In another area of the book, this is found....
(paraphrasing again)
At first glace, it appeared Hugh had shot Doheny, then himself. But upon examination, the physical evidence was inconclusive. There were no fingerprints on the murder weapon and the angle at which the bullet entered Doheny's head was odd to say the least. One detective, Leslie T. White, theorized that Doheny had fired the first shot (to finally quiet the unstable Hugh) then turned the gun on himself. Later, the Greystone staff, or even Lucy, tampered with the weapon to make it look like Hugh was the man who fired the first shot.
No one will ever know what really happened. Some think Hugh was blackmailing Doheny over information he had on the Teapot Dome Scandal, or an alleged homosexual relationship. Both would have provoked Doheny to fire a gun once he was liquored up and angry. Or, as the DA concluded, Hugh fired at Doheny to demonstrate that the rich are not so different from the rest of us after all-that their blood is just as easy to spill.
chilling!!!!!
Saturday, May 5, 2007
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