Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-26
TheAlyteryOfaHan aHanSOnCab
By FERGUS ". HUME
CHAPTER ".

dWell said Mr. COrby Addressing his re-
aection IN the looking elass. "rye been And.
inc ont things these last twenty wears. but
this q A puxzler. and no mistake.r
Mr. 0orby was shaving. and as yvas his
usual custom conversed with his reflection
1HanR IL he said. tbouehtfully stroppine
his razor. "a thing with an end must have a
start. and II I don't get the start how am I
10 get the endrn
As the mirror die not answer this Question.
Mr.. Gorby lathered his face. and started
shaving In n somewhat mechanical fashion.
for his thoughts wers with the case. and ran
ON In this manner.
There are three things to be discovered
First. who Is the dead mani Second, what
was he killed for2 And third. who did (. 2
Once I get hold of the first the other two
won't be very hard to find out, for ono can
tell pretty well from n 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 ont what that motive was Love 2
No. it wasn't that-men in love don't po TO
r,ch lenctbo In reaI ifo--thev do in novoIs
and nlavs hut, I've never seen Il occurring in
INV eYner;ence Robherv1 No tbera was
nleptv of money in his roctet Ravsnga /,
Now. really IL might be that : it's a kind of
thing that carries on most people further
than tbev want to 90 There was no Vic.
lence used for his clothes weren't torn so
he must have been taken sudden md before
he knew what the other chan was M to. Bv
the way don't think | examined his clothes
suffIcientlv There MIGHT he somethino about
Them to give a clew: at any rate. it's worth
looking after. SO I'll start with his clothes"
So Mr.. Gorby. after he had finished dress
ing and had his breakfast. walked quickly TO
tbe nolice station. where he asked for the
clothes of the deceased to be shown to him,
When be received them he went intoa corner
bv himself and started to examine them.
There was nothing remarkable about the
coat os II was merely n well cut and well
made dress coat SO with a crunt of dissatis-
faction Mr.. Gorby threw it on one side and
picked I'D the waistcoat.
Here he found something that interested
him yery much. and that was a pocket made
on the left hand yde of the waistcoat and on
The inside
"Now, what the deuce is this forY' said
Mr.. Gorby. scratching his head; 'it amt
usual for a dress waistcoat to have n pocket
on its inside, as Pm aware of; and" con-
tinued tho 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 carry something
valuable-so valuable that he had to carry it
with him even when he wore evening clothes
Ahl here's q tear on the side nearest the out
Al l. l.
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 by
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
tears the waistcoat and then makes off.
That's clear enough, but the question is:
What was it he wantedl A case with Jewels?
Mol 1t could not have been anything so
bulky, or the dead man would never have
carried it about inside his waistcoat. 1t was
something fat, which could easily lie in the
pocket-a paper-some valuable paper which
the assassin wanted, and for which he killed
the other
"This is all very well," said Mr. Gorby,
throwing down the waistcoat, and rising,
II have found number two before number
one The first question is: Who is the mur-
dered mana He's 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 herel Pri-
vate lodgings more like and 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 whole week
since the murder, and as the lodger has not
been seen nr 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
fer her to do would be to advertise for him;
no I'll have look at the newspapers. nJ
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
he was murdered" said MIR. Gorby to
and n,,,no,. - ba ,inh. & s, .4s, o.o"eea 81,