Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-12-22
CHAPTER ".


"Well," said Mr. Gor5y, addressing his re
Election in the looking glass, I've been find
ing out things these last tyenty years, but
this is a puzzer, and no mistake
Mr. Gorby was shaving, and as was his
usual custom conversed with his reflection.
Hang it," he said, thoughtfully stropping
his razor, "a thing with an end must have a
start, and if don't get the start how am l
to get the endf
As the mirror did not answer this question,
Mr. Gorby lathered his face, and started
shaving in somewhat mechanical fashion,
for his thoughts were with the case, and ran
on in this manner:
There are three things to he discovered
First, who is the dead man Second, what
was he killed for ! And third, who did it
Once get hold of the first the other two
won't be very hard to find out, for one can
tell pretty well from a mans life whether it's
to any ones interest that he should be got off
the books The man that murdered that
chap must have had some strong motive, and
| must find out what that motive was. Love
No, it wasn't that-men in love don't so to
such lengths in real life-they do in novels
and plays, but I've never seen it occurring in
my experience Robbelya No, there was
plenty of money in his pocket. Revenge
Now, really it might be that it's a kind of
thing that carries on most people further
than they want to go. There was no vio-
lence used for his clothes weren't torn; so
he must have been taken sudden and before
he knew what the other chap was up to. By
the way | don't think examined his clothes
sufficiently. There might be something about
them to give a clew; at any rate, it's worth
cta art with q
So Mr.. Gorby, after he had finished dress
ing and had his breakfast, walked quickly to
the police station, where he asked for the
clothes of the deceased to be shown to him.
When he received them he went intoa corner
by himself and started to examine them.
There was nothing remarkable about the
coat, as it was merely well cut and well
made dress coat, so with n grunt Of dissatis-
faction Mr.. Gorby threw it on one side and
picked up the waistcoat.
Here he found something that interested
him very much and that was pocket made
on the left hand side of the waistcoat and on
the inside. .
"Now, what the deuce is this forF' said
Mr.. Gorby, scratching his head; sit amt
usual for a dress waistcoat to have pocket
on its inside, as I'm aware of; and" con
tinued the detective, greatly excited, this
mint tailors' work. he did it himself, and
Jolly badly he did it too. Now he must have
taken the trouble to make this pocket him
self so that no one else would know anything
about it, and it was made to slrry something
yaluable-so valuable that he had to carry 1t
with him even when he wore evening clothes
Ahl here's a tear on the side nearest the out
side of the waistcoat; something has been
pulled out roughly. begin to see now The
dead man possessed something which the
other man wanted, and which he knew the
dead one carried about with him He sees
him drunk, gets into the cab with him and
tries to get what he wants. The dead man
resists, upon which the other kills him 10y
means of the chloroform which he had with
him, and being afraid that tine cab will stop,
and he will be found out, snatches what he
wants out of the pocket SO quickly that he
taars the waistcoat and then makes OIL.
That's clear enough, but the question is:
What was it he wantedl A case with jewelss
MOI II could not have been anything so
bulky. or the dead man would never have
carried it about inside his waistcoat. 1t was
something fiat, which could easily lie in the
pocket-a paper-some valuable paper which
tba assassin wanted, and for which he killed
the other.
"This is all very WELL" said Mr.. Gorby,
throwing down the waistcoat, and rising,
al have found number two before number
one The first question is: Who is the muir
dered MANI He's a stranger in Melbourne,
that's pretty clear, or else some one would be
sure TO have recognized him before now by
the description given In the reward. Now,
wonder if he has any relations here's Fri
vate lodgings more like, and landiady VINO
doesn't read the papers and doesn't gossip OF
she'd have known all about it by this tlme'
Now. if he did live, as | think in private
lodgings, and suddenly disappeared, his land
lady wouldn't keep quiet It's whole week