In 1994 there was a man who went on trial for murder, his name was O.J. Simpson. He was on trial for the death of his ex-wife and a friend of hers. The two were found stabbed to death, O.J. was then put on trial for two accounts of first degree murder. He was found innocent of a technicality. This relates to the story “The Bargain” where a man commits murder but is never put on trial and therefore he never was able to account for his crime. The man Mr.Baumer killed Slade and got away with it. The only difference between the two is that law enforcement was really bad back in the days of the west and people didn't do extensive investigations. Now, why and how did Baumer kill Slade, first of all he had the motive,as well as the intelligence, and the opportunity to commit the crime. Let start talking about Mr.baumer's motive to kill slade. Mr.Baumer had started to develop a resentment towards slade. Slade had refused to pay his monthly bill and on top of that was very rude toward mr.baumer. Slade …show more content…
Baumber had ordered a barrel of Wood Alcohol and on the barrel it read DEADLY POISON, slade couldn't read so he wouldn't know that. The barrel look like a liquor barrel but in all reality it was poison. With slade employed under him and baumer having his trust this was his opportunity to execute the plan. He had slade pick up this shipment and bring it back to him, it was a cold night so slade was drinking what he thought was liquor but was poisoned and died with the shipment. The people who found him and brought him and the shipment back to baumer had said that they think he froze to death. The plan had worked and baumer wasn't even suspected. When baumer and the boy who worked for him were moving thing baumer said “Al, is good to know how to read”. The boy who had witnessed everything mr.baumer and slade had done to each other and realized that baumer had killed