The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-23

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had been 50 from the instant that he
had uttered that last yen of agony.
II know your methods. sir. and I APP
piled them. Before | permitted any
thing to be moved | examined most
carefully the ground outside and also
the floor of the room. There We're no
footmarkS"
Meaning that you saw none:'
Il assure you. sir. that there were
none"
My good Hopkins | have investi-
gated many crimes hut | have never
vet seen one which was committed by
a flying creature. As long as the Grim
inal remains upon two legs so long
must there be some inlcutation. some
abrasion. some t,ifing displacement
which can be detected 10y the scientific
scarcher Ii is Incredible that this
blood despatched room contained no
trace which could have aided us. | un-
derStaud. however from the inquest
that there Wee some objects which you
failed to overlook"
y
companions iranical comments
II was fool not t. call you in at the
time. Mr.. Holmes However. thHrs
past praying for now Yes. There We're
several objects in the room which call
Cd for special attention. One was the
harpoon with which the deed was com
mittcd. II had been snatchcd down
from a rack on the wall. Two others
remained there. and there was Il va
cant place for the third On The stock
was engraved IS. Sea Unicorn. Dun
dee This seemed 10 establish that the
crime had been done in moment of
fury ana That the murderer had seized
the first weapon which came in his
way. Tho fact that the crime was COM
mitted nj in the morning. and yet Pc
ter carey was fully dressed. suggested
that he had an appointment with the
murderer, which is borne out by the
fact that a bottle of rum and two dirty
glasses stood upon the t2hle.'
Yes" said Holmes, Il think that
both differences are permissible. Was
there any other spirit than rum in the
room:"
Yes there was a tantalus contain
ing brandy and whisky on the sea
chest 1t is Of no Importance 20 us.
however. since the dccantcrs We're full,
and it had therefore not been used"
For all that its presence has some
Significance" said Holmes. However.
let us hear some ore 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 te''n?"
1T lay IN The mi1,'c. = was Of
coarse sealSkin-thc strai @lt lairoI
skin. with a leather thong - bind it,
Inside were p. c. on tho fan, There
was half IN ounce of strong ships to-
bacco ia it"
"EXcollcnt, Whit maro:"
Stanley Hopkins Gre from his peck
ct Il drah covered notebook The ont
side was rc-~h AMI worn. the leHvCS
diScclorcd @" the first page We're writ
ten the initials Il II. y" ami the date
"1SS3." Holmes l1il II ON The tHhle and
examined it in his minute wav. while
Hopkins and g'2cl over each Shout
der On the second page were the
printed letters -. r. r." ana then
came several sheets of numbers. An
other heading was argentine" anoth-
er Costa Rica" ana another San
Paulo," each with pages Of signs and
figures after it,
"What do you make of these?" ask
ed Holmes.
"They arpcar to he lists Of Stock
Exchange securities I thought that
j. H. " were the initials of broker
and that C. 2. r. may have been his
client"
Try Canadian Pacific railway said
Holmes.
Stanley Hopkins Swore' between his
teeth ana struck his thigh with his
clinched hand
What fool have been," he cried.
of course it is aS you say. Then
j. III. N are the only initials we have
TO solve. have already examined the
old Stock Exchange lists. and | can
find no one in 1883. either in the house
or among the outside brokers. whose
initials correspond with these Yet |
feel that the clew is the most impor-
tant one that | hold You will admit,
Mr. Holmes. that there is possibility
that these initials are those of the sec
0nd person who was present-in other
words, of the murderer. | would also
urge that the introduction into the case
of u document relating to large masses
Of valuable securities gives us for the
first time some indication of a motive
for the crime
Sherlock Holmes face showed that
he was thoroughly taken aback by this
new development
Il must admit both your points" said
he. Il confess that this notebook
which did not appear at the inquest
mobiles any views which l may have
formed. had come to a theory of the
crime in which l can find no place for
this. Have you endeavored to trace
any of the securities here mentionedT
inquiries are now being made al
the offices, but l fear that the com.
plete register of the stockholders OF
these South American concerns is in
South America and that some weeks
must elapSe before we can trace the
: shares
, Holmes had been examining the GOV
er of the notebook with his magnifying