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With Craney they visited Case 's own sanctum in the store building not two hours after the sound of the shot . There in its accustomed place was Case 's revolver , every chamber loaded and a thin coating of dust on the grip . Case 's pistol then had not been used . Bentley went in and examined the medicine glass -- this was toward four o'clock -- and apparently Case must have taken , said Bentley , at least four doses . That much at any rate was gone , and Case was sleeping so heavily he could hardly be roused -- could hardly be kept awake , begged thickly , sluggishly , to be allowed to `` sleep it off , '' as though he thought he must have been drinking again . Bentley brought out one of Case 's boots , and the track it fitted could be found all over the flats , about the store , shack and stream , and proved nothing at all , for everybody knew he had been wandering aimlessly about for days and nights past . The window shade or blanket had been disarranged and the window had been raised a few inches , probably for air .