Bill Crider - Dan Rhodes 20 - Compound Murder
“Hack told him that both Ruth and Buddy had left reports for him.
“Won’t do you any good, though,” Hack said.
“Why not?”
Rhodes didn’t expect a straight answer, but he got one. More or less.
“’Cause there’s nothing in ’em.”
“There has to be something in them if they’re reports.”
“The somethin’ is nothin’,” Hack said.
“You mean there’s no evidence or information that will help us.”
“That’s what I said.”
Rhodes said that was too bad. He’d hoped that either Ruth would find something in the cars or Buddy would get some information from Wellington’s neighbors. Anything that would help point the investigation in some direction or other would have helped.
“Any problems while I was out of touch?” he asked.
“More loose livestock. Duke and Alton took care of it. Seems like a lot of cattle are on the prowl today. Maybe we’ll get a change in the weather.”
“I thought it was turtles on the prowl that meant a change in the weather,” Rhodes said.
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