Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-06
CHAPTER NH

4~t. 10 sS greeted US Wa; SO nlu!Htuif.S ;!,. .'., l..l- expected that W2 WIT ":! l--r-,. I,.l~:y dumiuuudld. tSivgsuu sI,ral.1 cat of his chair and u,syt the rt'lIaiudrr oi his whisky and wa;lr stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were com pressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.
 S,argerson, tool he mutterod 'Tho plot thickens. '
 It was quite thick enough before, :" grumhled Lestradc, taking a chair. ''l seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war '
 Are yoU-are YoI sure If thls piece of in:elhgenCe:' stammCrCd Grcgson.
 II havo just come from his room. said Lestrade. "l w.,s the first to dis covpr what had ucvurrrd.
 We have br,n hearing Grcgsou 's view of the matter. Holmes observed. ''Would you mind l,ttIaG us know what vou have seen al.d Gunr:"
 II have no ,llrrt.,n. " Lestradc an swrv,,l. seating h!u.>llf Il freely con. it>, t..at waS of the opinion that StIH;;, cSCu V.Hs cvncl:ntd i'll the death If Nr, uhvr, This fr,sh development las >hown mo that l w;jS completely mis taken. Full 0f the oi:r idea. l Srt myself i' l!Eu ont what E:Id l., come of the sec r: tIry Thy had teen sun together at t,u~Iou s;a;:on about half past x on the s'vrH!uS of the Gd At , ia ,hc morning Dryhl,r had ty,n i, md ill the BriXton road The question which coutruntCd me wAS tu find out ku|S $tunGursUn had ban employed between SEQ and the tune uf the crime and N-!...t had become If hlm aft>rw3rd 1 tu.c-rIphcd to Liv trYOrl civluS a description of the man A:Il warning them 10 keep a watch upon tine American boats then S,t 10 work calling upon all the hotels and lodging houses in the vicinity of Euston You >,r. argued that Ii Drcbber and his companion had become separated the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night and then to hang about the station again next morning"
 They would be likely to agree on some meeting place Beforehand, re- marked Holmes,
 50 it proved spent the whole of yesterday evening i'll making inquiries entirely without avail. This morning began vrry early. and at s o'clock reached Halliday Private hotel in Lit tie George street, On my inquiry as to whether a MT Staugcrson was living thcro they at once answered me in the affirmative,
 No doubt you are the gentleman he was expecting, they said. He has been waiting for gentleman for two days
 "'Whcro k he now asked. 'Ilo Is u2 stairs in bed. Ho wished | to bc called at 9
 Tt seemed to me that my sudden ap- pcarauco might shake his nerves and | lead him to eay something unguarded. | The boots volunteered to show me the room It v1> on the second floor, and thrro WAS q mall corridor leading mp tC 1 1t Thn h,:utS pointed out the door tC mo and WIS about 10 go down stairs again wh Il l >;.NE SumcthinC that made | me feel >lr,l~.!, i'll sHItr of my 70 years experience From under the door there | CUrluh a little red rihhun of blood, whicl 1 had mUand,ruu across the passage 0nC | formed litilv pool along the skirting at the other ,Idc gavo a cry, whicl | brought tho l:Drts back. He nearly | talntrd wien hr SAW II. Tho door wa lock, Il un the inside. but We put Oul shoulders tu lt ;nd knocked it in. Tn, window cf the room was open. and be >ldr tho v;lul.ow. all huddlcd up, la' the ryly fl man in his nightdrCss l Nr WAS Quiir dead and had been fo
 ! cold WEcY We turned him over, tn boots rCcp-rlzrI him at once as boinl the same gentleman who had Cngaget the room unl,r the name of Josepl S;anHrTSnn The cause of death was dvru stab iu thr left side, which mus have p,nri 'a'cl the heart And nov c0mts tlc >,ra;4.>t part of the affair What do vuu suppose was above th mur,Ar2l uiau.
 itcltacrryflIG of the flesh and n pre- SCutlmeut cf corning horror, even hefor } Sherlock Hulrl,< au>v:, rcd.
 "Thc word Rachr, written Tn lo;ter of hlr"d " ho s@ld.
 That vas It. sand Lcstrado ill a awt>trur!. voice and wo were all sileu for awhile
 ) There WAS something SD mcthodic: and so inromprchenSiblc about the deed of thls unknown assassin that it in . parted a fresh ghastlinoSs to his crime: My nerves. which were steady cnouE ou the field of battle. tingled as l thouGl of it
 "1hc Elam was seen, continued Lt . s:rada "A EllkbUv. passing on his WI to the dalry. happened to walk down tt
 lane winch leads from tho news at u hack of the hotol lie noticed that
 ladder which usnally lay there. ".
 raised against ore of the windows of Il second floor. which was wide open. Af
 cr passing l.u looked back and saw
 man descend the ladder He came dow
 so quietly and openly that the boy in , aClnCd hlin 10 ho some carpenter ] lolncr at work i'll the hotel. He took I
 particular uutice of him beyond thin = ing m hIs own mind that 1t was ear
 for hlm 10 be at work He has an 1T :. presslru that the man was tall. had 3 reddish face and was dressed Ill lOl 4- browmsh coat He must have staid !. the room some little time after the mu E der. for we found blood stained water the basin. where he had washed
 hands, and marks on the sheets whe
 he had deliberately wiped his knife ' o glanced at Holmes on hearing u , description of the murderer. which ti
 lied so exactly with his own. There wa
 however. no trace of exultation or sat ,a faction upon his face.
 5t Did you find nothing in the roc
 which could furnish a clew to the mt
 dcrer:" he asked.
 Nothing StanSersOn had Drebbel
 purse in his pocket. but it seems th
 this was usual. as he did all the payir > There was eighty odd pounds in it, | ,, nothing had been taken. Whatever
 motives of these extraordinary crim,
 rnhharr la cortninlv nnk one of tha