ; "So far aa 1 know.' The butler aaye bo never went near the bed at alt1 .. Without a word, Bartley pulled back the covera aa far aa the man's chest Slyke'a ; nlgbtahirt had not been buttoned.. ; Hla- face - waa calm, showing not the allghteat sign of a death struggle; bis eyes closed; his mouth partly open. As Bartley palled tbe clothes still further down, wo aaw , that the right band held a revolver, j Then we noticed the wound that bad caused bis death. It wad under hla) left ear, half hidden by the pillow, on which were a few drops of blood. The doctor knelt and examined the wound closely, then rose to his feet Bartley in turn bent "over the body, but bo turned his attention to the band holding the revolver. It lay close to the side of the body with the Angers gripping the butt flrmly. But ley moved It a tittle, but did not attempt at-tempt ' to loosen their clutch. With another glance at the pillow and the face upon It be roee. hia Upe compressed, com-pressed, hie face grave. - Roche turned 'to na with ' a- half smile. , "It'a duch a.almple case, Mr. Bartley, that It . wont need any of your akill to solve It ,Tbe doctor wont need ty hold a long inquest If a aa clear a case of suicide aa I have ever aeen. ' He undreased, got in bed, and then shot himself. There la the gun to hia hand, Not, much la -thla case, Is therer ' "! '".i ...T, :' The doctor half nodded to agreement: agree-ment: but Bartley, aa If he had not heard, bent again over tbe bed, hla face etern, and examined the revolver. When, he straightened up, he aald almply. "It'a aerloua enough, Chief. Murder always la, and this la murder." mur-der." T At hla words Hiss Potter, Who had been standing beside me, M eagerly watching everything that waa : dona, gave a little cry., Aa f or myself, I waa ' not greatly surprised at ; ale words. Hla manner had been oo oerloua that I had been expecting something of the sort Roche granted to amueement and tuned to King." ' "Do you hear tbe man now! U order! or-der! , Why, that'e foollah, Hr. Bartley, Bart-ley, It'a aulclde. He baa .the gun to hla band..; ;'. ; Bartley gave htm an amused glance aa be answered,1 "If may be foollah, but it'a ' murder: , True, bo baa the gun to' hla hand; and that makes tt look something like suicide, I agree; but that's Just what someone wanted as to think.". v, ' V This statement seemed ; to make Roche angry. ; Hla face Bushed and he aneered, "Ob. come how. bow do you expect to prove thatr . Bartley did not answer but simply pointed to the gun. - I think we all looked, at It rather foolishly, aa If we expected to And In It.' by some miracle, a clue to his statement. ' Aa we did not upenk. he replied. "Roche, you think that the fact he la found dead with tl eiio la hla band, proves that he com otrt suicide. But to me, that pin and the way It la held. provea murder. Not only murder, but that the gun waa placed la hla band after death. Look at the way the hand graspa the revolver. It la not held ao flrmly but that with aomo effort it can be removed. The testimony testi-mony of all medlco-legallsts la that la case of aulclde or of accidents, the attitudes and acta, of the person whoso life la suddenly ended are continued con-tinued for some seconds after death." r Roche waallstenlng attentively, but 8011100 laat words wort a little over hla bead.' Perceiving that be did not understand. Bartley , explained at greater length t -,- "What 1 meaa by that. la almply thla: to cases of suicide or where a man abbota himself by accident and dies suddenly, the band clutchee the weapon so tightly that after death It to almost Impossible to loosen hia grip. There la a muscular spasm that follows death which causes the hand to grip the weapon even more tightly than to life. Moat medico-legal booka agree that k weapon ao hold la the beat evidence of aulclde." !; ' Roche was not willing to accept thla statement "That'e a fine theory," ho aneered. "Just the sort-of a thing you city detectives dig up. Ton have got to have more than that to make mo think be waa murdered." . Bartley gave a little ahrug of his shoulders, aa if bored by the whole thing. "Aa yon wish I I had an Idas, yon . might , want more evidence than that". He paused, jnd wo waited breathlessly for hia next words. - "Look at hla eyes. ,They are tightly closed. It is a recognised fact by all medical men that when death cornea by violence, tbe eyes of too victim are wide open and atartog. On the other hand, to cases where death cornea slowly; they may bo half ahut In neither instance are they over tally dosed. When we find a case where the eyes are tightly Hosed, wo know that someone baa closed them," and that it was done after the man waa dead, v .-.i .- .- ... . ' 1 "Here we find the eyea closed. ' If be committed suicide, they would bo open. If be bad been murdered, they would be open alao. Though the fact (hey are closed does not help us to decide between murder and aulclde,' it doea point to the fact that someone baa been In the room and dosed them after he died. Hay we not auppooa . that the same person that placed the gun to hla hand to make hla death appear to be suicide,; waa alao the one , who dosed, his eyea hot knowing that they should have remained open, no matter how te dledT : . " He paused, aa if waiting for someone some-one Jo peak, thenae no en did. ho 'continued: v. : .T ,..