South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-02-17
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Yard an account of the murder
and any facts he might ascertain at
Balston.
After locking the bedroom door
the inspector proceeded to the
garden.
Outside the door. on the grass,
were the footprints Of q man, the
toes pointing toward the house and
the heels deeply. indented in the
soft earth.
The rest of the footprints were
partially obliterated, as if some.
thing heavy had been dragged over
them.
The murderer must have gone
out OF the sitting-room backward,
dragging the body of his victim az
ter him.
Across the small grass plot AID
halfway through the belt of trees
the footsteps continued. There
they ceased.
On the soft mud and leaves wa,
an impression as if heavy body
had been laid there. Near the i'm
preston, lying on the ground, wal
q spade, and at distance of a Few
feet the ground had been dug W
as if it had been intend:d to bur,
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 deer
and sluggish; there would be nc
little dific ulty in dragging it.
Drags were sent for and the In.
spector went home to breakfast,
leaving a policeman in charge Of
the promises with orders to admi,
no one except on business.
The Inspector had hardly finish.
ed his breakfast when Policeman
Jones returned from Balston.
he had been eminently success
full. The bank manager had iden-
tilted the numbers on the paper as
those OF the bank notes paid the
day before to the Captain.
The money, it appeared, had
been paid to him in pursuance of au
order contained in letter received
tina; Saturday morning from their
London correspondent, Cowie, Ma
bob & Co the great China aud In
dian bankers.
The drags had now been at work
some time, but without success.
The river had been dragged up and
down, and sideways and across, and
at every conceivable angle, but no
body had been found.
The Inspector was getting 1mpa-
tient, when gig drove up to the
Building" and = dapper little
man In frook coat, buttoned to
his chin, and with a hsavy black
mustaohe, jumped out.
The crowd which had collected
by this time made way very respect
fully, for it was whispered that
this stranger was no other than
Detective Perkins from London.
In q few minutes the detective
had heard all that the inspector had
to tell.
They entered tho "buildinz. /"
The crowd outside was getting
more excited.
They thought that now the Lon
don detective had come the muir
derer would soon be dragged from
his hiding place and handed over to
justice.
Time, however, went on and Per.
kins was still inspecting the prem.
ises, while bis character was rapid
y falling in she opinion Of the
crowd outside.
"Ho's no conjuror. 1 told ye so
sfore," said one sturdy country.
man who had been a skeptic from
the Arst.
And this time his assertion did
not meet with the disapprobation
it had called forth when pronounced
half an hour before, The crowd
was tired Of waiting.
Perkins, meanwhile, UNCONSCIOUS
Of hostile criticism, had looked ov-
or the kitchen aud Mary's bedroom,
but without making any discovery.
When no came to the Captains
bedroom he stood in the middle Of
It aud took q general survey.