Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-20
By oRviLLf GRANT

One evening in The early part cf tue | last century a man aiiGhfed from the daily mail coarh before the Royai
 Arms. in Londonderry. Ireland. The porter took duwa large trunk. or. I rather. ironbound box such as was ! frequently used by travellers in those days. and carried it into the inn. | The man was dressed in the costume ! of Ihe period-a beaver hat. the crown
 sloping toward the top; a 'spiketail"
 green coat. with snuff coiored knee ! breeches. ruGled shirt and shoes with
 silVer' buckles. His face was cleaniy
 shAven.
 The stranger entered his name as AL gernon Perkins and was assigned to
 room No. 26. On the second floor Drawing out his wallet. he counted out 1CO sovereigns $500, and deposited
 them with the landlord for safe keep
 ing He then went 10 bis room. order
 ing his supper to be sent up 10 him. About 10 o'clock the same night a
 man with a fiery red beard. a beaver
 bell crown bat. a buff coat with low , ing skirt and trousers. recently in
 fashion. tight to the Skin and strapped
 over his instep. entered the same inn.
 gave his name as David Brough and called for a room.
 T should ike my old rooms" he
 said. Nos. 25 and 26."
 The landlord failed to remember the
 man. but. :5t caring to admit the fact.
 told him that No. % was occupied.
 but 9 was vacant With an expres- sion of dissatisfaction ar not getting
 both rooms he accepted the substitute Then he went upstairs
 Later Mir Brough in bis nightshirt opened his door. called a porter who was passing through the ball. slipped half sovereign into bis hand and said 10 him:
 I'm 10 go ofT in the Royal mail ear. ly in ,he morning and wish my trunk to be ready 10 lift on 10 the coach Garry it down and leave it in the hall below. near the frun, door"
 The porter pocketed the tip. car ried the trunk downstairs and placed it beside the front door, The landlord. who was uoddIng behind the bar. reused himself and asked what be was doing. Tue porter told him that gentleman " bo was going early in the morning had ordered hlm to place tbe trunk where t would be ready. The landlord soon after toek up a candle and went to h,s rooms
 At o'clock iu The morning a milk man. stopping u the Royal Arms to deliver milk. saw man with red beard emerge from ihe front door of the inn carrying heavy trunk under the weight of which he staggered and pass down the street The milkman delivered the inns morning supply of milk and drove away. thinking no more of the matter.
 At 70 o'clock the same moruing a bousemaid reported 10 the landlord that the gentleman in 26 had not left hls room; ibat she had listened at the door without Rearing any sound and she believed the room was vacant. The landlord went 70 Ibe room with her. knocked and. receiving DO reply. kick ed open ihe door
 The room was found vacant and in confusion. it communicated with Nc. 2J. that had been taken by Mr. Brough. and as no one remembered to have seen that gentleman since the night before tbe landlord tapped ou the door between fhe two rooms Receiving DO reply. he opened the door. vent into the room and found that the bed bad not been slept in. B!oodstains were found OF the towels.
 Subsequently the porter told how he had been paid large fee by the oc- cupant of No = % carry down his trunk and The landlord remembered that No. - bad no luggage. Then came the milbman and told of having seen a man in a bun suit carrying a ! trunk out of the inn early in tbe morn ing Lastly the landlord remembered that he had a hundred soyereicns Of i Mir. Perkins money in his sfrougbOx.
 The case excited a great deal Of at- tention in the country roundabout. Peculiar cirtumsfances connected with 1 t contributed to fire The public curi- Osity. Did Mr Brough colto the hO- tel purposely t0 murder Mr. Perkins5 Who was Perkins. and who was BrouEh: Did Brough get a sufficient amount 10 pay him for killing a man and forever after being hunted by the police and haunted by his conscience: ! The favOrite theory was that Br0ugh knew that Perkins had hundred sOv- ereIgns on his person: that he had fol- lowed him 10 the inn. taken a room | with Perkins room. | entered fhe latter during the night. ! murdered Perkins. packed the body ] in Perkins trunk and carried it away | the next morning. But Rrough was ! probably unaware that Perkins had 1 deposifed the money with the land i lord and probably after all missed | what he was after.
 Since no cone knew where Mir Brough had Fone-and there were no ' trained detectives in those days there ' was nothing to do bat walt for t1- 1 formation Co come of itself. IL Dars learned in a few days that a gentle | I.t n-