Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03

out by the sheriff and the doc. They
had that body to themselves nigh
twenty minutes"
At this moment the sheriff entered
the hall. followed by DR.. Breed, who
escorted the coffin to its supporting
sawhorses. The meager physician
was visibly at the flag end of his self
control. Even the burly sheriff
looked like a sick man, as he lifted
aside the coffin lid and spoke.
There was reasons, neighbors,
said he, why the corpse wasn't suit
able to be looked at. Nobody had
seen it since last night. We've fixed
it UP as good as we could, and you'll
now please pass by as quick as pos
sible."
In the line that formed Kent got
place behind Elder bennett. who
had decided to take another look
for good measure, as he said. The
look was productive one. No sooner
had it fallen on the face of the dead
than bennett jabbed an indicatory
finger in that direction and addressed
the sheriff:
hey, Len. what lHlS
whats what?" growled schlager.
why, there's cut on the 'lady's
right cheek. 1t wasn't there when I
seen the corpse last night"
"Ah, what's the matter with your
eyes?" demanded the sheriff savage
ly. "You want to hog the lime-light,
that's your trouble~
This was evidently shrewd lash
at recognized weakness, and the
Elder moved on amid jeering COM
ments. But Sedgwick, whose eyes
had been fixed upon Kent, saw a
curious expression flicker and fade
across the long jawed face. 1t was
exactly the expression of dog that
pricks up it's ears. The next mo-
ment litter ran through the crowd
as a pumpkin in rear seat sailed
out:
1.-THE dudes eyes amt matesv'
Chester Kent, already conspicuous
in his spotless white fiannels, had
made himself doubly so by drawing
out a monocle and deftly fixing 1t in
his right eye. He leaned over the
/ body to look into the face. and his
4
Bending lower, he scrutinized the un-
manacled right wrist. When he
passed on his lips were pursed in the
manner of one who whistles noise
lessly.
He resumed his seat beside Sedg-
wick. His eyes grew dull and melan-
choly. One would have thought him
sunk in daze. or a doze, while the
procession filed past the unknown
dead. His monocle, which had
dropped from his eye as he turned
from the coffin, dangled against his
hand. CHANGING to look down at It,
Sedgwick started and stared. Kents
knuckle. as seen through the glass,
stood forth, monstrous and distorted,
every line of the bronzed skin show
ing like a furrow.
The monocle was powerful magni-
flying lens.
The sheriff's heavy voice rose.
ANY one here present recognize or
identify the deceased?" he droned,
and, without waiting for reply, set
the lid in place and signaled to the
medical officer.
II t'C5N~e~
shaking physician, 1--WE don't need
| any jury to find that this unknown
drowned woman
"The deceased was not drowned"
Emerging from his reverie, Chester
Kent had leisurely risen in his place
and made his statement.
"N-n-not drowned" gasped the
medical man.
Certainly mott" AS you know, If
you made an autopsy"
mo autopsy was necessary re-
| piled the other quickly. There's
plenty of testimony without that.
We've heard the witnesses that saw
the drowned body on the grating 1t
washed ashore on"
1.-THE body never washed ashore on
| that grating"
A murmur ran through the crowd.
How do you figure that?" called a
voice.
"on the under side of the grating l