Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-12

! ] an outburst of surprise and excitement.
 'It was purely by accident, he said. Well, tell me the story. and begin at the beginning"
 | Thus adjured, his enthusiasm repressed by the total lack of it in the other, Dori- son began with his entrance into the theater, emitting no detail. l When he had finished, Cathcart shook his head dubiously.
 "What is wrongr' anxiously queried l Dorison. Do you think I erred in per 1 mitting the young fellow to get away without learning his name?" | "No; that can be easily obtained. But distrust the conclusions of your infor- nation"
 l Dorison was puzzled and said so. | "1 mean this," said the old detective. Not only did you find hand which answers perfectly to the one I want, but | you found an exact mate to the glove which you examined yesterday morning. You have found too much. If you had found the hand without the glove, or the | glove without the hand, would feel bet ter satisfied You have found so much at the first blush, which being establish ed would almost justify immediate ar rest, it shakes my confidence. I am afraid your imagination ran away with you"
 Mot in this instance" said Dorison, highly displeased and disposed to resent ment. "There could possibly be no mis- take"
 My sensation is one of disappoint- ment, and give great heed to my sensa- tions. Perhaps you may be entirely right But let me present a considera- tion to you. You do not doubt that the man who lost the glove failed to discover his loss, do you?"
 l "No."
 "Then having done so, recollecting where he removed it, and having com mitted the murders, don't you think he would be worried over the loss and would fear that by it he had given a clew to search for himself?"
 "Very probably"
 Do you think a man so worried would don an identically similar pair and go into so conspicuous place as a theater?"
 "Wel, what do you argue then?"
 Either that you have been grossly mistaken, or that the man with the thumb is not the man wanted"
 "You are discouraging. "I do not mean to be so; we must be cautious in so important matter as an arrest"
 "You must see the man yourself then, replied Dorison, much nettled. "I can do no more than tell you have found a man whose right hand corresponds pre- cisely in every particular, even to the peculiar prominence of the second knuckle, to the hand you want, and who wears glove precisely similar to the one saw yesterday morning. Now" continued Dorison, growing more ear nest, "when examined that glove paid less attention to the form of the hand it indicated than to the make, kind and color of the glove-particularly the color. 1 accepted your description of the hand as true. On seeing it saw it was one of the kind man of fashion would wear in the evening""
 "Ahi" cried Cathcart, interested. Follow up that point. Tell me what you mean?"
 "The man who wore it was in full dress. Fashions laws are memorable. At present it prescribes just that kind of a glove for evening wear, just that color. Probably ten thousand men wore just such glove last night in the cities of the east Now, that young man, put ting on full dress, would naturally draw on one of that kind. You said the man who wore the glove was bit of a dandy. This man is.
 "You have made point," said the old man. "The man we want, besides having a big thumb and prominent | srfe fon e1i hair"
 this requirement. He hesitated to reply.
 "Well," said Cathcart. "does you man answer to that?"
 "No," replied Dorison sullenly "He was short and plump, his hair was light a golden color"
 "Then he is either not the man we want, or we have come upon variation 1T our theory. However," added Cathcart "that is not to say your information ii not important. Upon the contrary, il is highly so. You must follow him up make his acquaintance, gain his regard and if possible get on terms of intimacy with him. When you have found out his haunts l must get look at him." You would do all this believing he is , not our man" asked Dorlson, with some thing of sheer.
 "I believe nothing," replied the old man testify, "but I disbelieve nothing You jump at conclusions. It is 8 bai fault, especially in an inquiry like thu one we are engaged in. You came here certain you had found the murderer Now, upon the expression of a possibl. doubt, you are certain he is not. Ye you have shown me flaw in my req soning. neither believe nor disbelieve at this stage of the game. l am ope1 to conviction on all sides. This mar with the thumb must be followed up Obtain his name-all about him."
 II had two chances at him last night I saw him afterward at the Hoffman"
 "Indeed. Was he alone?"
 "Yes, at the Hoffman. Though mar