Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-07

IuoHipSoH uuu uO very exalted lQea
Of cleanliness" he remarked. "His
clothing needs visit to the laundry.
And this is all?"
Eyes. He'd rented his furniture from
store down the street He had to pay
his rent in advance because he had so
little baggage. That receipts the only
thing that's got his name on it-oh, yes.
There's letter tattooed on his left
arm, but It's not Tits j."
(Which goes to show that his name
wasn't Thompson. think you're right,
Simmonds, in putting him down as a
sailor 1 thought SO last night; in fact,
I've already got two men making a
tour of the docks trying to find some
body who knew him"
"Have your" said Simmonds, smiling.
"That's like you. There's another curl
Gus thing, though, about the clothing
he had on
what Is that7"
"Some of It's marked with one initial,
some with another. Not one piece is
marked with his"
Tho door opened and the coroner's
clerk entered.
mr. Goldberg sent the exhibits back
to you," he said, holding out a parcel
% stmmonds.
eimmonds opened 1t and took out q
poclCstbook. pipe q knife and some
silver money.
"Au right" he said, and signed a
receipt.
Godfrey waited until the door closed,
then he rose and came over to Sim
montls' side.
"There's something here that might
help u.s." he said. picking up the
pcckstbook. ''Those newspaper clip
pings-why, they're not herel'
6immonds smiled dryly.
'.That's another thing I wanted to
tsn you. The clippings have been re-
moved"
Removed By whom7"
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
ayes.
"You remember" Simmonds contin-
ued, that after we looked at the
pocketbook put it back In Thomp-
soa's pocket"
"Yes; saw you do that"
I'VE then went into the bedroom and
had look around, leaving the body
alons'-
with Miss Croydon" said Godfrey,
completing the sentence.
'There's another thing" continued
Hmmonds after moment. Here's
the piece Of pipe we found on the floor
Do you know where it came fromT'
'No-I was going to look that up"
TT came from the radiator. The
connections were defective, and a
plumber was replacing them. This is
a piece Of pipe he had removed and
lsft 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
from that door must have crossed the
room to get 1t. More than that, he
must have hunted for 1t or known it
was there. Miss Croydon knows more
than she's told US. don't think she's
been square with US"
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 II you find out anything"
44Of course" said Godfrey, rising,
md 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
be 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
3 o'clock that morning, just before re-
firing, Godfrey had phoned message
b the Office:
Dslansy-I want ali tho information OBJ
iefnAbls concerning the history Of the
Croydon family, to which Mrs Richard
Dseroy and Grace Croydon belong.
This was the result:
Gustave Croydon. notary and money
Lander, II Rue d'Antin, Paris, removed
p Beokenham. Just south Of London.
HnglAnd Why he removed from France
not known. Rue 6Antin has been COM
plstsiy rebuilt within last thirty years.
md only person there now who remem-
Rers Croydon is an old notary named
rehre. who has an ONCE at the corner Of
~ that Croydon left France to avoid
criminal prosecution Of some sort,
Croydon bought small country place
near Bohemian and lived there quietly in
Semi-retirement. Fortune apparently not
large. In 1891 mortgaged estate for $4,000:
mortgage paid in 1897. Religion, Catholic.
Excellent reputation at Bohemian.
Eldest daughter, Edith, born in France
Aug. 20. 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 June 6, 1900. and
went Immediately to New York.
Only other child, younger daughter,
Grace. born at Beckenham May u, 1880.
Educated at home. No unusual incidents
In life so far as known.
Croydon and wife died. typhoid fever,
1901. Delroys came to England and after
selling property and settling estate took
Grace home with them. Estate, left Who'll
" to younger sister. paid inheritance tax
on a7,5oo.
Godfrey read this through slowly
dwelling upon 1t point by point.
1.-THE skeleton" he said to himself
rs pretty plain-it lies concealed some.
where behind Croydon's departure