The sun., 1903-05-31

| head, the ball entering from behind ant
below the right ear, and going clear through
| the skull and out in front fracturing th
skull completely, so that the top was iifte'
of by the doctor who made the examination
MIR. Smiths keys were hanging in thu
door 1t was evident that the work h
had had to do at his office had been finished
| Then he had started home.
| He went out of the room, and with ht
| left hand caught the door knob as he passec
through, pulling it shut behind him Tic
| had the keys In his right hand.
AS he inserted the key in the lock and
stopped slightly to lock the door, the
murderer. Who must have been standi ng
waiting in the corridor for him, put re-
volver close to his head and fired. The
hair was burned away from Nhe wound
Then the murderer after Mr.. Smith fell
TO the floor stuck the revolver into the
leg of Mr.. Smith s trousers. and went away.
Immediately the hunt began, The city
offered reward, and so did the county
and the State The members of tine society
Of which Mr. Smith had been the moving
head increased the amount ohered; so
that all told the convict ion Of the murderer
.The city police devoted themselves TO
the solution of the crime. and so did de-
tectives from all over the country. The
first effort was to trace the revolver, but
that failed 1t was soon found that 1t
had been sold several months before by a
st. Louis hardware firm which could not
in any way identify the person who bought
it. That ended that clue
'Of course suspicion was at once direct cd
deaths head on his window. The. skull
was still there with tho legend under 1t,
but the man was Just as silent as before.
He was arrested and held for few days
but not the first word Of evidence was
obtained against him.
Hn N.
was not married, and there was no way OF
telling when he went to bed on tho night
Of the murder. The crime was discovered
long enough after the hour for closing
| own place until the closing time and then
| havi ng committed the crime.
| But there was no proof. He refused
| absolutely TO say word TO any one about
| the crime. Detectives haunted his place
| for weeks and months. But he never was
! and he would not permit any one else 10
mention it in his presence.
| If the murder came up for discussion
| he went somewhere else. The only thing
he did was to keep the legend on his window
"ill Omaha was certain that he was the
10 trial he could not have secured jury
in Dodge county that would not have con-
| victed him, but il would have been con-
! viction on general suspicion. Only He
kept that saloon with the deaths head in
| the window for two or three years after
the murder, and then he sold out and went
/ away.
F., "Now you see there was a case where
! murder would not out. That was simply
because the man who did it made up his
mind to commit that crime and never men,
! toned the subject to a living soul. He
! kept his own counsel absolutely and he
| was so circumstanced TINT no proof could be
obtained against him.
How he happened to find Mr. Smith
in his office that one night no one can tell.
| Perhaps lie had watched; more likely he
was going by and saw the light. | an,
csrtsin he was guilty But there was never
| any proof