The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-15

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entree to places denied to less fortu-
nate reporters. had never known
him to do a dishonorable thing. More
over. lively sense of humor made him
an admirable companion.
We've got our living to make. you
know" he said. We make it as hon.
estly as we can. What do you think
SimmOnds?
II think" said SimmondS. who. If
he possessed an imagnat ton. never
permitted 1t to be suspected. that
those little cuts on the hand are mere
ly an accident. They might have been
caused In half II dozen ways. Maybe
he hit his hand on something when he
fell; maybe he jabbed it on a buckle;
maybe he had n boil Oh his hand and
anced it with his knife"
What killed him, then?" Godfrey
demanded.
Poison, and it's in his stomach.
Wen find It there"
How about the odor:" Godfrey per-
sisted
ne SDIlltU SSltllN' w NV l'lS'u Oh hiN
hand as he lifted it to his mouth. May
he he had those cuts on his hand and
the poison infHmed them Or may
be he's got some kind of blood dis
ease"
Goldberger nodded his approval. and
Godfrey smiled as he looked at him.
~ suppose you think this fellow was
nurdered?" said the coroner. THAT'S
what you said minute ago"
Perhaps was - little hasty." God
frey admitted and | suspected that,
whatever his thoughtS he had made
up his mind to keep them to himself
I'm not going To I:corize until I've
got something to start With The facts
seem to point TO suicide, but If he
swallowed prussic acid where's the
bottle? He didn't swallow that, too,
did he?"
Maybe well find it in his clothes"
suggested Simmonds.
Thus reminded. Goldberger fell to
work looking through the dead mans
pockets. The clothes were OF a cheap
material and not very new. 80 that. in
life, he must have presented an ap-
pearance somewhat shabby There
was a purse in the inside coat pocket
containing two bills, one for ten dol
lars and one for five. and there were
two or three dollars in silver and four
five-centime pieces in small coin
purse which he carried in his trousers
pocket The large purse had four or
five calling cards in Que "f its com
partments, each bearing different
name, none of them his. On the back
of one of them Vantine's. address was
written in pencil.
There We're no letters. no papers, np
written documents of any kind in the
pockets, the remainder ~ whose con
tents consisted of such odds and ends
as any man might carry shout with
him--a cheap watch. a penknife. n
half empty packet of French tobacco
sheaf of cigarette paper four or five
keys on a ring. silk handk erchief
| and perhaps some other articles which
/ | have forgotten. but not o thing tC
assist in establishing his identity.
This proves that he's French. said
I Godfrey.
His best girl?''
| For answer Godfrey held up tn
! watch. which he had bcen +x& mining
+ He had opened the ease and inside i
was photograph the photograph o.
woman with bold, dark eyes anC
/ full lips and oval face. face so typi
taken
"A lady's maid ! should say" addet
Godfrey, looking at it again. ''Ther
is one fact which we have apparentl!
overlooked. but IT proves beyond tn
shadow of a doubt that this fellow
didn't drift In here by accident. FL
came here of intention. and the inten
tion wasn't 10 kill himself, either"
How do yon know that?" demande'
GOldberger incrednIousiy.
Godfrey picked mp the purse, open
ed 1t aud took out one Of the cards.
"By this" be said and held II uI
lyon have already seen what is writ
ten on the back of it-Mr. yantine'
name and the number of this hons,
That proves. doesn't ii. that this fe
low came TO New York expressly I
see Mr.. vantiney"
Perhaps yon think Mr.. vantine xii
ed him. suggested Goldberger sarcai
tically.
mo" said Godfrey. He didn
have fine