The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-14
TRACKING A CRIMINAL,
OR
Paul Webber, The Detective.
CONTIN UED.

ITO whose interest was it to kill Gra-
ham Forbes ? Had his atfianced
any wish for his death ? The faintest
common sense was sufficient to- discover
that she could have no interest in his
death.
So far from suspecting Margaret the
police engaged in the case experienced,
apart from their sense of duty, desire
to track down the assassin, if only to
avenge her--a victim far more to be
pitied than Graham, for his suffering
lasted but few moments, hers must
exist for years.
Was the assassin a common thief-a
burglar by profession ? There was no
proof of forcible entry having been
made into the apartments, and the
money in the open drawers of the escri-
toire had not been touched, nor was
any article of value missing from the
rooms.
But there was one piece of evidence
which did away with the theory that
the assassination was the act of rob-
ber. The victim would not have known
the name of the assassin and it was
evident, on the contrary, that he was
was acquainted with his assailant; that,
had life been spared to him but a mere
moment longer, his name would have
been found in the handwriting of the
murdered.
Was the assassin resident of the
inn? perhaps of the very house itself,
in which the murder had been done ?
For, it will be remembered, the inn
porter distinctly denied that anybody
had rung at his lodge after the gate was
shut, and asked for Mr.. Forbes. Thus
shaped itself the great question-was
the miscreant resident of the inn?
Finally, was the murderer the indi-
vidual referred to by the porter as hav-
ing visited the deceased during the even
ing previous to the day on which he
was killed ?-the gentleman of whom
something was already known to the
police, in consequence of the Stock Ex-
change difference between him and
Graham Forbes.
Only. about Austin Sivory did any
thing like tangible suspicious cluster
Against this gentleman's character the
police had no'actual black mark, but in
that vast network of society we call
London, there are many men who with
out having actually stood charged before
a magistrate, are nevertheless watched
by the detective force of the metropolis.
He was one of those men of fashion
who came nobody knows whence, who
lives nobody is quite aware how; who
do no work, and yet live like gentleman;
who apparently possess no income, and
yet are never without money.
Sivory kept very good society as far
as his masculine friends were concerned,
and no one could say that he had been
defaulter on the turf, at his club, or in
any way shown himself man whom it
was necessary to "cut."
Up to the time when Forbes created
scandals against Sivory by his behavior
in Capel Court, not word had been
said against that individual as an honor
able man. However, 1t was known to
the police, that at the time of Forbes
death, Sivory owed the dead man large
sum of money upon acceptances, and
inasmuch as these acceptances were not
to be found, it was evident that they
had either been given up by Forbes
himself, or stolen. But no sign of theft
or search after any object had been found
in the apartments occupied by Graham
Forbes.
1t was necessary, however, that the