Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-03
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why should II" said Brett. you
have already ascertained from the
management that no person even re-
motely resembling any of the parties
concerned is staying at the hotel"
Eyes, confound it. I know I did,"
cried the other, but l never told you
3d."
THAT is all right" laughed Brett.
Come and see me at my chambers this
evening when the inquest is finished.
Perhaps by that time we may be able
to determine our plan of action"
Once left to himself. Brett did not
enter the hotel. Indeed, he hardly
glanced at that palatial structure, hav-
ing evidently dismissed 1t from his
mind as being in no way connected with
the tragedy he was investigating. He
made it an invariable rule in conduct
ing inquiries of this nature to adopt the
French method of "reconstituting' the
incidents of a crime, so far as such a
course was possible in the absence Of
the persons concerned. He reasoned
that a very plausible explanation of
the unexpected appearance of the three
strangers in the Albert Gate mansion
on Monday night had been given to
Jack Talbot. This young gentleman, it
might be taken for granted. had not
been selected by the Foreign Onice to
carry to a successful issue UGH an
important and delicate matter as that
entrusted to him, without some good
grounds for the faith in his qualities
exhibited by his superiors. Brett
thought he could understand the broth
er's character and attributes from his
favourable analysis of the sister, and
1t was quite reasonable, therefore, to
believe that Talbot was a man not
likely to be easily duped. The prin-
cipals in this crime were evidently well
aware of the trust reposed in the As
sistant Under Secretary, n they,
again, would not underrate his intelli-
gence. Hence there vas a good cause
for Talbot to accept the explanations,
whatever they were, given him during
the conclave in the dining-room; the
effect Of which, in Inspector Sharpe's
words, had been to puzzle" the young
Englishpan. Further, there must have
been a very potent inducement held
out before Talbot would consent to
drive off with a stranger at such a late
hour, and when the cab was dismissed
at the Carlton, the excuse given would
certainly be quite feasible.
ut must surely be this communed
Brett. The man explained that he
was a stranger in London, that he
lived quite close to the Carlton Hotel,
and that he found it convenient not
only for the purpose of giving direc-
lions that would be understood, but
also for paying fares, to direct the
drivers of hired vehicles to go there
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he had found by experience many oil
them did not recognize, whilst his
knowledge of the language was not
ample enough to enable him to de-
scribe the locality more precisely. II
follows. then, in unerring sequences
that Talbot was conveyed to some place
within a very short distance Of the spot
where l now stand"
He looked along Pail Mall, up the
Haymarket, and through Cockspui
street, and he noted with some degree
of curiosity that there were very few
residential buildings in the neighbor-
hood. Clubs, theatres, big CONNER.
cial establishments and insurance
offices occupied the bulk of the avail
able space. 1t was a part of his theory
that none of the other great hotels
in this district could harbor the crimi.
nails, otherwise there would have beer
no excuse to stop the hanson outside
the Carlton.
Brett did not take long to make W
his mind once he had decided upon a
definite course. He stood at the corner
barely three minutes, and then walked
off through Pail Mall and down the
steps nea the Duke of York's Column
into the Horsel Guards Parade. intend
ing to walk quietly to his Victoria street
fiat. A call at the Foreign Office pro