St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-31

into the secretary's private office.
"Yes?" replied Mr.. Haddem, interro-
gatively.
Eyes; this gentleman, Mr.. Corser-
(and Mr.. Quelch nodded his head toward
self both in build and in looks)-"this
gentleman and l are going over to Paris
to visit my brother there, who has re-
turned lately from Australia; and
want to know if that would invalidate
the policy"
"Oh, no, not at ALL" answered the Sec
rotary; ''your policy permits you to
travel anywhere in Europe without ex-
ira premium or new arrangement"
"That's all right, then" said Mr..
Quelch, in satisfied tone. 81 didn't,
you see. want to run any risk-not that
it would matter much to me-" he added,
with a laugh, "but my brother would
be disappointed if anything happened
to me, and he didn't get the money. AS
my only relative, he expects it, no
doubt"
"Well. hope he'll have to wait for it
and our own, Mr.. Quelch," responded
the secretary, smiling.
mo doubt, Mr.. Haddem, no doubt.
Good morning"
AS the two men left the Office the sec
rotary looked cautiously after them.
'How very much alike they are." he
said to himself, with their broad
shoulders and cold blue eyes and bushy
boards. Talk about brothers, / never
saw two brothers as like each other as
those two men are, and yet dare say
they are not related III the least. Very
peculiar"
The busy secretary then turned his
attention to other matters, and soon all
recollection of MI. Quelch and his friend
vanished from his mind. Not many
days had elapsed, however, before it
was recalled again in way that he was
not likely to forget; for one morning,
not week after their visit, on opening
the newspaper, the first thing that
caught his eye was the following:
TERRIBLE RAILWAYMURDERIN FRANCE
Our Amiens correspondent. telegraph
ing yesterday, says: This morning
the dead body of man was found on
the railway track few miles south of
the AmienS station. From papers found
upon him, he appears to be an English
man, named William John Quelch. He
must either have fallen, or been thrown
from passing train.
Later-From facts which have just
come to light, it seems certain that
Quelch has been murdered. He was last
seen alive at AmienS station, where he
was drinking with another Englishman.
On the arrival of the night mail they
were shown together into an empty
compartment by a porter. who says that
they then seemed on the best terms.
However that may be. the injuries on
Quelch's body show beyond doubt that
he was stunned, if not killed, by blow
on the head, from life-preserver or
lOadad stick, and afterWard thrown
from the carriage. The absence of his
watch and chain and money strengthens
the suggestion of murder.
The detectives as yet have been I'M
able to trace the subsequent movements
of the deceased's companion and sup
posed murderer. The porter at AmienS
describes him as strikingly resembling.
the victim, but dressed in tweeds and
blue Sailor-like OvercOat. Nobody
answering this description was seen by
the railway servants leaving the train
at Paris, or any of the intermediate sta
lions. Of course it is possible he did
so; but the detectives are rather in
clined to believe that he jumped from it
at some of the points where speed is
slackened. The greatest eXertiOnS are
being made to trace him.
$50, So" said Mr.. Haddem to him
self, as he finished reading this shock
ing narrative. "The brother in Paris
won't have to wait long. after all. for
that S. 900 insurance. And his friend
who looked so like him-whats his
name-yes. Corser; so Corser murdered
him. suppose the companion spoken
of must be COrSer. Well, must COM
municate with the police at once. My
information may help them to catch the
scoundrel."
But it did not. The detectives, both in
England and France. exerted themselves
to the utmost, but beyond establishing
the identity of Corser and Quelch's
companion at Amiens, their efforts
proved fruitless. Not the slightest
trace of the alleged murderer's move
ments after the crime could be discOv-
cred; nobody answering his description
had been seen alighting from the train
at any station or going about the dis
trict through which the railway ran. In
fact, Corser had disappeared as COM
pletely as if he had melted into thin air.
Meanwhile, Quelch's brother, from
Paris-James Walter Quelch-had ap-
peared upon the scene. Seeing the ac-
count in the newspapers of the tragedy
at Amiens, he had hurried the next day
to that place, and there identified his
brothers. body. BE knew nothing, how
ever about Corser, except that his
brother had asked to be allowed to
bring him with him to Paris, and he
use to the police.
1t was about six weeks after the
crime; Quelch's body had been long
ago buried, and the efforts to discover
his murderer had been greatly relaxed,
when Mr.. Haddem one morning re-
ceived a letter from the brother iii Paris.
It Informed the secretary that the
writer had been appointed sole executor
]. Quelch'S will, and claimed payment
of the policy of insurance on his life.
Now, Mr.. Haddem had not the slight
est intention of paying the sum of $4,000
in response to a letter merely. Even
when the account was small, and there
were no unusual circumstances in the
case, he commonly took little time to
consider everything before paying; and
here, where the amount was large and
the cause of death murder, he thought
himself justified in delaying payment as
long as he possibly could, and accord
ingly, instead of forwarding check, as
Mr.. j. w. Quelch requested, he simply
wrote, asking Mr.. j. W. Quelch to apply
for payment personally.
No response was made to this letter
till week had elapsed. Then, one aft
e1noon, Mr. Haddem was startled by
having j. W. Quelch announced by
clerk. The next moment the late Mr..
Quelch's brother walked into Mr.. Had
denis private office.
Keenly, and with experienced eyes,
Mr.. Haddem scrutinized the man as he
came forward. The man noticed this.
and seemed to quail somewhat under the
gaze. This did not escape Mr.. Haddem,
who made a note of it, and drew con-
clusion from it-that before the policy
was paid matters should be Investigated.
Another thing struck Mr.. Haddem-
j. W. Quelch, though clean-shaved, was
extremely like his deceased brother.
But that was not the important point.
There was something about him which
made Mr.. Haddem feel almost sure he
had seen him before. and Mr.. Haddem
seldom made mistake about such