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' By this time a cab was watting In
Lombard street, and two of Plummer's
men, under the doctor's directions, car-
were they in the court than the two
watching women threw themselves
hysterically upon talker, and It was
long before they could be persuaded
that he was not being taken to Jail.
The mother, shrieked aloud: "My boy,
my boy! Don't take him! Oh, don't take
Jilm! They've killed my boy! Look at
his head! Oh, his head!" and wrestled
desperately with the men, while Hewitt
attempted ito soothe her, and promised
to allow her to go In the cab with her
Bon If she would only be quiet. The
younger woman made no noise, but phe
held one of Laker's limp hands in both
hers.
Hewltit and I dined together that
evening, and he gave me a full account
of the occurrences which I have here
eet down. Rtill, when he was finished,
I was not able .to see clearly by what
process of reasoning he had arrived at
the conclusions that gave him the key
of the mystery, nor did I understand
the "agony column" message, and I
Bald so.
"In the beginning," Hewitt explained,
"the thing that struck me aa curious
was the fact that Laker was said to
have given his own name at Palmer's
In buying his ticket. Now, the first
thing the greenest and newest criminal
thinks of Is changing his name, so that
kmc etvt9 "I nil umi otf Itlw u.i
; likely to begin with. Still he might
have made such a mistake, as Plum
mer suggested, when he said thajt crim
inals usually made a mistake some
whereas they do. In fact. Still, It was
N the least likely mistake I could think
of, especially as he actually didn't wait
to be asked for his name, but blurted
It out when' it wasn't really wanted.
And It was conjoined with another
rather curious mistake, or whait would
have been a mistake, If the thief were
Laker. Why should he conspicuously
display his wallet such a distinctive
article for the cleric to see and note?
Why, rather had he not got rid of It
before showing himself- Suppose it
Bhould be somebody personating
, Laker? In any case, I determined not
to be prejudiced by what I had heard
of Laker's batting. A man may bet
without being a thief. '. . , -
"But again, supposing it were Laker.
Might he not have given his name and
displayed his wallet and so oh while
buying a ticket for France, in order to
draw pursuit after himself In that di
rection, while he made off In another, In
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another name, and disguised? Each
supposition was plausible. And In
either case it might happen that, who
ever was laying this trail would prob
ably lay It a little further. Charing
Cross was the next point, and there I
went. I already had it from Plummer
that Laker had not been recognized
there. Perhaps the trail had been laid
In some other manner. Something left
behind with Laker's name on It, per
haps? I at once thought of the um
brella with his monogram, and, making
a long shot, asked for it at the lost
property ofllee, as you know. The guess
was lucky. In the umbrella, as you
know, I found that scrap of paper.
That, I Judged, had fallen In from the
hand of the man carrying the umbrella.
He had torn the paper In half In order
to fling it away, and one piece had fal
len Into the loosely flapping umbrella.
It Is a thing that will often happen
with an omnibus ticket, as you may
have noticed. Also, it was proved that
the umbrella was unrolled when found,
and rolled Immediately It was found.
So here was a piece of paper dropped
by the person who had brought the
umbrella to Charing Cross and left It.
I got the whole advertisement, as you
remember, and I studied It." 'Yob' Is
back-slang for 'boy,' and it Is often
used In nicknames to denote a young,
smooth-faced thief. Ounter, the man I
suspect, as a matter of fact, Is known
as ' the 'Hoxton Yob.' The message
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A tonic for ladies. If yon
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and feel exhausted and ner
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to your cheeks and restore
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Mothers use it for your
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then was addressed to some one known
by such a nickname. Next, 'H. U. shop
roast.' Now, In thieves' slang, to 'roast'
a thing or a person Is to watch It or
him. They call any place a shop
notably a thieves' den. So that this
meant that some resort perhaps the
"Hoxton Row shop' was watched. 'You
1st there tonight' would be clearer,
perhaps, when the rest was understood.
I thought a little over the rest, and It
struck me that it must be a direction
to some other house, since one was
warned of as watched. Besides there
was the number 197, and 'red bl.,'
which would be extremely likely to
mean 'rod blinds,' by way of clearly
distinguishing the house. And then
the plan of the thing was plain. You
have noticed, probably, that the map
of London, which accompanies the
postofllce directory. Is divided for con
venience of reference, Into numbered
squares?"
