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When Detective Harker brusquely asked the landlord of the hotel at Broken Bough who would want to kill Barton and Gover, the landlord shrugged his shoulders.
"Eli Barton was a rich man," he said stubbornly, "and his habits were well known. Anyone would guess he'd be carrying a bit of money with him, and he'd be worth holding up, any night."