The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-25
A Turkish
 Sleeve Button Experience of a Detective.
By ESTHER yANDEyEER

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 MT. Hawkins" gaid the chief of the - detective bureau, "a robbery ana murder have been committed during the night, and [ have been called upon to send man to make an examination of the premises with view to picking m a clew. The murdered man is MT, Charles Forsythe. wealthy gentle man. whose address you will find on this card. I am assured that nothing In the room where the murder was committed has been touched. Go at once and see what you can make out of 1t"
 Hawkins went to the address given, where he found dwelling indicating that the inmates were people of con- siderable means. He was received at the door by the butler, and shown Into 4 roora where lay the corpse Of MT Forsythe on the floor There had eVi- dentIy been a struggle. during which he had been stabbed to the heart. A ou- reau drawer stood open which had eVi- dently been rifed. Several small pieces of iewelry we're scattered on the floor.
 Hawkins was informed that the vic tim had been fond of jewelry, though he wore very little of 1t on his own person. He had kept what be ewned, consisting of studs. sleeve buttons stjckplns. rings, etc. in the drawer, The robber had taken all there was ex' cept the few articles dropped on the floor, either during the scuttle or in his haste of departure. Hawkins gathered up what he found and put It in his vest DOcket. He WAS a silent man, as de- tectiyes should be, taking in what ne heard and saw and giving out nothing, Indeed. after his examination of the room the only information he gave any one was list of the articles of jewelry that he had picked up on the floor. This he handed in to a MT. Withers' relative of the family who had been given the care of the house. This list was given because the articles were retained hy the detective. He kept some other articles, but since they were of no especial vaIue he did not include them in the list
 Having finished his examination of the room in which the murder had been committed. Hawkins requested that every one in the house, Including the servants. be assembled in the draw ing room. Mrs. FOrsythe and her chil- dren were excused until after the oth- CTS had been inspected, and then the detective excused them altogether.
 Those assembled consisted of the fol lowing persons: Miss Ashworth. gov erness: d cook. housemaid and the butler. Of the four Miss Ashworth showed the most agitation. They seem- ed to realize that they were brought be- fore the strnnger for a preliminary ex- animation as to their possible con- pIicity in the murder. The cook and housemnid were very ill at ease. The only person who seemed to be suti- cfentlv conscious, of innocence to be perfectly safe was the butler. an Eng HShman. whose name was Mosely. Thut he was of the lower class was evident not only from his position as servant, but that he had the manner of speprh of low bred Englishman getting his h's in the wrong place. Nevertheless. he was good looking man.
 Hawkins soon set them all at ease by asking questions. which pertained to possibilities of entrance and exit to and From the house. whether a door or window had been left unfastened, what time Ar l'orsythe had gone to bed. whether any one of them had heard q sound in the night. While making these inquiries the, detective indicated by his features and tone or voice that they were of vital impor- tancc 10 the ease They did not ap- pear. however. tu deceive Miss Ash worth. who continued to look at him as if he had his eye on her and was simply asking the questions to throw her of her guard while his steel gray eye was Scarrhing her for guilt
 While this examination was being made the. door opened and Mir. Withers entered and said to the detective:
 MT. Hawkins. il has just been dis covered that some of Mrs. Forsythe's jewels have disappeared"
 Hawkins turned those merciless eyes of his upon Miss Ashworth. She bore the glance for few moments, then swayed and fell from the chair in which she sat. The h0usemaid picked her up. and with the assistance Of the others she wns laid on the sofa.
 'Please all leave the rOom." said Hawkins in that well mUdulated voice of his.
 Every one departed. and all those who had been under examination seem- ed well pleased at being dismissed, NIT. Hawkins closed tue door after them. and they all returned to the servants quarters, where they discuss cd what had occurred, all talking at once. Hawkins remained in the room with Miss Ashworth only few min utps when he came out, saying that