Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18

N|NSU} want hrSt class advances second
NE)NM class security, and the Stock Ex-
lESSSMHl change (hated by everybody. Lom-
WJ)Sd1 bard-st., starting at the apex, splits
~1SM through the very center of the tri-
S9 angle like knife, cuts Gracechurch-st
in the exact middle, and goes on it's
way disguised Fenchurch-st. Between Lombard
and King Willian1-sts. lies Cookers Alley one of
the hundred and one narrow and suspicious lanes
OF which the triangle is chiefly made up, which
leads, through of buildings devoted solely
to the sale of buckets, to nothing but the Reeaia
famed as the oldest chop house in London
Late in the afternoon three days after the death
OF Carl Courlander, motor car showing marks of
fast travel over country roads, penetrated gngerly
into Cookers Alley, and turned round in the wider
space at the end thereof The car was dominated
by the furs and the sharp nose of Slade Beakbane,
its sole occupant. He descended from his seat and
entered the Regalla with fine, genuine of
importance and of ultimate triumph. Great and
novel as Slade Beakbane in the triangle, mag
nlhcent as were his accustomed appearances in
other chop houses and tea houses, the Regalia, by
an unwritten rule, had hitherto been forbidden to
him; for Carl Courlander himself had patronized
the place; and it is law in the triangle that
where the master eats and drinks the servant shall
not eat and drink
Beakbane glanced about him, then passed mag
nihcently and mysteriously up stairs to the chess
and drafts room, leaving behind him most visible
impression on the faces of the barnaid and the
waiter, who knew him.
The inquest must be then, and 'es come
up the waiter whispered to the barmaid, after
taking Beakbane S order
At this moment there could be heard in the far
distance of Lombard-st. the hoarse, violent shout
ing of newspaper boy. "Courlander inquestl
Verdict Evening Record'!
The waiter rushed to the door, and came back
with copy of the paper
" Read it! whispered the barnaid
The proceedings were opened by the Bed
fordshire Coroner at ten O'clock" the waiter
read. Maurice Courlander, deceased's son, fol-
lowed Emile Berger into the box. He said
he had gone out into the gardens after the house
hold in bed, for fresh air, and had observed
nothing unusual and seen Slade Beakbane,
confidential clerk to deceased called. He
stated he had down see deceased on business
in the motor Asked whether he had stopped
en- route he said yes. He had left a large spanner
on the floor of the car. 1t had olted out. He had
stopped and gone back to look for it with a lamp
by road mender. Before leaving the box witness
protested to Coroner against action of police, and
asked II he was under arrest or not The Coroner
replied, Certainly not He perfectly free.
emit Mr.. Abraham Crampiron gave evidence as to
his last interview with the deceased in the statue
Verdict: Wllful murder against person or persons
unknown"
Reluctantly dropping the paper, the waiter took
Beakbanes tea and toast up stairs.
A few minutes later the Regalia was visited by
Maurice Courlander. And the tragedy, for the
Regalla, of that visitation, that the Regalia
did not recognize Maurice Courlander. The des-
TIMES of Europe about to be affected in the
Regalia, and the latter had not the slightest sus-
picion of the fact. Maurice, having followed Beak-
bane to London in another and feeling suddenly
the need OF sustenance, had stopped his car
in Lombard-st. opposite the entrance to Cookers
Alley and had dismissed it. He passed without
hesitation through the ground floor room, and
climbed the stairs.
Give me whskyand soda !" he said to the waiter
And there he encountered Slade Beakbane Maui
rice startled and did not show it. Beakbane was
startled, and showed it. He stood up Though he
would have given anything to- be able to remain