The morning call., 1894-12-17

Ware aud close his mouth would have
been but the work OF an ms ant for one OF
the robbers. while the other piled the steel
To the body as long as there was struggle
left in it.
That would explain the seeming ferocity
OF the assassln-not desire to wreak
vengeance on the body of an enemy To
stab and stab and stab again 10 the sheer
desire to torture and disfigura, but the cold
calcula ion of q burglar, who wished no
interruption.
Ii burglary was not the motive, argues
Mr.. Carroll, why were the drawers. half a
dozen of them, taken from their places and
set on the prescription counter. Ware,
certainly, would never do that. He was
generally familiar with the contents of all
of them and when he had had occasion, a
short time before the tragedy, TO open sew
eral of them for George B. Starr. who in
qured for Peruvian bark, he had only
pulled them out an inch or two
With burglars, naturally, the case wouI
he different. They would take the drawers
from their places behind the prescriptions
case for a least TWO reasons. In the first
place they would be screened from observa-
ton there better than even in the dim
haf-light of the store, and. secondly, they
could hold them down and examine them
by the aid of matchlight Ii Mr. CAROLS
theory is true they certainly did both of
these things, besides first satisfying them
selves that the money was not In he CASH
register by opening 1t with the So lever,
instead of the $40 one, as Ware or any OF
those familiar with its workings would do.
The lighting of matches, their flashing
for a moment at Il time, would explain
some of the discrepancies as to the time
lights were in the store in the statements
of various witnesses.
Butno matter how much Mr.. Carroll or
MIR. FoutS are IMPRESSED with this theory,
the police do not believe it. There are
too many things unexplained to make it a
clear case; they cannot reason why, if the
dark-eyed woman who expressed the de-
sire 10 shake the man in the light coat had
no hand in the murder. she dees not come
forward and explain herself. For the
same reason they cannot explain why the
man in the light coat is so backward. For
the maniac's actions, OF course, no eXpla-
nation is needed. Maybe, and the chances
largely are, he had not the slightest 10 do
with 1t. Maybe he had
So, with the exception Of the people seen
and the possible clews run down yesterday,
everybody is just a much in the dark as
ever, and it looks now as If the body of the
murdered drug clerk would be consigned
to the grave and moulder there many a
day ere the mystery Of his taking off is
cleared up. if ever.
Miss Agile Chaplin, who was thought to
have effected a mysterious disappearance
Saturday. bobbed up in CAPTAIN Lees of
fec yesterday, under the impression that
there was general desire 10 question her
more fully as to her knowledge of Ware.
AS II III mockery of the efforts of the de-
tectiyes co unravel the mystery, she car
ried in her hand paper-cOyered novel,
"a Slender Clew."
That's not detective story" said Miss
Chaplin. as she noticed several pairs of
eyes gazing in fascination of the title.
TITS very good story, though"
She explained her absence of Saturday
by staling that she had not felt very we'll
and didn't care to be bothered by inter
viewers. She had, therefore, gone to visit
some friends In Hayes Valley. When she
had noticed in yesterdays pa pers that she
was supposed to be out OF town, she made
up her mind TO go to police headquarters
to see if she was needed.
Miss Chaplin reiterated her statements
said she had taken such an interest in
him as she would have had any other
woman take for brother of hers who was
struggling along She had no theories
and could not imagine one to fit such an
atrnci us crime.
And SO, while nearly every body is build
ing up theories and the detectives are
knocking them down. the murderer is at
large and the dead body is awaiting burial.
Definite arrangements for the fuueral
have not been made as yet but it must
take place not later than Tuesday, to COM
ply with the health regulations.