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CHAPTER v.
BEGINNING THE HUNT.
As we have said, in 1868 attention was 90
much drawn to the state Of the public af.
fairs Of the country, that not snf1cient
heed was paid by the press to this strange
mystery in Taggart's Inn.
One morning, before even the burial had
taken place, 1t was announced that mar"
earet Maytor had committed suicide. Tho
same evening this horrible news was con.
tradicted. but, at the same time, replaced
by the statement that the murderer had
been discovered, and had confessed his
crime. This statement was contradicted
next dny. but not before the informatlon
had been added that he would be tried at
the approaching assizes.
However, all the reports settled ct Last
into statement to the effect that the po-
lice had discovered nothing that they
hoped soon to be on the track Of the assas-
sin. but that the case was involved In so
many contradictions as to take 1T quite out
Of the category Of common murders; The
chief points IN the embarrassment Of the
police were these-that there appeared no
motive for the crime, and that the blow
had been struck by weapon which posi-.
lively belonged to the deceased. and was
In bis possession up to tho very hour OF bic
death.
Evidently the assassin had not come
armed. or he would have used the weapon
he had brought with him, On the other
hand. how came he possessed OF the KNIFE
by which the terrible deed was efectedI
There was no trace of this. The weapon
with which the deed was accomplished
was there, bat it offered not the least clue
to the assassin's identity, simply because
it had never belonged to him: All the
proof of his act was the wound itself
which prohibited the thought Of suicide,
and the discovery Of the crimsoned knife
itself, found under chair.
Not trace could the police find, albeit
they tried hard to make such q discovery
as would appear of little value to an ordin.
ary man, but Of immense Importance to
such man as Paul Webber. In the mys-
terry of Taggart's Inn there was not the
faintest sign of any solid evidence against
the murderer and the police were cast
back utterly and wholly upon surmise; In
other words, tho police could DO nothing
but guess"
K, And here is some analysis Of the wsy N
which the police guessed.
> To whose interest was 1t to kill Graham
Forbess Had his afaanoed any wish tor
! his deathi The faintsst common sense
, was sufficient to discover that she could
have no interest in his death.
! So far from suspecting Margaret tho po.
! lice engaged in the case experienced, apart
from their sense Of duty, desire to track
down the assassin, II only to svenge her
a victim far more to be pitied than 0raham,
+ for bis suffering lasted but TO few moments,
i, hers must exist for years.
, Was the assassin common thief
burglar by professions Thore MA no
!; proof q forcible entry having been made
: into the apartments, and tho money In the
open drawers of the escritoire had not been
|, touched, nor was any article Of value mics
ing from the rooms.
But there was one piece OF evidence
which did away with the theory that the
assassination was the aot Of robber. The
!. victim would not have known the name Of
the assassin; and it was evident, on the
contrary, that he was acquainted with hii
assailant; that, had life been spared tt
9 him but mere moment longer, his name
7 would have been found In the handwrit
!. ing of the murdered. ODE"
Was the assassin resident of tho inn,
perhaps of the very house itseH, IN which
the murder had been doneS For, 1t will
be remembered, the ipn-porter distinctly
denied that anybody had runs at BIZ
lodge after the gate was shut, and asked
. for Mr.. Forbes. Thus shaped itself th(
great question-was the miscreant Q resi
dent of the inne
. Finally, was tho murderer the individ
ual referred to by the porter as having
visited the deceased during the evening
previous to the day on which he was killed.
; tho gentleman Of whom something Wal
already known to tho police, In conse
! quence of the Stock Exchange diferenct
between him and Graham Forbes.
/. Only about AUSTIN Sivory did anythini
like tangible suspicious cluster. Agains'
this aentleman's character the police hai
, no actual black mark. but in that vast net
work of society we call London, there ar
many men who without having actually
stood charged before q magistrate, Ar
nevertheless watched by the detectiv'
force Of the metropolis,