The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-02-18

On the soft mud and 1eaves WA -
|1mpfessio& a 4 : heaSy body had been
|lzid there; near TIE imefes1lon, lying
al the avound VIZ = spede ard at :
distance of fsw feet the ground hed
been dug up. as II II had besn intsnled
to bury the body there.
On the river bank the footprints
were again found. This time they
pointed forward, and not Backward
and the impression was clear and
sharp.
The body must have been carried.
The river at this point was deep and
sluggish; there would be no little diff
Guilty in dragging II
Drags were sent for and the in-s
spector went home to breakfast, leav-
| ing policeman in charge OF the prem
ises, with orders TO admit no one en-
Icept on bnsinesA
The Inspector had hardly fniShed bis
breakfast when Policeman Jones 70
turned from Balston. # 81
He had been eminently successful.A
| The bank manager had identified the
numbers on the paper. as those OF the
bank notes paid the day before 70 the
captain.
The money, it appeared, had been
paid TO him In pursuance Of an order
contained in letter received that Sat
urday morning from their London cor
respondents, Cowie, Nabob &c Co., the
great China and Indian bankers.
Jones had then made inquiries in the
town and at the railway station.
| At the station he found that man
in greatcoat and wide-awake hat,
| who was muffied up in comforter,
and who seemed to avoid observations
had left that morning for London BY
the $50 train.
| He had offered 95 note in payment
| for his ticket.
The clerk remembered this from the
difficulty he had in getting change sos
early on the Sunday morning. The
note was produced, and found to DO
one of those stolen from the captain.
The drags had now been at work
some time, but without success. The
river had been dragged up and down,
| and side ways and across, and at every
conceivable angle, but no body had
been found
The inspector was getting impatient.
when gig drove up to the building"
and dapper little man in frock coat
1 buttoned to his chin, and with heavy
black ustache, jumped out.
| The crowd which had collected by
this time made way respectfully, for it
was whispered that the stranger was
no other that Detective Perkins from
London.
In a few minutes the detective had
heard all that the inspector had to tell,
They entered the building The
crowd outside was getting more ex-
cited.
They thought that, now the London
| detective had come, the murderer
| would soon be dragged from his hiding
place and handed over to justice.
Time, however. went on, and Per
kins was still inspecting the premises,
while his character was rapidly falling
| in the opinion of the crowd outside.
s.He.s no eeniuror. told We so
afore," said one sturdy countryman,
who had been skeptic from the first.
| And this time his assertion did not
meet with the disapprobation it had
called when pronounced half an hour
/ before. The crowd was tired of wait
ing.
Perkins, meanwhile, unconscious of
hottie criticism, had looked over the
kitchen and Mary's bedroom, but with
out making and discovery. When he
came to the captains bedroom he stood
in the middle of it and took general
survey
He then proceeded to the details. He
raised the chairs and then put them
down again in their original position,
repeating this operation two or three
times, watching with great interest
how they fell
Then he came to the bed. He looked
at it from all points-first at full view.
and then three-quarters, then one side
view, and then the other side view, till
he had exhausted it and the patience
4 of the inspector.
i He then stood. and mentally threw
himself upon it in such a position as to
make the impression which still re-
manned ON it.
There was some hitch, for he shook
his head. He pulled out the drawers
and examined the wardrobe of the de-.
ceased man.
A pair of boots lying in the corner
of the room next attracted his atten-
ton.
4 He examined them carefully Some,
thing in the lining of one of them
seemed to interest him, for he brought
out his pocketbook and referred to
something written in it. He then ex-
amined the boot again, and seemed
satisfied, for he pocketed it.
At last Perkins finished his examin-
alton of the bedroom, and went down
stairs, inspecting each stair as he
went.
These we re apparently more satisfac-
tory, for his face frightened consider
ably, and after he had been shown the
traces of blood along the floor of the
sitting-room, ithad expanded to a broad
grin.
You see how it was done?" asked
the inspector, whose opinion OF nPerk-
ms had by this time reached the lowest
ebb.
Perkins smiled; he was not the man
to commit himself.
He walked to the table, and turned
over the books and papers till he found
some sheets of blotting paper.
These he examined attentively, hold
ing them in every possible direction
The result seemed to be very satisfac-
tory, for he pocketed them.
The footprints in the garden, the
half dug grave under the trees, and the
impression in the wet leaves seemed to
interest him little.
He examined them, but only like one
preoccupied with his own thoughts.
They came to the river bank.
j We're dragging the river" said the
inspector, pointing to the two boats
which had now been working unsuc-