Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-09-02

East Melbourne in one hour-the cabman
Royston can prove that he was at Russell
street. at / o'clock, and his lsndlady that
he entered his lodging in East Melbourne
at 2-no, he wasn't at Toorak."
"When was this letter deliveredP"
"Shortly before II o'clock, at the Mel
bourne club, by girl, who, from what
the waiter saw of her, appears to be dis
reputable individual-you will see it says
bearer will wait him at Bourke street, and
as another street is mentioned, and as Fitz-
gerald, after leaving Whyte, went down
Russell street to keep his appointment, the
meet logical conclusion is that the bearer
of the letter waited for him at the corner
of Bourke and Russell streets. Now"
went On the lawyer, 81 want to find out
who the girl that brought the letter is?"
"But how?"
"God bless my soul, Kilsip! How stu
Did Won are" cried Cation. Cant you
understand-that paper came from one of
the back slums-therefore it must have
been stolen"
A sudden light flashed into Kilsip's
eyes
talbot Villa, Toorak," he cried
quickly, snstching up the letter again and
examining it with great attention, where
that burglary took place"
Exactly" said Gallon. smiling COM
placsntly. "Now do You understand
what want-you must take me to the
crib in the back slums where the articles
stolen from the house in Toorak were hid
den-This paper"-pointing to the let
tsr-''is part of the swag left behind, and
must have been used by come one there
Brian Fitzgerald obeyed the directions
given in the letter, and he was there at
the time of the murder"
81 understand" said Kilsip, with a
a grstifed purr. 'There were four men
engaged in that burglary, and they hid the
swsg at Mother Guttersnipe's crib, in a
lane off Little Burke street-but, hang ii,
q swell like Mr.. Fitzgerald, in evening
dress, couldn't very well have gone down
there unless
"He had some one with him we'll known
in the locality" finished Cation, rapidly.
Exactly, that woman who delivered the
letter at the club guided him. Judging
from the walters description of her sp-
pearance, should think she was pretty
we'll known about the slums."
"Well," said Kilsip, rising and looking
at his watch, ''it is now o'clock, so if You
like we will 90 to the old hag's place at
once-dyipg woman" he said, as if struck
by sudden thought, there was woman
died there about four weeks ago."
"Who WAS she ?" asked Gallon, who wss
putting on his overcost.
"Some relation of Mother Guttersnipe's,
fancy" answered Kilsip, as they left the
office. II don't know exactly what she
vas-she was called the Queen and a
precious handsome woman she must have
been - came from Sidney about three
months ago, and from Whist l can make
ont, was not long from England, died Of
consumption on the Thursday night be-
fore the murder"
oThen she must have been the woman
who wrote the letter"
"No doubt Of it," replied Kilsip; "but
if Fitzgerald was there on that night we
can get plenty of witnesses to prove an
alibi. Pm sure of two at least-Mother
Guttsrsnipe and her granddaughter Sal."
But Mr.. Cation was not listening. As
he stepped along beside his companion he
was thinking
"What on earth could a woman just
from Eugland, living in a Melbourne hack
slum, have to tell Fitzgerald about Madge
Frettlby?"