... You say yourself he has admitted to
everything but the trip to Nita's room and the shooting--even to
sneaking back to get his bag, which I believe also contained the gun
until he had a chance to dispose of it on his way to his hotel in
Hamilton."
Dundee shook his head. "I'd like to agree, chief, but I believe Lydia is
telling the truth. She says she was in the upstairs bedroom with Sprague
and remained behind only two or three minutes at most, to put his
shaving kit into the packed bag, and to clean up the bathroom basin. On
her way down the backstairs she says she heard Lois Dunlap's second ring
and went to answer it. Sprague and Janet Raymond, with whom Janet says
he stopped to talk a minute on the front porch, were in the dining room
_before_ Lydia entered it.... I'm convinced Lydia hates Sprague and
would be glad to believe him guilty.... No, Mr. Sanderson, I don't
believe Sprague did it, but I do believe it was Sprague's revenge that
Nita was afraid of when she made her will Friday night. Naturally she
figured she'd have time to tell the person she was blackmailing that she
was through with him--or her, but I believe Sprague and Nita were
lovers, even partners in blackmail, and that she feared he would kill
her when he knew she was going to marry Ralph Hammond and give up their
source of income.
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