New Britain herald., 1924-01-04

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 Have you one about thiso" Screed asked. nodding toward the table
 Not yet. but when I begin to think about it-- However. it is facts you wanr from a doctor, not theories"
 T shall be glad to hear your theory when you get one" Sereed returned.
 When the doctor had gone we inter- viewed the caretaker and his wife. Mrs Dawson was much the less agi- tsted of the two, which might be act counted for hy the fact that sine had not seen the dead man. |. appeared that Dawson had locked the door and taken the key when he went for the police so that his wife should not so in and see the horrible sight.
 You came down first this morning I presume" said Screed,
 T don't as a rule. but the misses was tired this morning"
 Out last night
 Perhaps oughtn't to have done it." said Dawson, gradually becoming less agitated. seeing whats happened it's certain oughtn't to, but last night me and the missus went to the theatre
 Did you leave the house by the back door?"
 No. by the front, and came In that way. We went straight Up to bed. The house was just as we had left it.
 A few leading questions and Dawson talked freely. He was door porter at Osgoods in Regent Street. and was well known 10 Sir John Cornish, He had been his personal servant in Sir Johns younger days. and his wife had been housemsid in the family. It was not the first time he had stayed in the house as caretaker when the family was away. He had traveled abroad with Sir John. in India, in China, and In America.
 Hell be mighty upset over this af- fair" Dawson went on. T shouldn't wonder if it put him against the house. He's a bit superstitious, got some Welsh blood in him"
 He is more likely to have got his superstition from travelling in India and frbina said Grrned
 Why should he? I travelled there and didn't get superstitious."
 T had forgotten that said screed. Now I'll use the telephone"
 In the next half hour learned more of the power Of the detective force than all my experience had made me even suspect. lt was marvel that any criminal could ever escape justice. Be. fore he left the telephone sereed had arranged that Dawson. in his capacity Of door porter at Osyoods, should be watched. and that the recent move ments of every member of the Cornish family should be inquired into. Extra vigilance was arranged for in China town. and certain men who had had some prominence in the other cases Of similar nature were put under strict surveillance.
 Now 10 see what tho victim has to tell Us," said Screed. They will have taken him 10 the mortuary b. this time We'll look al the papers found on him
 Identification pas easy. His name uas Forbes. He lived in q boarding house at Hampstead, and vas re- sponsible clerk in a firm of tea ner- chants in the city. Screed. after giving me special instructions on what line to take, entrusted me with gathering news from inc boarding house and he wen. 10 interview the city firm.
 Tumble 10 the idea. Mir. Yatese A murder society with a ritual Keep that in your mind Al the same time don let Dawson out os il. { circle can he as big as you like remember. hut if can onlv have one center"
 |, was in Betty rameron's tesshop that We discussed the evidence. At tho boarding house very little vas known about Forbes lie kept himself 10 him self the iandIadr said: was of 2 sta- Jious nature. and appeared .o have no particular friend in thc house. On he night in question be had dinsd there and aitrrp-srds gone out alone for wsfk. There 7-ere no Indian nor Chinese students among her bosrders <crsed said his firm spoke most higafy of him and zers nurh dis resssd at street that nigh: on inc firms husi- 1esz. and t1ev had no connect on ~-hai- ever with Sir John Cornish rorbsss work zas -hisHy with their shipping department. and # 2 as possible he hal come in contact with Chinese cooiies at inc docks but ther did not imagine he could speak more than word Or two of Chinese. and t vas most un- liseiv he had ant knowIedsc o' Chinese affairs
 We draw i..aHk then. [ said
 It isn't the time Tor drawing any thing yet Screed returned. T saH Sir John Cornish at inc Yar5 this afternoon. 1Ir came to toan on re-