Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
CHAPTER Nv
First Hand Information.

"Your manager here" SAID the tall
man at last, is a fellow of remark
able judgment. He is an admirer
of mine. He knows more about my
best cases than do myself. The
Record wired last night to say | was
coming, and when ! got out OF the
train at 7 o'clock this morning, there
he was waiting for me with motor
car the size of a haystack. He is
beside himself with Joy at having
me here. 1t is fame" He drank
a cup, of tea and continued: almost
his first words were to ask me if
l would like to see the body of the
murdered man-if so. he thought he
could manage it for me. He is as
keen as a razor. The body lies in
DR.. Stocks surgery, you know,
down in the village, exactly as it
was when found. It's to be post
mortem'd this morning. by the way
so l was only just in time. Well.
he ran me down here to the doc
tors, giving me full particulars about
the case all the way. l was pretty
well AL fat by the time we arrived.
| suppose the manager of place
like this has some sort of pull with
the doctor. Anyhow, he made no
difficulties, nor did the constable on
duty, though he was careful to in
slst on my not giving him away in
the paper"
Il saw the body before it was re.
moved" remarked Mr.. Cupples. Il
should not have said there was any,
thing remarkable about it, ,excep,
that the shot in the eye had scarcely
disfigured the face at all, and caused
scarcel y any effusion of blood, ap-
parently. The wrists were scratched
and bruised. I expect that, with
your trained faculties, you were able
to remark other details of a ssug-
gestive nature"
Other details, certainly; but
don't know that they suggest any.
thing. They are merely odd. Take
the wrists, for instance. How is il
you could see bruises and scratches
en- them? I dare say you saw some
thing of Henderson down here he
fore the murder?"
Certainly" Mr.. Cupples said.
well, did you ever see his
wrists"
Mr.. Cupples reflected. mo
Now you raise the point, I am re.
minded that when l inter viewed
Henderson here he was wearing stiff
cuffs, coming we'll down over his
hands,"
He always did," said Trent. "My
friend the manager says so. |
pointed out to him the fact you
didn't observe, that there were nc
cuffs visible, and that they had in
deed been dragged up inside tine
coat-sleeves, as yours would be il
you hurried into a coat without pull.
ing your cuffs down. That was why
you saw his wrists"
We'll, call that suggestive" OBJ.
served Mr.. Cupp1es mildly. "Yor
might infer, perhaps, that when he
got up he hurried over his dress.
ing"
Yes, but did he? The manager
said just what you say. He wa:
always bit of a swell in his dress,
he told me, and he drew the infer.
ence that when Henderson got ur
in that mysterious way, before thu
house was stirring, and went out in
to the grounds, he was in a grea
hurry. Look at his Shoes he sale
to me: Mr.. Henderson was Away.
specially neat about his footwear
But those shoe laces were tied in :
hurry l agreed. And he left hi.
false teeth in his room,' said t.,t
manager. Doesn't that prove he wa,
flustered and hurried?' I allowed
that it looked like it, But l said
| Look here: if he was so very much
pressed, why did he part his hair 81
carefully? That parting is a worl
of art. Why did he put on so much
for he had on a complete outfit O.
underclothing, studs in his shirt
sock suspenders, watch and chain
money and keys and things in hi.
pockets That's what I said to the
manager. He couldn't find an ex
PLANTATION. Can your"
| Mr.. Cupples considered. "Thos.
facts might suggest that he was hur.
ried only at the end of his dressing
Coat and shoes would come last"
But not false teeth. You asl
anybody who wears them. And be-
sides I'm told he hadn't w, ehed q,