Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17


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sl.ld snos1 l- q tle f-EA ana cool ~
belai he returned ~ wise lotel
he gave names aal as.dgess-s ga PIN
T aleiphL. Whereby als statements could
/ b. verified ~ telegraph
Iaa erseslt. isaalFer. determined
C. hoi4 him unll serllcali0n could be
I Ia le
10 tais Wass.ns acqaieseed 81 readily
I tha- la-4goos was convinced hs had
no,hius % ts@F irom = tis-t.ou.
81 espE-s las A.us = ie remarked 70
I ths sergeant. hs carelu yol do nos
have sll for false aFg.-oament on
yo,r hands"
Ihe eog-ler husaea. tug would say
I nothing to relieve tae officer
Have 10 fear. said Wessing. "you
are ouly doing your duty"
Ills cmpl-4saHce secured for Wessing
the cap,aiL's room for tie night rather
than a eell
ho.arooz having nothing 70 detaiu
him. went away.
When he reached the square he went
over o. t-e spol where tae murder had
been done. He had uo purpose in going
there; ga irreals,lo.e impalse-a strong
fascination n-,.rew hlu ,hither.
The square was deserted again and
quiet reiamed The rcye.ers had gone
back 90 t-eir hauats. Tire trumps o. their
benches ia the p1rs. tAe might hawks"
slers again On thcir boxes. while they
awaited the b.iatcd ones who might r.
Qulre their services The moon shonc
brightly. Thosl,-nce Was oppressive; uu-
broken only It intervals by The snatches
OF drunken song in tls distance and the
occasional rumble of the trains on Third
avenue.
Hol5rook meditated on the uncertainty
OF l..e. The man Tcmple1on was young.
stvCus, in health. and in moment he
had been struck down and was dead lie
walked the streets lte at night himself
at times, and the same fate might rs
easily have been his Bltthis manifcstlv
was not murder for the purpose CT rob
berry. and was * a wautou blow struck
il sheer wickc3ncss through last for
bloolt Hardly such things DO not occur
in our civilization There WAS a motive
for The act, strong one doubtless. The
discovery of the motive would lead to the
discovery OF tie murderer The first
effort Of the police would doubtless be TO
discover that motive.
As he stood something sparkled. under
the sudden ilaring Of a distant electric
light. at his feet.
lie picked Up the shining object.
Il was a cur button--a round. gold
button with diamond imbedded i'm its
top.
IIolbrook looked about him. The
murdered man must have lain upon Ii.
""h hen was thar LOST he muttcred
TO himself DOCS it have any ccnnec-
ton with this MURDER"
"Pshaw." he added, 1t may have lain
there all night Bat stop! The street
sweeping machine passed over this suot
twenty minutes or less bcfore the two
met and would have swept it away"
Re examined it closely.
The button belongs 70 man who
commands money and is particular in
his dress. Good B.r keepers and DO
hcemon 90 moi wear diamond buttons Of
this kind. nor ca1hies, nor tramps sleep
ms in the park, nor indeed many law
yers. Il belonged either 10 the mur-
dercd man or his murderer"
lie felt pleased with himself and
thought he would make a shrewd dc
tectire
Perhaps it belongs to the coroner" he
SAIL aloud. Not probable" he added
on another thought "A coroner awak-
ened in the middle Of the night to view
a body recently killed would hardly ar
ray himself with diamond buttons. At
all events l suppose I must turn it over
to the authogities in the meantime I
shall 90 20 bed"
He uut tie button in his purse and en-
tered bis hotel
It was a curious coincidence that a.
the momeu. Hoibrook picked up the but
ton young man Of fashion, who had
iust returned from Eis club TO his apart-
men,s. half a mile distant. took oil his
coat and discovered that the buttonholos
ot his right cuff were torn out and his
cuff button gone.
lie looked az It a moment. muttered an
oath end asked himself. How was that
d0nes'
Then he proceeded with his disrobing.
on Ts-r---s ~