I don't like it and I never shall.
It stirs up more ill-feeling than anything I know of.

Jeff seems to have proved an alibi, however, and we will dismiss him for the present." "Rad has always sympathized with Jeff," I said.
"Then," continued Terry, "if the servants did not know the contents of the will, and we have all of the data, Radnor is the only one who could knowingly have benefited by the Colonel's death.

Suppose we take a glance at motives of fear.

Do you know of anyone who had reason to stand in fear of the Colonel?
He wasn't oppressing anybody?
No damaging evidence against any person in his possession?
Not levying black-mail was he ?" "Not that I know of," and I smiled slightly.
"It's not likely," mused Terry, "but you never can tell what is going to come out when a respectable man is dead .-- And now as to revenge.

With a man of Colonel Gaylord's character, there were likely to be a good many people who owed him a bad turn.