The letters were in the book to mark where the
search had been interrupted. The pages there had no
entries relevant to the search. But the search never
resumed, the letters forgotten, the volume put away. This
theory doesn’t claim that the deadly break
would have been averted had the locks been changed.
The door device fault mighthave been missed
Inmate
Hart hid in the
closet, above, before clubbing Earl.
anyway.
In this
scenario, the letters were placed in the book to mark where the research had
been interrupted. The pages there had no entries relevant to the search. But
the research was never resumed, the letters were forgotten, the volume was
put away.
This theory
doesn’t claim that the deadly 1948 break would have been averted had the
locks been changed in 1944.The door
device fault might have been missed anyway