Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-03-20

ed. They brought with them a pair of
trousers, a coat and ahat; they had been
found at different places, but on a line
with the supposed flight of the murder
er; first the coat, then the trousers and
lastly the hat-tossed on one side or the
other, on the grass.
The coroner closely examined them,
and then handed them to the sergeant.
There was nothing whatever in the pock-
cts.
They were of cheap quality, such as
you see in front of Chatham street cloth
ing stores on wire frames, marked six,
eight and ten dollars the suit.
Apparently they had never been worn
before, for the creases, which come from
being folded in piles on the counters,
were still in them.
"Worn for the purpose of being thrown
off" commented the sergeant. "Where
is the vest?'
"We didn't find any,"
look again."
The two officers moved off to obey the
order.
HAS the body been searched?" asked
the coroner
"No."
"Then search it."
Little was revealed. A handkerchief,
a pair of kid gloves, a card case filed
with cards, bearing the name of flames
Holroyd Templeton," a receipted tailor's
bill, a wallet containing memoranda, de-
scriptions of real estate in various parts
of the city, a gold toothpick, ninety-one
dollars in bills, less than dollar in silver
change, a gold watch and chain, a few
cigars.
These articles were placed in the hand
kerchief, tied up, and given to the coro-
ner.
"The body may be removed, sergeant"
| said the oroner. "Have the clothes
taken to the station house. Have you
| the names and addresses of the wit
nesses?'
"Yes; also the names Of those who
were last with the deceased"
'That is we'll"
Except the address of this man.
turning to Messing, who had never left
the side of the sergeant
az am a stranger in the city," he re.
piled. II live in Philadelphia; I came
| from there this evening"
"You came last night"
Eyes, since this is the morning, a new
day."
"'Where are you ~stopping9?"
Messing hesitated.
This made the sergeant suspicious.
i 6gT1,a tr,f&l, iS carraonf ~ cold IVoecfnn
81 have not taken lodgings yet. My va
lise is over there at that hotel" pointing
to Fourteenth street. 81 was about tt
take a turn in the park, smoke my cigal
and then go back to take a room"
"Um. Well, l will accommodate you
with lodgings for the rest of the night
"Why," said Holbrook, che saw nc
more than I did"
.'That may be-" replied the sergeant
grimly, but he may know more thar
you do. At all events, he must give &
better account of himself than he ha!
yet done"
This made Messing smile.
"That I will do, but I prefer doing 1t
at the station house rather than in this
,rowd."
"Well, let us CO."
81. will go, too" said Holbrook, who
was strongly attracted by Messing.
"As you please" rejoined the SER
geant; then turning to an officer he said:
watch the body; I will send a litter to
you as soon as I can"
Arriving at the station house, after all
had been excluded except the coroner
and Holbrook, Messing gave a straight
forward account of his coming into the
city from Philadelphia the night previ.
GUS, and his determination not to regis.
ter himself at any hotel until after he
had taken something to eat; that having
eaten at an eating house on Fourteenth
street and Lit a cigar, he thought he
would smoke it in the park and cool of
before he returned to the hotel.
He gave names and addresses in Phil.
adelphia whereby his statements could
be verified by telegraph.
The sergeant, however, determined
to hold him until v~erification could bt
made.
To this Messing acquiesced so readily
that Holbrook was convinced he hat
nothing to fear from investigation.
So expressing himself, he remarked K
the sergeant: "Be careful you do no
have a suit for false Imprisonment OF
your hands,"
This made the sergeant uneasy.
The coroner laughed, but would sa,
nothing to relieve the officer.
kIJovn No fn,- " e,tl yUa.sn~ tl-D,
are only doing your duty"
This complaisance secured for Wessinl
the captains room for the night rathe
than a cell.
Holbrook, having nothing to detail
him, went away.
When he reached the square he wen
over to the spot where the murder ha'
been done. He had no purpose in goinI
there; an irresistible impulse-a stron
fascination-drew him thither.
The square was deserted again an
quiet reigned. The jewellers had gon
back to their haunts, the tramps to thei
benches in the park, the might hawks
slept again on their boxes, while the
awaited the belated ones who might n
quire their services. The moon shon
brightly. The silence vas oppressive; III
broken only at intervals by the snatche
of drunken song in the distance and til
occasional rumble of the trains on Thir
avenue.
Holbrook meditated on the uncertaint
of life. The man Templeton was youn,
strong, in health, and in a moment b
had been struck down and was dead. q
walked the streets late at night himse
At times, and the same fate might /,
easily have been his. But this manifest
was not q murder for the purpose OF rol
berry. And was 1t a wanton blow struc
IN sheer wickedness through lust 4
biood2 Hardly such things do not occs
IN our civilization. There was q mott,
tor the not, astrong one doubtlesA 81
discovaryo k the motive would leadtoti
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