The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-06-03
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IL RED HAND

at Hackney shortly after
In the evening. Were even
ent than usual in their de-
blight In the summer. for the
already late. and trying to
me. But a cry Of conster-
one Of the men who was
he train brought the at
pcking around him.
he cried, pointing through
4 4 the compartment toward
is Of the seat on the far
N God. man! Don't you
= are soaked with blood !
II q mans walking stick ind
\ her bag! Where's the &C.
3 his COMPARTMENT"
the question which puz-
= member Of the London po-
and especially Col. james
n Of the department.
rs the man who Ind very
zen murdered In the coach7
Jet
bag contained no inf0rma-
1er, and the walking stick
an ordinary one. lacking
Is. The guard who had
that car said that he
recall two men getting into
rtment at Fenchurst street.
!" but he wasn't sure.
lionel Fraser examined the
ly, however. he found the
bloody hand-a hand with
1t fingerstOn the wal OF
evidently where the muir
steadied himself after com
e crime. But where was
re OF the case was soon
by the discovery Of the
b man near the railroad
Victoria park. The head
Bad been so dIsfigured that
bu would have been almost
had 1t not been for the
h was found In his vest
BY means of this It WAS
the dead man was a GER
: ps Briggs. chief clerk Of 4
hiking house. who had been
y to visit his daughter In
. According to his. nsso-
A>s In the habit Of carrying
Fable sum Of money with
Also wore a very handsome
~ chain. When the body
ssered. however. the watch,
4 the money were missing.
istely after the body was dis
6baonel Fraser measured the
the left Annd. but found that
I entirely too long and well
nj the bloody imprint on
1 the coach.
!, his faith to the fact that
)erer would probably try to
r. watch and chain. the po-
"a down to watch all the
,4ers in and around London.
passed without any develop
~ this end Of the case.
, Just as Fraser was nearing
4 his patience a secondhand
4 CtMapside reported fhat a
|n,iIar to the one worn by
man. had been brought into
)lshment on the day after the
THE chain. he said. had been
with some others, and had
Is mind. until he commenced
'er his stock. The only de-
! he could give Of the man
II was that he was foreign
in fact he felt certain he
.,rman.
In order to quiet the press
luse he attached any real i'm
to the discovery, Colonel
)ade public the details Of the
)tory, and the following morn
"a called at police headquar-
)ging with him a card which
lis daughter had found on the
ne room recently occupied by
fuller. The card bore the
the secondhand dealer who
Ihased the chaini
stated Fraser's informant.
'rmnn who had boarded In his
! some time past. but who
denly disappeared, leaving
his effects behind him.
, happen to leave a photo
\ he?"
|Ir, he did. Here It is" md
produced a picture which the
md dealer Immediately iden-
the man who had sold him
a matter OF only n few hours
The German to n steamship
/ to find that he had sailed,
before. for America. Wish.
{ IN men to have credit for
Ire. Fraser dispatched two Of
New York on a fast boat,
I, Muller stepped of the
k he was arrested for the
I Thomas Briggs. although he
= protested his Innocence.
ed that he had bought the
IN a man on the street. As
roof Of his assertion, he pro-
riggs watch, which he said
ought at the same time as the