Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-03

| III n CdRtdiu ' AuOui. hAAN eAANsNt AAA the middle of 1t, was the man himself his face twisted like lost soul In tor. ment. and his great brindled beard stuck upward in his agony. Righ through his broad breast steel har- poon had been driven. and 1t had sunk deep into the wood of the wall behind him. He was pinned like beetle on card. Of course he was quite dead and had been so from the instant that he had uttered that last yell of agony.
 T know your methods, sir. and ap- piled them. Before I permitted any thing to be moved I examined most carefully the ground outside and also the floor of the room. There were no footmarks'
 Meaning that you saw none"
 'I assure you. sir, that there were none"
 ! My good Hopkins, I have investi- gated many crimes, but I have never yet seen one which was committed hy a flying creature As long as the crim- final remains upon two legs so long must there be some indentation, some abrasion. some trifing displacement which can he detected by the scientific searcher. It is incredible that this blood bespattered room contained no trace which could have aided us. un- derstand. however. from the inquest that there were some objects which you failed to overlook?
 The young inspector winced at my companions ironical comments.
 T was fool not to call you in at the time. Mir. Holmes. However. that's past praying for now. Yes, there were several objects in the room which call ed for special attention. One was the harpoon with which the deed was com mitted. It had been snatched down from a rack on the wall. Two others remained there. and there was va cant place for the third On the stock was engraved 'Ss Sea Unicorn. Dun dee This seemed to establish that the crime had been done in moment Of fury and that the murderer had seized the first weapon which came in his way. The fact that the crime was com mitted at in the morning. and yet Pe- ter Carey was fully dressed, suggested that he had an appointment with the murderer. which is borne out by the fact that bottle of rum and two dirty glasses stood upon the table,
 ''Yes." said Holmes. T think that ! both inferences are permissible. Was there any other spirit than rum in the room?''
 "Yes, there was tantalus contain ing brandy and whisky on the sea chest. It is of no importance to us. however. since the decanters were full, and it had therefore not been used" 1 For all that. its presence has some significance" said Holmes. However. let us hear some more about the objects which do seem to you to bear upon the case"
 There was this tobacco pouch upon the table
 What part of the table?' { Tt lay in the middle. Ii was of coarse sealskin-the straight haired skin. with leather thong to bind R Inside were P. C. on the flap. There was half an ounce of strong ships to- bacco in if"
 Excellent, What more:"
 Stanley Hopkins drew from his pock ct a drab covered notebook. The out side was rough and worn. the leaves discolored On the first page were writ ten the initials 'J. II. N."and the date '1ss3." Holmes laid it on the table and examined if in his minute way. while Hopkins and I gazed over each shoul- der. On the second page were the printed letters "C. P R." and then came several sheets of numbers. An other heading was Argentine" anoth- or Costa Rica" and another san Paulo.'' each with pages of signs and figures after it.
 What do you make of these?" ask cd Holmes
 "They appear to be lists of Stock Exchange securities. l thought that q. II. N were the initials of broker and that C r R. may have been his Nipnt."