Evening star., 1923-01-28
"Rther igaudy, this" he. remarked.


"Rther tgaudy, this" he remarked.
Rather too saudy to accord with
the sober taste of the average pro
fessor." Rennison said. "It probably
was a gift from some friend who had
bought 1t in Paris or Constantinople
as, a souvenir. 1t Is as fresh. appar :
entity. as when IL left its maker 3
hands. Still, Charming may have had
It for several weeks or months. The
black seal pocketbook in which we
found the money and cards was more
to the fancy of the poor fellow for
general use This probably merely
was lying around among his personal
effects and came to his mind when he
wanted some such receptacle for
special purpose. Take whtn or this
pocket, Towndrow." :,
AS Reunison spoke. he opened the
left-hand, inner pocket Of the. vest and
held 1t to Towndrow's nose. $500. -
The secret service man nodded.
Yes" he said, "the odor OF that
Turkish leather 10 pretty strong. 1t
was in this pocket he carried the red
pocketbook."
But Coughlin assures us that he
found 1t in the right inside pocket of
the coat" Rennison' suggested. e.
TRUE" Towndrow assented. Taken
In conjunction with the placing of
the button in the wrong buttonhole
of the coat. 1t certainly indicates that
some one was interested in this red
pocketbook after the body Of Chan
ming fell to the floor"
Taking the pocketbook again. Rem
nison threw back the flap and pointed
to the wide pocket in the back.
THE papers we are seeking were
in there. Towndrow." he said.
"T think there Is no doubt of that.
captain" Towndrow muttered. but
we'll have to do some pretty quick
travelling IL we are going to come up
with them now"
THE travelling must not be along
false trails" Rennison cautioned.
Before we start we must know what
we are going after. Meantime, wed
better be sure there is nothing in
that travelling bag that Is Of interest
to US: VIII you look it over, old
mani"
Towndrow nodded. and forthwith
proceeded TO act in accordance with
the request.
1.-The hotel management. won't OBJ
ject I suppose, II we reQuisition one
OF. the sheets from the bed. Capt.
|Rennison." said Coroner Discum.
"Oh. no. think not" Rennison an
Glancing at the body as he spoke.
he saw that It had been entirely
stripped. and was lying on its face.
He crossed to 1t and dropped on one
knee beside it
Found nothing, eh?' he asked the
physician
Coughlin was taking a sheet from
the bed.
Nothing whatever Of a nature to
Indicate that the man did not die OF
natural causes" Albertson replied.
Despite the slightness of his build.
he appears to have been in good
physical health"
Beside Rennison's bent knee was
the upturned palm of the dead mans
right hand. STOPPING lower, the
Army officer raised it. The physician
II observed those slight discolora-
tions near the tips of the thumb and
the first and second fingers" Albert
son explained. They appear to be
without significance. however. He
was q cigarette smoker. but l would
say they are not tobacco stains. What
was his occupation?'
"a college professor and inventor
We'll. then. should infer that they
were stains received In the course OF
laboratory work, involving the use OF
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might have been a photographer"
'Towndrow. let me have that glass
Of yours" said Rennison.
The secret service man left the Ia
BILE at which he bad been examining
the black travelling bag. As he
ing he drew small magnifying glass
from one Of 1fs pockets and extracted
It from its chamois skin bag. +He
handed the glass to Rennfs6n. After
examining the stained fingers for sev-
eral moments through the glass Rem
nison rose. -.s. -
Lets set the body nearer one OF
the windows" he said.
Towndrow and Coughlin carried II
to q point just below one of, the win
dows and laid 1t on the floor. =.
How much would you say the poor
chap weighed? Rennison asked as he
knelt again beside the body.
Somewhere between 125 and 13C
pounds" Coughlin replied.
Once more Rennison was examin-
Ing the stains through the glass. In
couple of minutes he drew back and
rose.
Better have look at these
through the glass, Doctor" he sug-
gested.
Taking the glass, Albertsen. knele
He had been looking through the
glass only few moments when a
flush was seen to steal over his fea-
lures. He made a. little sound as
though he were clearing his throat.
Yes, captain" he .muttered,. "there
does seem to be something here"