The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-09
By oRvILLE GRANT
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daily mat coach before the Royal Arms. fn Londonderry. Ireland Tbe porter took down a Iurse trunk, or rather. iroubomd box such as was ! frequently used by travellers in tbosc days and carried it into jbe inn ! The man was dressed in the costume ! Of the period beaver hat, the crown sIonlng toward the top; "sDikctai- green coat with snuf Colarcd knee . brooches. runed shirt and shoes with silver buckles Ills face was c'can.y shaven.
 The stranger entered his name as AL reruon Perkins and was assigned Co room No. 26. on the second floor ! Drawing out his wallet he counted out 100 soverefrus .S51o and deposited them with the landlord for safe Keep ing He then went to his room order . ing his supper to be sent uD 10 him.
 About 70 o'clock the same night a man wlth fiery red beard. beaver bell crown bat a bun coat with flow ng skirt and trousers. recently In fashion. tight Co the skin and strapped over his insten. entered the same mn gave his name 7s David BrguEh and called for a room.
 "I should UEe my old rooms he said. Nos % and 28"
 The landlord faI'od to remember the man. but not caring to admit the fact told him that No. 26 was occupied. but % was vacant With an oypros- sion of dissatisfaction at not getting both rooms hc accepted the substitute Then be went upstairs.
 Later Mir. Brougr In bis n.Ehtshirt opened bIs door, called porter who was passing through the ball. slipped bali sovereign into bis hand and said Go bIm
 oVm to go oT in the RovaI mail ear Iy In the morning and wish my trunk to be ready Co uTt on Go tde coach Garry it down and leave it in the bah below. near tHe front door
 The porter noaEeed the tip. car rfcd inc trunk downstairs and placed 1t beside Che front door The landlord who was uod1fuE behind Che bar roused himself aud asked what he was doing. The porter told b.m ,bar a gentleman who was going early m the morning had ordered him Co place the trunk where It would be ready The landlord soon after took up 9 caud.e and went lo h's rooms
 At 8 o'clock In the morning m..S. man. stopping at tbe Royal Arms to deliver milk. saw a man with a red beard emerge from the front door ot Che inn carrying a heavy trunk under the weight Of which he sgaEE Erod and pass down the street The m'Eman delivered Che inns morning supply oi milk and drove away thinking no more Of the matter.
 At 70 o'clock the same morning a housemald reported Go the landlord that the gentleman In 26 had mo, left hIs room: that she had listened at tbe door without hearInE any sound and she believed the room was vacant The landlord went to che room with her.
 knocked and. receiving no rcnly, kick. cd open the door.
 The room was found vacant and In confusion It communicated with No. %. that had been taken by Mir B-ouEh. and as no one remembered Go have seen that gentleman since che night before the landlord tapped on The door between the two rooms Receiving no reply. be opened tbe door went into the room and found that the bed bad not been slept in BIoodstains were found on the towels
 Subsequently the porter told how be had been paid a large fee by tbe oe- cunant of No. % to carry down his trunk. and the landlord remembered that No % had no luggage. Then came the mUkmau and told 5t having seen a man in a buff suit carrying a trunk out of the inn early ir the morn ing. Lastly Che landlord remembered chat be had a hundred sovereiEns of . MT. Perkins money iD his stroughoy.
 The cuse. excited a great deal Of at tenaon in the country roundabout . Peculiar circumstances connected with . it contributed to fire the public curl osity. Did Mir. BrouEh go Co the ho- . tel purposeIy to murder Mir Perkins Who was Perkins, and who was . BrouCh? Did BrouEh get a sufficient amount to pay him for killing a man and forever after being hunted by the ! poIice and haunted by his conscience es . The favorite theory was that BrouEh . knew that Perkins had a hundred sov- creIcns on hIs person: that he had fol
 lowed him t0 the i'm, taken a room communicating with Perkins room. . entered the latter during the night murdered Perkins, packed the body . in Perkins trunk and carried it away the next morning. But Brough was ! probably unaware that Perkins had
 Deposited the money with Che land
 lord and probably after all missed
 what he was after
 ! Since no one knew where Mfr. . Rrourh had c0ue-apd there were no trained detectives in those days there was nothing to do but wait for ia- ! formation Co come of itself It was i learned in a few days that a gentle ] man carrying his own trunk outside