"Yes. The squares are denoted by
letters along the top margin and figures
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Thcy'vt Killed My Hoy.
down the ride. So that if you consult
the directory and find a place marked
as being In D5,- for Instance, you find
vertical division D, and run your finger
down it till it Intersects horizontal di
vision G, and there you are."
"Precisely. I got my postofllce direc
tory and looked for '02.' It was In
North London, and took In parts of
Abney Park cemetery and Clissold
Park. 'Second top' was the next sign,.
Very well. I counted the second street
Intersecting the top of the square,
counting. In the usual way, from the
left. That was Lordship road. Then
'3rd L.' From the point where Lord
ship road crossed the top of the square
I ran my finger down the road till it
came ito '3rd L.' or, in other words, the
third turning on the left. Hackworth
road. So there we were, unless my
guesses were altogether wrong.
'Straight ' mon.' probably meant
'straight moniker' that Is to say the
proper name, a thief's real . name, In
contradistinction to that he may as
sume. I turned over the directory till
I found Hackworth road, and found
that No. 197 was inhabited by a Mr.
Merston. From the whole thing I
Judged this. There was to have been a
meeting at the 'H. R. shop,' but that
was found at the last moment to be
watched by the' police for some pur
pose. So that another appointment was
made for this house In the suburbs.
'You 1st. Then tonight' the person
addressed was to come first, and the
others In the evening. - They were to
ask ' for ' the housekeeper's 'straight
moniker Mr. Merston. And they were
to come one at a time.
"Now, then, whait was this?" What
theory would fit It? Suppose tills were
a robbery, directed from afar by the
advertiser. Suppose on the day of the
robbery lit was found that the place
fixed for division of spoils were
watched. Suppose that the prlncopal
thereupon advertised (as had already
been agreed In case of emergency) In
these terms? The principal in the ac
tual robbery, the 'Yob' addressed, was
to go first, with ithe booty. The others
were to come after, one at a time. Any
way, I determined to try No. 197 Hack
worth road. I have told you what I
found there, and how It opened my
eyes. I went, of course, merely on
chance, to see what I might chance to
see. But luck favored, and I happened
on that coat brought back rolled up,
doubtless by the thief who had used it,
and flung carelessly Into the handiest
cupboard. That was this gang's mis
take. "Well, I congratulate you," I said.
"I hope they'll catch the rascals."
"I rather think they will, now they
know where to look. They can scarcely
miss Merston, anyway. There has been
very little to go upon in this case, but
I stuck to the thread, however slight,
and It brought me through. The rest
of the case, of course, is Plummer's. It
was a peculiarity of my commission
that I could equally well fulfill It by
catching the man with nil the plunder,
or by proving him innocent. Having
done the latter my work was at an
end, but I left It where Plummer will
be able to finish the Job handsomely.
Plummer did. Snm Ounter, Merston
and one accomplice was taken the first
and last were well known to the police
and were Identified by Laker. Mers
ton, as Hewitt had suspected, had kept
the lion's share for himself, so that
altogether, with what was recovered
from him and the other two, nearly
11,000 was saved for Messrs. Llddle,
Neal & Llddle. Merston, when taken,
was In the act of packing up to take
a holiday abroad and then cash his
notes, which were found, neatly packed
In separate thousands, In his portman
teau. As Hewitt had i"edlcted, his
gas bill was conslt-rably less next
quarter, for the latter two months of
It he spent In gaol.
As for Lnker, he was reinstated, of
course, with an Increase of salary by
way of compensation for his broken
head. He hud passed a terrible twenty
six hours In the collar, unfed and un
heard. Several times he had become
Insensible, and again and again he had
thrown himself madly against the door,
shouting and tearing at it until he fell
back exhausted, with broken nails and
bleedings Angers. For some hours be
fore the anrlval of his rescuers he had
been sitting in a sort of stupor, from
which he was suddenly aroused by
the sound of voices and footsteps. He
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