The National tribune., 1897-05-27

come to the city. He hadn't worn it be-
fore since last Winter The murderer has
carefully removed all the rapers. Either
the possession of the papers was the object
of the murder, or the murderer wanted to
destroy the identity of the body, probably
because he was the last man seen in COM
pany with his victim. But we may find
something in the other pockets"
The vest pockets developed nothing hut a
couple Of swollen and soggy cigars and the
smaller half of broken mustach-comb
The watch was gone, but piece of broken
chain still hung in the button-hole. The
chain was rather heavy, of a peculiar pat
tern, and elaborately wrought.
" It was probably quite fine watch for a
man of his means to carry said the County
Physician to Kent. "He was very careful
of it. This fastening shows he was afraid Of
having it snatched, and it must have been
considerable trouble to him to change from
one vest to another. The chain was very
heavy, and apparently Of unusually fine
gold, for it has worn away where it rubbed
against the satin, and the links have broken.
cheaper chain would have been harder
and stronger. Still, we can't tell whether
the watch was taken by his murderer or
fell out of his pocket and was torn off by a
propeller wheel"
Have you found nothing on the body
yet to identify it?" asked a voice. which
somehow grated most unpleasanily on
Kent's ear. 1t was not because it was cold
and metallic, and had ring Of cruelty, but
from some other quality, for which Kent had
not as yet found name. He raised his
eyes from the Fragment of the chain, and
saw that the question had been asked by a
mn xUh ho I, rnftoo1
with the proprietor Of the yard, apparently
on something connected with coal. His APP
pearance was as little to Kent's liking as
his voice. He was man of 40 or there
abouts, with sandy mustache and goatee and
very light-blue eyes, which he did not open
wide. He was carefully dressed, but in q
style little too pronounced for business
or professional man, such as he assumed to
be, and not quite loud enough for q gambler
or q race-trael "sDorf"
No." answered the Comfy Physician (;
$50 far we have found absolutely nothing,
but we may later"
twill be too bad if you don't" said the
other. Things are in a shocking state,
with all these murders and no detection and
punishment"
Kent felt that this utterance was in some
way entirely insincere.
On the tab OF the shirt the initials +. NJ
S." were worked in red thread
In the pantaIoons pockets were knife, a
Mexican silver dollar, ring Of keys with a
metal tab, on which was stamped Z. nj. S. n
aud one of the folding poriemonnaes in use
at the time for carrying fractional currency.
| When this was opened it was found to con tain
$S. Go in worn pieces of small denominations.
Locks as If he was a retail merchant,
who had to work off a great deal OF the
mutiated smali change he took in" said the
County Physician.
Kent studied the paper sides of the porte
m0nnaie intently. 1t seemed at times that
there had been something written there
again, that it was markings soaked off the
fractional currency. He happened to look
out OF The corner OF his eye toward the
stEanger, aud saw that while he was still