Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-04

pointing to litter of objects upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs. "A gold watch. No. 9i. l6S, by Barraud of London: gol;l Albert chain, very heavy and solid; gold ring, with Masonic de- vice: gold pin. bulldogs head, with rnhios as eyes; Russian leather cardcase, with cards uf Enoch I, Drebber of Cleveland, corresponding with the F. J. D. upon the linen; no purse, but loose money to the extent of g1 l3s. pocket edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron, . with name of Joseph Stangerson upon the fly leaf; two letters, one addressed to E. I. Drehher and ono to Joseph Stan gerSon,
 At what address:'
 American Exchange, Strand, to be left till called for, They are both from the Guiun~ Steamship company and re fer to the sailing of their boats from Liverpool. It is clear that this unfortu- nate man was about to return to New York. ''
 Have you made any inquiries as to this man Stangerson?"
 II did it at once, sir, said Gregson, II have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers. and ono of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but ha has not returned yet.
 Have you sent to Cleveland?"
 We telcgraphed this morning"
 How did you word your inquiries
 We simply detailed the circum. stances and said that we should be glad of any information which could help us.
 'You did not ask for particulars on any point which appeared to you to be Crucial:"
 Il asked about Stangerson.
 Nothing else: Is there no circum- stance on which this whole case ap- pears to hinge: Will you not telegraph again:'
 II have said all have 10 say" said Greg>on in an offended voice.
 Sherlock Holmes chuckled to himself and appeared to be about to make some remark, when Lestradc, who had been in the frCnt room while We were hold ing this conversation in the hall, reap peared upon the scene. rubbing his hands in pompou> and self satisfied manner.
 MT. GIegson, he said. II have just made discovery of the highest inlpor- tauce and one which would have been overlooked had not made careful examination of the walls.
 The little mans eyes sparkled as he spoke, and he was evidently in a state of suppressed oxultatinn at having scored a point against his colleague.
 Come herv. he >aid busthng back into the room, the atmosphere of which felt cleaner sine the removal uf its ghastly inmate. Now stand there. :"
 He struck match on his boot and held it up against the wall.
 Look al that. " he said triumphantly.
 have remarked that the paper had fallen away i'll parts In this partiCu lar corner of the room large piece haj peeled off, leaving a yellow square 0i coarse plastrripg Across this bar, space there was scr3wlCd in hlool rcC letters a $in2l, word. "Rachr,
 What do you think of that" criet the detective with the air If A >h"wma exhibiting lis show. This was over looked because it Was i'll the tarllrs corner uf the room, and no Wne thought of looking there. The murderer ha writt,n 1t with his UT her own llood St.t this >nl, .Ir where it h"~ tr4:kl,; down the wall, That dl>p9>,s rt th, idea of suicide anyhow, Woy Was thn corner cI'u>Cl Ia writv 1t ul; will tel you Ne,' thtt candle on the mantri piece. IL Wa~ lii tt the time and if i was lit tni~ ,eruvr would hr tnr bright H.. |, wall. "
 And What Gv>- it a>2u. Hvw t!:l \ you have tonul jt:" asked tir.g>un in ieprecat"lv voice,
 Mean: Why, il mean, that the write was going la rut the frmalc name Ra chel, but WAS disturbed before he or sh, had time [" finish You mark my words when this ease come tu be cleared Ul you will find that woman named Ra chel has something tn do with 1t It. all very well for you :o laugh, Mir. Shcr lock Holmes You may be very smar and clever. hut the old hound k the be> l when all is said and done II really beg your pardon, said m. ] companion. who had ruffied the httl mans temper by bursting into all oxplu sion of laughter You certainly hav ! the credit of hcinG the first of us to fin this out. and. as you sav. it bears ever. | mark of having been written hy tn other participant in last nights mvS l tery. l have not had time tn eNamin this room vet, but with your permission shall do so HOW.
 1 As he spoke ho whipped a tape meas ure and a large, round maSnifying Slas | from his pocket, With these implC l ments he trottcd nniselCSSly about tn room. sometimes stopping, occasion | ally kneeling and once lying flat upol his face. So cngrosSed was he with hi occupation that h" appeared to hay } forgotten our presence. for he chatterct away to himself under his breath tn whole time keeping up a running fir of exclamations. groans whistles an little cries suggestive of encouragemen and of hope. AS I watched him l wa irresistibly reminded of pure blCoded we'll trained foxhound as it dashes back ward and forward through the covert whining in its eagerness, until it come across the lost sCrnt For 20 minutes O | more he continued his researches, meas uring with the most exact care the dis tance between marks which were ell tirely invisible to me and occasionall i applying his tape to the walls in n equally incomprehensible manner. I one place he gathered very carefully little pile uf gray dust from the fioo and packed II away in an envelope Finally hr examined with his glass tn word upon the wall. going over ever letter of ii with the most minute ez actnc>S T!:i> done, he appeared to h satisfied. ia: lac replaced his tap" an his gi:.s> lu las pock"t.
 They ssv ,hat genius is an infinit capacity for taking pains. he remark ed. with smile, "It's a very bad def milton, hut | d"gS apply to detectiv work ''
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