Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-10
CHAPTER ".
MIR. COREY MAKES A START.

MIR. COREY MAKES A START.
 "Wen," said MT. Gorby, addressing his re- fection in the looking glass, "rve been find ing out things these last twenty years, but this is a puzzler, and no mistake"
 MT. 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 I don't get the start how am to get the endg'
 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 be discovered- First, who is the dead mana Second, what was he killed for z And third, who did it Once I get hold of the first the other two won't be very hard to find out, for one can tell pretty we'll from 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 I must find out what that motive was. Love Nc, it wasn't that-men in love don't go to such lengths in real Efe-they do in novels and plays, but I've never seen 1t occurring in my experience Robberya No, there was plenty of money in his pocket. Revenge Now, really it might be that it's 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, I don't think examined his clothes sufficiently. There might be something about them to give clew; at any rate, it's worth looking after, so I'll start with his clothes"
 So Mir. 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 be received them he went into a 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 grunt of dissatis- faction MT. 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 forT' said Mir. Gorby, scratching his head; ''it ain't | usual for a dress waistcoat to have a pocket on its inside, as I'm aware of; and," con- tinued the detective, greatly excited, ''this ain't 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 1t, and it was made to carry something valuable-so valuable that he had to carry 1t with him even when be wore evening clothes. 1 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 I l.. IA1I resists, upon which the other kills him by means of the chloroform which he had with him, and being afraid that the cab will stop, and he will be found out, snatches what he wants out of the pocket so quickly that he tears the waistcoat and then makes off. That's clear enough, but the question is: What was it he wanted? A case with jewels2 Nol It could not have been anything so bulky, or the dead man would never have carried it about inside his waistcoat It was something flat which could easily lie in the l pocket-a paper-some valuable paper which the assassin wanted, and for which he killed the other.
 s'This is all very we'll" said Mr. Gorby, throwing down the waistcoat, and rising, 'I have found number two before number one. The first question is: Who is the mur- dered man2 He's 8 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, l | wonder if he has any relations here? Pri- vate lodgings more like, and a landlady who doesn't read the papers and doesn't gossip, or she'd have known all about it by this time. Now, if he did live. as think, in private lodgings and suddenly disappeared, his land lady wouldn't keep quiet. It's a whole week since the murder, and as the lodger has not been seen or heard of, the landlady will naturally make inquiries If, however, as surmise, the lodger is stranger, she will not know where to inquire; therefore, under these circumstances the most natural thing for her to do would be to advertise for him; so I'll have look at the newspapers"
 Mr. Gorby got file of the different news. papers, and looked carefully in the columns where missing friends and people who will
 hear something to their advantage are gen orally advertised for.
 ssHe was murdered" said Mir. Gorby tc
 himself, Ion Friday morning, between
 and o'clock, so he might stay away ttl
 Monday without exciting any suspicion. Or
 Monday, however, the landlady would begir , to feel uneasy, and on Tuesday she would advertise for him. Therefore," said Mir : Gorby, running his fat finger down tht
 column, "Wednesday it is"
 It did not appear in Wednesdays paper
 neither did it in Thursdays, but in Friday
 issue, exactly one week after the murder Mr. Gorby suddenly came on the following advertisement: