The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

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concentration in his face. Nor did his looks
belle his character. He was a man Of in
ventive resources, Of tenacity Of purpose,
and in the pursuit of his profession he took
IN enthusiastic interest. And at present
called to investigate the mysterious murder
Of Anthony Greig, he had no other purpose
than to demonstrate the crime as It really
happened. lie had been sent on the case
when the first intelligence arrived, and his
first object was TO find young Anthony
Grcig. In this he anticipated little din
Guilty, for lac was informed by one of the
clerks who had seen Beesley that Greig
was about to proceed TO London. Acting on
this information, and hoping to overtake
the fugitive before he should reach the me.
tropolis, he lost no time in getting to the
railway platform. lie had photograph of
the young man with him, and with this and
the description received from Sinnott, he
felt fairly confident Of finding Greig, If not
on the journey, in London itself Coming
the picture, Carson paced the platform, and
mentally had his eye on scores of people nj
once. The optical battery of Argus himself
could scarcely have more carefully scrutin-
lied the numerous intending passengers
than did his one pair of steel gray eyes.
Suddenly his face lost its appearance of of
fort, as with n smile he Jumped into n com
partment occupied by n young fellow, mo-
rosely sitting in one corner and smoking.
"Mr. Greig, | believe r' said Carson, sean
ming curiously the others face.
He started, but was not unusually dis.
concerted Ms he replied "That Is my name
But I--really--I really don't recall your
name ~
"Carson Elijah Carson. You don't know
mo am sent to bring you back. There Is
no help FOR it. Take care what you say; you
are not bound to criminate Yourself"
" Carson, the detectivcH"
Carson nodded alirmativcly.
"What is wrong then | am going to Lon
don, and don't recognize your right TO pre-.
vent me. have debts, but they are moi
legal debts, if that is what you are after"
"Pooh that's nothing. This morning
Mr.. Anthony Greig, of Greig 4 CO., Lime
house street, was found in his office dead"
The look of utter dismay that covered tn,
young fellows face was no effort of guilty
actor TO counterfeit surprise. "My incl,
dead ~ he exclaimed.
"Tho lad s no more murderer than am, y
thought Carson, as he scanned the pale and
discomposed countcnance before him. Z" Come
come" he said aloud "men have been
murdered before this. The question is. Who
did it' don't mind telling you that you
disappearance led to suspicion, and as soor
as could find your intended route went of
after YOU"
" Murdered ?" groaned the lad, as the pai
quilted the train aud slowly retired from tn,
platform. al know nothing of this"
cay, that Is the word, though there il
Just a chance it was suicide. Now, listen
and take my advice. If-mark, only So,
If IiJ IL l-nn,, ynur o,yn onununl ynu
will have enough TO stand against without
my evidence If you are innocent-well,
you needn't swear to IL now-give tn,
cleanest possible account of your doings since
yesterday. Tell your solicitor everything
and if you like to trust me he offered hi
long nervous hand as he spoke-T"i il yor
like to trust me, my lad, | am your friend
First impressions count for good deal il
these cases, and mine are that you are al
rgls."
Grieg warmly grasped the offered hand.
Thanks said he. 81 have nothing 4
conceal quarrelcd with my uncle yester
day about my dehts--betting you know
Carson nodded.) al suppose that is why
when disappeared, was suspected. Oh
my poor uncle! | was his heir-my cousi,
Grace and |. He told me so. Why should
have been such fool as TO vex him as
did 20
Carson frowned.
You know you are his heir, You say
Nothing, no money or valuables were stolen
your knife was found on the desk you hav
n key of the office; no violence has beer
done TO the premises. All this looks yer.
bad against you. Now, collect yourself
Where were you yesterday and last night
Who saw you Account clearly to me fol
lao m, laff lo
And don't tell me, warn you for your own
sake, anything but the facts
"l'll tell you Just what did. After tn
scene | had with him in the morning
| walked out of the office-I don't knO,
where +; but know got to Allentown Hotel
| and got some dinner there. | could not &
| home, and | went back to Limehouse stree
| at o'clock and waited for him to come out
| But he stayed late. | waited, | shout,
| think, more than an hour-yes, two hours
for | remember o'clock striking, | wa
| walking up and down, and at last, when
came in view of the window again, il wa
| dark, and as no one came out | thought
| had missed my uncle. Then walked fas
| homeward to overtake him.
"Did you see nobody, or rather did any
body see you, while waiting outside 2"
"Oh, yes. Several of the workpeopl
passed Tim, the man with one arm, VIII
was hurt by, the machinery, passed me, an
50 did Morris, the COOPER"
"Notice you ~
"oh, yes. Good evening, Mr.. Anthony
or something of that kind they said"
| "Wcll, you were saying you Wake
home"
Yes, very fast, to overtake HMM
uncle. | wondered at still missing him, an
was much annoyed. | would not go in.
saw Robert-Mr. Slater, mean the soicitc
leave the house but avoided him, an
then went to n friends house, James Bee
ley, in Harrington street; he has apar
ments there. | stayed with him all nigh
and told him my difficulties"
| "Of your own accord, or did he ask you
| "Oh, he asked me. He asked me wllI
was the matter with me. And then tol
him of the scene had had, and that | WI
| going to clear of 10 London and stop thu
atrocious betting"
"Does your friend, Mr.. Beosley, bet ?"
"Oh yes, | told him TO let our friend
know had dccamped. It's shabby,
know but what else was there for til A
ter all, it's only a rough-and ready way
bankruptcy.
They were by this time on their way bac
to where the unfortunate young fellow was
| be lodged Tor the night, pending the coroner
inquest next morning. Little more passc
between the two, except that occasional
Carson asked question as he rumnated q
the various bearings of the case. lie WI
convinced the young man was not trying
deceive him, but he could not help wislr
that the jury who would try the case ha
seen the lads face on first hearing of Ii
uucle's death. The world at large iudg,
| faCtg aud mt irnnrpssiong
On the morning after the body of Anthem
Greig had been found the inquest was he'll
and his nephew was arraigned AZ the su
pected murderer of the old man. After Il
usual preliminaries of inspecting the bod
and the like, evidence was led as to the ci
cumstances under which the deceased migl
have met his death; and Notwithstanding
the keen cross examination of witness i
Mr.. Slater, on behalf of the young ma
placed at the bar, the evidence all pointed
one direution-namely, the implication
young Anthony Greig as the murderer of Ii
uncle. The quarrel on the previous day b
tween the uncle and the nephew was spok,
of, and the threat repeated with which II