The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21

pOWtu MS way through lVuO"tu ny
the inquisitive man, who had evidently
summoned him. ] had lost sight, for
a time, of the girl in blue.
Do ut hmSclf2' tho conductor quer-
led. after n business-hko glance at the
body.
"No, he didu ~ the doctor assert,
ed. 'Phere s no weapon here, and
the window is closed. He couldn t
have thrown it out, and he didn u swal-
low it. What on earth are you look
ing for. mani"
Some one was on the floor at our
feet, face down, head pccriug under
the berth. Now he got up without
apology. revealing the man who had
summoned tho conductor, He was
dusty, alert. cheerful and he dragged
up with him the dead man IS suitcase.
The sight Of it brought back to me at
once my own predlcament.
~ don u know whether there 3 any
connection or not. conductor | said,
"but | am victim, too in less de-
gree; I've been robbed of everything |
possess. except a red and yellow bath
robe. / happened TO be wearing the
bath-robe. which was probably the rca-
son tho thief overlooked it.
There was n fresh murmur in the
crowd. Somebody laughed nervously.
! The conductor was irrtated.
| ''G can I bother with that now, he
snarlcd 'The railroad company is re-
| sponsiblc for transportation, not for
| clothes, iewelry and morals. If pcO-
pie want TO be stabbed and robbed IN
The company's cars, it's their affair;
Why didp { you sleep IN your clothes
| I do
/ took an angry step forward. Then
somebody touched my arm, and un,
clenched my fist. | could understand
the conductor position, and besides, IN
the law, I had been guilty myself OF
contributory negligence,
"I'm not trying to make you re-
sponsiblc,' - I protested. as amiabIy as
! [ could. "and | believe tho clothes
| the thief left arc as good as my own
They are certainly newer But my
valise contained valuable papers. and II
is to your interest as well as mine to
find the man who stole it,
HWhy, of course the doctor said
sbrewdly. "Fjnd the man who skipped
out with this gentleman S clothes, and
you we probably got the murderer.
'tI went to bed in lower nine"
said, my mind full again of my lost
papers. "and l wakencd IN number
seven. ! was up in the night proving
around as | was unable to sleep, ano
must have gone back to the wrong
berth. Anyhow, until the porter wax
cncd me this morning I knew nothing
Of my mistake. In the interval the
thief-murderer, too, perhaps-must
have come back, discovered my error
and taken advantage Of it to further
his escape.
The inquisitive man looked at ms
from between narrowed eyehds, ferret
|, like.
"Did any one on the train suspect
you of having valuable papers?' h'
incurred. The crowd was listening IN
tently.
s'No one" I answered promptly ant
The doctor was investigating thu
murdered man IS effects. The pockets
of his trousers contained the usua
miscellany of keys and small change
while in his hip pocket was found
small pearl handled revolver of tho typ
women usually keep around. eol,
watch with n Masonic charm had sllt
down between the mattress and th
window, while a snowy diamond stu(
was still fastened in tho bosom of IN
. shirt. Taken as n whole, tho persona
. belongings were those of man of SOM
means, but without any particular de
greo of breeding. The doctor heape'
them together.
''Either robbery was not the mo
tive he reflected. f'or the thief over
, looked these things in his hurry
The latter hypothesis seemed the NOR
teuable. when, after thorough search
we found no pocket-book and less thai
! dollar in small change.
, The suitcase gave no clue. con
| tanned one empty lcather-covcrcd 1as
and pint bottle, also empty. chang
, of linen and some collars with th
laundry mark, S. II. In the leaihe
tag on the handle was card wit
@ the name Simon Harrington, PittsburG
The conductor sat down on my ur
a made berth, across. and made an er
try of the name and address. Their
a on an old envelope, he wrote q fe7
words and gave it to the porter, wh
I disappeared.
| 'I guess that's all 7 can do h
S said. fI've had enough trouble TIN
;, trip to last for year They don t nee
G a conductor on these trains any more
n what they ought to have is a shcri
: and posse. -
4 The porter from the next car came