-;,.-,--.-. ' "But that is not all, Roche. Ton should use your common sense. Here la 81yko, dead, with both banda by hla aides, and - the - bedclothes np around hla nock and over hla chin, lou dont expect mo to believe that be could have abot himself, pulled the clothes around hla neck, and then placed hla arms by hia sides. He did 'not ' have time enough for that ; be died Instantly, without oven ft struggle. strug-gle. A second after the shot was Brad,' . this world waa over aa far aa ho waa concerned. It waa someone else who arranged those things. Someone who wished hla death to appear to bo aulclde, aul-clde, and to trying to do that rather overdid the whole thing. ' No, I do not think there la the allghteat doubt in the world but that be waa murdered." mur-dered." VX;.. r;.r; ,.-41 ,.-41 Roche had long alnce loot hla confident con-fident air. , He said nothing, though, even when Bartley had finished. The doctor, too, had listened with Interest, yet I was not altogether aura that he wholly agreed with Bartleya reasoning.'''-"" -5 i v ; j.'' "Put If Slyke waa murdered," the doctor aaked, "why should all thla trouble have been taken to make It look 'Eke BuIddeT r- '-y ;: Bartley, who waa bending over the bod examining the body.' did not aa-ewer aa-ewer until he atratghtened op again. "King," he aald lo a grave voice, "I am aura thla la murder, not aulclde The person who killed him wished na to' believe he killed himself. Moreover, More-over, bo waa not killed to bed," Both the doctor and Roche looked an if thla laat statement ware too unbelievable; un-believable; and even L who had long since ceased to bo surprised at anything any-thing that Bartley might aay, wondered. won-dered. a little. , . .-v , . "When you look at the pillow,", he explained, "on which hla head Ilea, you will find only one or two apota of blood. ' Tbe shirt. In tact, baa none at alL ' The wound must have bled somenot . much,- it Is true, but far more than it seems to have done from tbe appearance of the bed. He waa killed elsewhere and placed in this bed afterwarda, I doubt It bo waa oven' undressed at the time ot hla death," , r -"-r": r y ;? . ' Miss Potter, who bad remained silent, si-lent, although obviouaty very norvoua, asked If she might go to ber room and leave the doctor to charge. Thla dele gating of ber authority to the doctor did not appeal to Roche: and be told ber that If ber brother-in-law bad been murdered, It would be tbe police and Dot the doctor who would take charge of thing. Tbe ordeal, through which abe bad passed moat have been more than ahe could stand, for ohe made no comment on bis challenge but started to lesve the room. "Miss Potter," Bartley aaked. ' aa abe reached the door, "did you ever see thla revolver In Mr. Slyke'a handr She hesitated' a moment and then replied, "It'a Mr. Slyke'a; he waa In the habit - of keeping It In a drawer of hi dcxtt. The gun was . bought OwooooooOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoO HOT OUE PEtlilV BOOT v. The world-famoito .... -' .)... - - . , ' ' , - 7 i . Simplex Ironer ' ' f. " . , Will be Sent to You on , 10 Days Fred Trial Without the outlay of a single cent you can have a genuine Simplex Ironer delivered and placed in your home wherever line capacity is available. 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Bartley answered: "If Slyke had bean killed la bed there would have been more blood on the' bedclothes than the few drope we as on the pillow. pil-low. Hla , nlgbtahirt. too, if tt had been worn at the time he was killed, would have had some trace of blood on it There are no each stains. This, and the fact that death ' must have been . Instantaneous, ; make me feel sore that he was undreased after ho was killed and then placed on the bed In the position la which we have found him." Bartley began a search of the room, using a email glass once or twice a Bartley Began a Search of the Reesn, . Using a Small Glass OnoO or Twloo as If Ho Wore Looking fee Finger. "riot. . ;, If he were looking for flngar-prtnta. Slyke'a clothe were flung over a chair, and one of hla stockings bad fallen to the floor. The way the gray suit lay on the chair made me wonder If Bart ley waa right when he aald the murderer mur-derer had undressed him after the crime. It looked so much a if had been carelessly flung there by a man preparing for bod. After going through Slyke'a pocket Bartley aald slowly,.' 1 have grave doubts if be waa even killed to thla .rm"''.:-'V"H;'l,.'ir;"itVw-i':r." He continued to examine the room, searching the floor, looking into the drawers of the desk, examining the walls even ; then be csme back to tbe clothing. .Picking up the blue silk shirt from tbe chair, be examined It aaecond time before be aald: T waa rlcht He was not killed to this room. Here Is the, suit he, wore. Ton will notice that all bis clothing Is placed on thla cljnlr In the manner that a man would natirnllv place It If be waa undrcK-il-i-f it bed. I?ut there a -w Nit:r l.i f r f-)i of hn shirt to bold out ivMarVfit . rftKklnii is uiUslni, Any umn may low u col 1 r .i I l-.-n.-i ' f 1 v 1 i'-m lar button, but If he doea, that bntU will bo dropped at tbe place where ft . undressed. No button la In thla reoan, . 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