▁be ▁one ▁of ▁them . ▁ ▁Another ▁day ▁passes . ▁Every one ▁votes ▁secret ly ▁for ▁whom ▁they ▁suspect . ▁Only ▁Rog ers ▁receives ▁two ▁votes , ▁and ▁is ▁sent ▁to ▁spend ▁the ▁night ▁in ▁the ▁wood sh ed . ▁After ▁lock ing ▁the ▁d ining ▁room , ▁they ▁give ▁Rog ers ▁the ▁key . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁however , ▁they ▁find ▁him ▁dead , ▁his ▁head ▁split ▁open ▁with ▁an ▁ax e . ▁Miss ▁Clay th or ne ▁persu ades ▁Miss ▁Br ent ▁to ▁reve al ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁her ▁nep hew ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁re format ory , ▁where ▁he ▁h anged ▁himself . ▁Later ▁that ▁day , ▁Miss ▁Br ent ' s ▁body ▁is ▁found ▁with ▁a ▁hyp od erm ic ▁need le ▁nearby . ▁Arm strong ▁disco vers ▁that ▁his ▁is ▁missing . ▁Lomb ard ▁adm its ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁revol ver , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁lost ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁At ▁dinner , ▁Qu inn c annon ▁conf esses ▁he ▁sent enced ▁an ▁innoc ent ▁man ▁to ▁death ▁to ▁ru in ▁the ▁def ending ▁coun sel ' s ▁reputation . ▁Arm strong ▁then ▁adm its ▁to ▁operating ▁while ▁dr unk , ▁with ▁fatal ▁results . ▁Bl ore ▁grud ging ly ▁dis clos es ▁that ▁he ▁per j ured ▁himself ▁to ▁put ▁an ▁innoc ent ▁man ▁in ▁prison , ▁where ▁he ▁died . ▁Lomb ard ▁merely ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁accus ation ▁against ▁him ▁is ▁true . ▁When ▁it ▁is ▁Miss ▁Clay th or ne ' s ▁turn ,