Fordney suspected Pollert because of his own statements that he did not
know Hurlenson had returned to the hotel. Yet, when he said he heard a
shot, he ran _directly_ to Hurlenson’s room.
As his own room was down the corridor, he could not have known from what
room the shot came, and he had no reason to assume it came from
Hurlenson’s room.
Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.
Abraham Lincoln.