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The murder of Terrill was the big subject of conversation in Silver Bar the next day. The sheriff and the doctor, who was also the coroner, had gone out there with the two 7 Bar 7 hands, Dug Blewett and Heinie Shafer, and brought the body back to town in a wagon. It was plainly a case of murder, as Terrill was unarmed, his holstered gun being on the table. Except for that fact it might have looked like a suicide, as the bullet had been fired at close range.
In the privacy of his office, Nolan questioned the two hard-bitten cowpunchers closely. They said Terrill had gone to town early in the evening.