The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-07-26

AS he spoke he pointed to 4 rcd freak
which, starting from the left side of
the dead mans coat, extended down
ward and marked the course of the tiny
stream in which the life blood had
flowed to a little pool on the floor OF the
cab.
"Shot!" exclaimed the policeman,
who turned Immediately to one of his
brother officers. Keep your eye on the
cabman. Jim. Well have to take him
in. And look out for the other man,
quick"
Then, addressing the cabman, upon
each of whose shoulders policeman 5
hand was Immediately placed, he asked,
roughly:
WHO is this man?'
The cabmau was completely sober
now. He stood, pale and trembling. be-
tween his two captors, as he replied sol
EMMY:
Before God, don't know, boss.
lever saw him before
The policeman looked at the man n
blank amaZement for an instant. Then
he turned away contemptuously
"All right, young feller,' he SAID.
you don't have to confess to me. But
guess you'll have Il chance to tell that
story to Il judge and jury"
Then he proceeded to examine the
dead mans pockets. They were empty.
Looks like robbery" he murmured.
What is it. jim? Haven't YOU rot the
other man?"
Jim had not found the other man:
for the pale young fellow in the seal.
skin cap had disappeared.
The reporter was STOPPING over the
body, while DR.. Thurston cut through
the clothing and laid bare small,
round wound.
Here is another bullet Wound" said
Stnrgis, turning over the body slightly.
and pointing out a second round hole
in the back of the dead man.
He seemed to take great interest in
this discovery. He whipped out a
steel tape and rapidly but carefully
took a number of measurements. as if
to locate the positions of the two
wounds. Then he stepped into the cab;
and. striking match after match, he
spent several minutes apparently in
eager search for something which he
could not find.
THAT is strange" he muttercd to
himself as he came out at last.
What is it?" inquired Thurston,
who alone caught the words.
But the reporter either did not hcar
or did not care to answer. lie at once
renewed his search on the brilliantly
lighted pavement in the immediate vi
entity of the cab: examining every
stone, Investigating every joint and
every rut. prodding with his cane every
lump of frozen mud. turning every
stray scrap of paper.
"Well, Doctor" he said, when al
length he rcioncd his companion, "if
you have done all that YOU can we ma,
as well go. 1t is one of the prettiest
problems | have met; but there is
nothing more for me to learn here for
the present. BY the way, as | was say
ing when | interrupted myself little
Nhll' tg'. are Noh SURE lIlt 'dblllu1l II
drunk? wish you would take another
good look at him. The question may h,
more important than it seemed al
first"
\ few minutes later the physician
and the reporter were hurrNing along
to make up for he time they had lost
the cab and the cabman had disap.
pcared in the custody of the police.
and the claimants grcwSomc fare was
ioIting through Twenty-siNth street.
in the direction Of Il small building
which stands near the East river. and
in which the stranded waits of the new
world metropolis can find rest at last.
upon Il stone slab. in the beginning OF
their eternal sleep.
broadway had resumed its holiday
aspect; The wizened ha2 al the corner
still patiently ground out h"r plaintivc
diScords: the fearful neWSboy, with
his slowly diminishing armiuI of news
papers, continued to SILVER in the cold
wind, as ne offered his stock to the
hurrying pedestrians; the big police
man again piloted his fair charges
through the mass of moving vehicles,
and the changing cable ears started
once more on their rumblng course
as if the swapping of Il thread in the
fabric OF IA city's life were thing of
constant occurrence and Of no mo-
ment.
\ few tiny dark red STAINS upon the
the story of the scene which had SO
recently been enacted in the busy
thoroughfare. Presently even these
were obIiterated by the random stroke
of a horses hoof.
The ripple had disappeared from the
surface. The stream of life was flow
ing steadily once more through the