The Case of the Stepdaughter’s Secret

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James Davis was an American Indian.

He was attuned to Nature in a way most modern-day city dwellers can’t understand. At times he would put on his old clothes, go down to the river, and sit on the bank for hours, just watching the swirl of the water and listening to the wind in the trees.

In this way he kept in tune with the infinite and renewed his spiritual courage. It was as if he were listening to the voice of Nature.

James Davis had been admitted to the California Bar and subsequently elected to the office of District Attorney of Siskiyou County. The citizens of the county liked and respected him.

Then, one night in 1936, two popular officers were killed while trying to arrest two men who had been in a fight earlier with two other men.

One of the complaining witnesses was killed at the time of the arrest. The other survived. He told his story to the police and then to James Davis.

The story he told Davis did not in Davis’ opinion support a murder charge. A short time later this man again told his story.

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