Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-24

tour of the docks trying to find some body who knew him." Have you?" said Simmonds, smiling. That's like you. There's another curi- ous thing. though, about the clothing he had on." "What is that?"
 "some of it's marked with one initial, some with another. Not one piece is marked with his."
 The door opened and the coroner's clerk entered.
 ''Mr. Goldberg sent the exhibits back to you," he said, holding out parcel l to Simmonds.
 Simmonds opened it and took out a pocketbook, a pipe, a knife and some silver money.
 "All right" he said. and signed a receipt.
 Godfrey waited until the door closed, then he rose and came over to Sim monds' side.
 "There's something here that might help us," he said, picking up the pocketbook. Those newspaper clip pings--why, they're not herew Simmonds smiled dryly.
 That's another thing wanted to tell you. The clippings have been re moved"
 Removed? By whom?"
 That's a question. They were re- moved some time between the moment we looked at them and the moment the coroner took charge"
 Godfrey stared at him with startled eyes.
 '@You remember" Simmonds contin- ued, that after we looked at the pocketbook put 1t back in Thomp- sons pocket"
 "Yes; saw you do that"
 .We then went into the bedroom and had a look around, leaving the body alone"-
 "With Miss Croydon" said Godfrey, completing the sentence.
 There's another thing" continued Simmonds after moment. Here's the piece of pipe we found on the floor. Do you know where 1t came from?
 "No-I was going to look that 'up.'
 'It came from the radiator. The connections were defective, and plumber was replacing them. This is a piece of pipe he had removed and left lying behind the radiator. He re- members it distinctly. Do you recall the position of the radiator?'
 'Yes; opposite the bedroom door,"
 Exactly. Then the person coming l from that door must have crossed the i room to get it. More than that, he must have hunted for it or known 1t was there. Miss Croydon knows more than she's told us. don't think she's been square with us." 1 "Well, perhaps she hasn't" Godfrey said slowly. Anyway, we've got to work at the case from the other end. We've got to identify Thompson first"
 "Yes." agreed Simmonds. You'll let me know if you find out anything" "Of course" said Godfrey, rising. and with curt nod he went out and down the steps to the street.
 At the office he found two reports awaiting him. One was from the men he had sent along the docks-they had found no one who could identify the photograph of Thompson. The other was from Delaney, the head of the Records intelligence department. At 2 o'clock that morning, just before re- tiring, Godfrey had phoned message to the office:
 Delaney--I want all the information ob- tainable concerning the history of tho Croydon family, to which Mrs. Richard Delroy and Grace Croydon belong.
 This was the result:
 Gustave Croydon. notary and money lender. r Rue dAntin. Paris. removed with wife and young daughter about lSIS to Beckenham. just south of London. England. Why he removed from Franco not known. Rue dAntin has been com- pletely rebuilt within last thirty years. and only person there now who remem- bers Croydon is an old notary named Fabre. who has an office at the corner of Rue St. Augustin. He has vague mem ory that Croydon left France to avoid criminal prosecution of some sort.
 Croydon bought small country piac- near Beckenham and lived there quietly in semi-retirement Fortune apparently not large. In 1891 mortgaged estate for G2.0o0. mortgage paid in 1897. Religion. Catholic. Excellent reputation at Beckenham.
 Eldest daughter. Edith, born in France Aug. 26. 1874 Educated at school there, but broke down from overstudy and re- turned to Beckenham, where she became interested in social settlement work. There met Richard Delroy. New York. who was making investigation of London charities Married him J,ine c I111 apd