The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03

the papers have got it. His dead body
was found early this morning in field in
the outskirts of Lincoln. He had been
stabbed throu h the lungs from the back,
and his head was mashed in. F'rightful
thing, isn't it,"
1T is indeed" assented Sandy.
And devilish unfortunate for me, " con-
tinued the other. Couldn't have hap
pened worse, ] had taken Scroggs' tip
for the Grand National, and planked four
ponies on Jason. Now the beggar will be
scratched of course, and | shall lose a
cool hundred without a run. Damnable,
| call it,
is any motive suggested for the muir
derl" inquired Sandy.
Robbery. they think. The earl was be
LEVIED to have had goodish sum of ready
with him. And when his corpse was
found it was stripped of everything
rings, watch, scarf-pin and all. There
are always lot of desperate sCoundrels
han ing round these towns during the
race weeks; rulfians who think nothing
of murder
1t is possible, - observed Sandy, sagely,
''that robbery was not the only motive
for this fearful crime. Perhaps there
were those who wanted Jason scratched
very badly, and were ready to go to any
lengths to obtain that result"
POSSIBLY said the other, Though it
would have been less risky to go for the
horse than for the owner, wouldn't it;
They'll move heaven and earth to nab the
murderer, and hope they'll succeed, and
that the rutian will swing Tor it, by Jove
! shall be stone broke over this internal
race unless can pull up on some other
horse, When dc you say Scroggs comes
backlH
Tomorrow evening"
I'm look in then and get new tip.
He'll be in pretty way about this fiasco,
too. expect
indeed he viii. And so will many
others. There'll not have been such a
sensation in sporting circles for many
years"
On his way home from the Office that
evening Sandy purchased several news
papers, in which he read for himself
graphic accounts of Lord Coltsfoot's MUIR
der 1t appeared that the unfortunate
earl must have been attacked unawares
from behind, while walking along field
foo path In the outskirts Of Lincoln, TO
which town he had come that very day
for the races. His murderer or murder
ers, after eLecting their fell purpose, had
then dragged his body to the side of the
field, and oncealed it in ditch, where it
was found next morning by laborer
going TO his work. Robbery" said the
account, sis believed to have been the
motive for the crime. The police, how
ever, are naturally reticent; though it
is understood that they have Obtained
an important clew to the murderer S
IDENTIFY
Next morning brought fuller and more
detailed reports. Sandy settled down to
the Daily Telegraph, as soon as he reached
the once, and read every word of the
three columns which that journal devoted
to the sensaJ ional crime.
The accounts which had appeared in
the evening papers were substantially
zorro oorated, though a great deal was
added. Especially the statement re-
lating to the crew which the police were
said TO have obtained, was ampliied and
enlarged upon.
1T is rumored here wrote the Tele-
graphs Lincoln correspondent that an
import ant communication has been made
to the police which will probably lead to
an arrest and some startling revelations.
From this cCount it would appear that a
gentleman resident IN Lincoln happened TO
be passing along the path IN question on
Monday night. when he met man
whom be recogni .ed-walking rapidly in
the direction and within a stone s throw
of the SPOT where Lord Clotsfoot was
murdered. IL was then about y O'Clock p.
m. almost the hour which medical testi-
mony had fixed for the time of the un-
fortunate earl's death. The moon was
lust beginning to rise, and there was n
Gent light, this Lincoln gentleman de-