Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-01

| suit OF clothes with empty pockets,
some torn covered shilling novels of
| sporting Interest, and pass books con-
tanning dates of races and columns OF
| figures. But there was neither letter,
| Photograph, paper, nor aught else
| which might serve to throw light on
the mystery Mackworth sought to solve.
Only one thing which the portman-
teau held possessed the slightest in
| terest for him, this being am old pair
of kid gloves, we'll worn, stained and
| wearing the impress of the wearer's
| hands. Neither were they the shape
| nor size of the glove found upon the
path fronting Mrs. Dumbarton's house;
| the glove Mackworth had already COM
pared With the hands of the deceased;
| the glove which might or might not
! have belonged to the man who caused
| David Dumbarton's death.
| The inspectors disappointment
served to strengthen, If possible, his de-
| termination to discover some of the de-
tails regarding the life of this man
details by which his actions might be
| traced, his associates known, his muir
derer revealed. But at present Mack
worth had absolutely no guide to direct
his search; no clew which afforded him
the slightest aid toward indicating
where that search should begin
Nothing daunted 10y this, he and
| those he employed began a system of
! inquiry and Investigations, SO stringent
| i'm itself, SO Widespread in its ranli-
tications, that the intelligence sought
must be found, always provided that
! the deceased had not. during his short
| stay in London, purposeiy secluded
| himself from friends and companions
and strangers alike. lie had probably
visited England for the purpose of So
| Letting o. demanding help from his
Wife; ii was possible he had intended
his stay to be short. Had it been his
policy while in town to lead Il perfectly
solitary life. as ii seemed feasible to
! suppose. from the fact that he seldom
/ lett his lodgings during the day, the in
! vestiGation of the detectives might end
| i'm failure.
Then came the supposiiion that the
| deceased would not voluntarily isolate
| himself If without u motive Was that
/ motive fear And il SO, hid not fear
argue the existence of an enemy?
Nhile inquiries Wore being made re-
| galdins David Dumbarton throughout
| the length and breadth of London,
Mackworth placed himself In commune
cation With the foreign police whose
| perfect system of espionage enables
| them to track with ease and give With
readiness the information required re-
! gardlng those who have lived abroad.
1t WAS With considerable ealgerness he
| waited for information, which came in
/ tlIt III llltte from llle ltuIlSl,ll
! The deceased, whose name, age,
height and Appearance were perfectly
| given. together with the date ON which
I he, had arrived In and subsequently
| left the French capital, had said the re-
| port. lived in an apartment in the Rue
| Petit Maitre. ON the left bank of the
! Seine, during The first five months. He
! had habllua,lT frvuuent.d race courses,
and was We'll know to sporting men and
| jockeys, who with the singers of the
/ cafes chantants and the chorus of the
opera house We're his chief associates.
| No charge had ever been made against
| him. He was not, so far as llnowH,
member a any political society, nor
the spy OF any government, nor had 1T
been discovered that his domestic re-
lations caused the jealousy or enmity
of friend or acquaintance. He appeared
| To be popular.
ON his arrival In the city he had
seemed prosperous. The sourcc-of his
1 income NILS not known. OF late he had
| been impecunious. He had arrived in
I Paris from Monte Carlo where he was
Well remembered by the police. who
We're unable To throw any light upon his
| private life, or to produce amy accuse ;
ton against him. Further investiga-
don would be made concerning him.
With this report and the promise
with which IL concluded. Mackworth
| W 10 pOlisthl w content Ilf1lStII IOr lne
! present. The former contained no
statement of social communications no
| hint ut domestic wrongs; nothing, in
deed. that served to forshadow or ac-
| count for the tragedy which he'd be-
fallen David Dumbarton. But the de-
tails given We're OF the surface rather
than of the private life of the deceased
and it might We'll he that benenth the
ioyial exterior of tllit; frequenter of race
| courses and cafes cbantants;, this popu-
| lar English gentleman of convivial
tastes, mat Interests, intligueS and pas
sions, all the stirring elements of a
stormy drama played an important
part I'm AN existence unsupported by
his companions unknown To his friends
Tut though MackWorth considered
| that revenge was the most probable
| motive chat brought about Dunbar
tons death, he assumed himself ii was
not the only one which could be made
| 10 account for the tragedy. Another
| had indeed. presented itself to the In
spectors mind; a motive at which
| through silent hours he looked from ev-
| cry reasonable point of view, deliber-
ating ON it's possibilities, which grew
stronger from being constantly consid-
cred, and dwelling on its Possibilities
| with something like fascination binding
| him To his mental pursuit.
This motive was the love of a man
for u woman whose husband stood be-
tween the slayer and his happiness
And the man whom Nlackworth sus-
pectcd WAS George Bostock