The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-08-24

taken notes of the dead mans be.
longings. his name, address, clothing
and the general circumstances of the
crime. Now with his little notebook
open before him. he prepared to en-
joy the minor sensation Of the rob
berry.
And now for the second victim
he began cheerfully. What is your
name and address. please!"
eyed him with suspicion.
Il have lost everything but my name
and address," parted. What do you
want them for? Publication"
oh. NO; dear. no." he said. shocked
at my misapprehension. Merely for
my own enlightenment. like to
gather data of this kind and draw my
own conclusions. Most interesting and
engrossing. Once or twice l have
forestalled the results of police inves-
tigation-but entirely for my own
amusement"
nodded tolerantly. Most of US
have hobbies: l knew a man once who
carried his handkerchief up his sleeve
and had a mania for old colored prints
cut out of Godey's Lady Book.
Il use that inductive method orig
mated by Poe and followed since with
such success by Conan Doyle. Have
you ever read Gaboriau? All. you have
missed a treat, indeed. And now. to
get down to business. what is the
name of our escaped thief and prob
able murderer"
How on earth do I know" I de-
manded impatiently. He didn't write
it in blood anywhere. did he:"
The little man looked hurt and dis
appointed.
DO you mean to say" he asked.
that the pockets of those clothes are
entirely empty?"
The pockets, In the excitement I
had forgotten entirely the sealskin
grip which the porter now sat at my
feet. and I had not investigated the
pockets at all. With the inquisitive
mans pencil taking note of every
thing that I found, l emptied them on
the opposite seat.
Upper left-hand waist-coat. two lead
pencils and fountain pen: lower
right waist-coat. matchbox and a small
stamp book: right-hand pocket coat,
pair of gray suede gloves, new, size
seven and a half; left-hand pocket,
gun-metal cigarette case studded with
pearls. half-full of Egyptian cigarettes.
The trousers pockets contained a gold
penknife. a small amount of money in
bills and change. and a handkerchief
with the initial IS" on it.
Further search through the coat dis
covered a card-case with cards bear
ing the name Henry Pinckney Sulli-
van. and a leather flask with gold
mountinss. filed with what seemed to
be very fair whisky. and mono
grammed II. p. S.
Ills name evidently is Henry
Pinckney Sullivan" said the cheerful
follower of Poe, as he wrote 1t down.
Address as yet unknown. Blonde.
probably. Have you noticed that 1t is
almost always the blonde men who at.
feet very light gray. with a touch
OF red in the scarf? Fact. l assure you.
kept a record once of the summer
attire of men. and 80 per cent. fol-
lowed My rule. Dark men like you
affect navy blue. Or brown.
In spite Of myself I was amused at
the mans shrewdness.
Yes; the suit he took was dark
blue" I said.
He rubbed his hands and smiled at
me- de!ightedly
Then you wore black shoes. not
tan" he said. with a glance at the az
gressive yellow ones I wore.
Right again" acknowledged.
BLACK low shoes and black embroid-
cred hose. II you keep on you'll have
a motive for the crime. and the muir
derer's present place Of hiding. And
II you come back to the smoker with
me. Ill give you an opportunity to
Judge il he knew good whisky from
bad
put the articles from the pockets
back again and got up. Il wonder II
there is q diner on!' I said. Il need
sustaining after all this"
was conscious then of some one
at my elbow. turned to see the