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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TIIUBSD AY MORNING. JULY 18, 1895.
GREAT CLEARING SALE!
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HI manner was extremely gentle as
be replied:
"My dear Mr. Smith, in all jny career
aa detective I have never suspected
any on of a crime. I don't allow my
elf to le mfsled by the blast whk-h a
Busptcion would generate. As far as In
dividuals are concerned, wy mind re
jnainn en absolute blank until I am
ure that I hav Identlfled the criminal.
Therefore, I begin by Investigating ev-
' erythlng and every one."
Reansred (somewhat, I tried to ac
quaint him, a well as I could, with my
rtece'a peculiar disposition, as going fir
to explain the tndifterence she had cer
tainly manifested since her father's
death. Aa I ave before stated, she
bad been gloomy and depressedulky.
in fact, from the time of my brother's
trouble with Ralph; and I waa fain to
confess thait, since the terrible denoue
ment, I had been utterly unable to de
lect ttie least change In her demeanor.
Once or twice I had heard (her talklr.g
to Iwrsetf ; but the only time I ventured
to console her was Immediately after
thedlscovery of the body, when I feared
the shock of the Bret news might be
serious. I was astonished at her calm
ness. She heard me Ito the end, and
then replied.
"I' am not a child, uncle. I have
borne other troubles, and I shall have
' to bear this nd l will bear It. I will
even try to believe it niy be for the
best. Only one thing I want to nay;
Ihat 1 know Jack Ralph to be as Inno
cent as as I am; and now let us not
. speak of It all. it is too 'norrmie.
"twi may readily believe," I conelud
fl, "tihai I made no further attempt ait
consolation."
Phillips had listened without com
Inetit. "I hope you do nt lk worth
while to examine my niece," I ventured.
"No no, I think not," he replied,
rousing himself from what seemed to
tie a fit of deep abstraction. "Not now
t any rafte. I will have an opportun
ity of seeing her casually at dinner.
' perhaps. The' next step will be, I
think, wHfli your permlswlort, to look at
m bodyand tue ciomes m wnicn t
dressed when' found."
N and led th way Into the dark
led room whore the remains had
66 upon couch and covered
i sheet. -1 had known enough to
that fhey houJd not be prepared
rtal until the arrival of the city
v( thougJj, of course, the phy-
rd the local coroner had been
1 take off tha clothes, which
M thrown over a neighboring;
i M onoe prooeedod to open the
wtl an even more se
-v 3an he had yet fthowni
j body and bent down
10 cases Bleached Twilled
Toweling,
Only lie per yard
So pieces Cashmeres, i yd
wiue,woria 25c auu zyi;
Only 15c. yard
50 doz. Ladies' Laundried
Shirt Waists, worth 75c
Only 40c
Irvtnir Bn-hellor.
"The face has been washed, I pre
sume?" Ill-' ifiuerl-xl;. "Do you know
whether tih..re was much bljod on It
when found?"
"ThJ-re 6?a3 some bluod . ft "m the
mouth," I answered. "I wnuli nt per
mit them to do more than wipe w
away wlih a hJindkorohlef."
Hut do you know that no water was
UEei bf .'ore you cam.'?" he pursued.
"I am very sure of It," I answered.
"The neighbor whi diseuvered my
brother ruf'hed at once to the- houn?,
wh-re I was at breakfart at the tlms.
Within five minutes of Hie discovery I
wa.i at the spot. Th? body lay on its
back; arid I notlofd tliat two sltnd-r
ttreams of bkxid .bid run from the cor-
no 8 of the mouth and formed a small
congeal?d or rather caked paol beneath
the nck."
Phi'.llips took a magnifying glaRS from
hl pocket and cars fully examined the
wound In the forehead. A Hash or in
tuition as to ''..he liri? of iii-i Investigation
came over m':.
"You think it por.'lble " I began.
"I think nfthin.?," said shortly,
ntcalghtenlng up. "Thre Is niit a elgn
of blood having flowed from this wound.
I can readily see tncs of It abotit the
mouth and nerk. Nolhlng but a thor
u?3 of roap and water could remove
tiVm. Youir brc'.hfr did not die from
'ih? blow on th? htad. HC was dad for
at l?3t half an hour before it waa re
ceived." A fnsatlfrh of horror came over me
st t'he words. 1 had b?en hoping against
hof. thnt Phillips might be able to
ehow that the death waa accidental,
after all. Now I na.w at once the utter
futility of entertaining surh a notion.
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Commencing
Our Annual Summer Clearing Sale, which usually commences about August 1st, owing
to the large stock which we now have on hand, commences July 15. The stock must be re
duced 50 per cent within 30 days. The entire stock consists of over $50,000 worth of Dry
Goods, Notions, Ladies and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Millinery, Cloaks, Wrappers, Infants'
Wear, etc., has been marked down to a price lower than ever seen in Scranton before. Be
low we mention a few of the bargains only, to give you an idea of what we are selling. Hun
dreds of other bargains just as good in every department
5 bales Unb'eachcd yard
wide Sheeting,
Only 21c per yard
50 pieces Silk Velvet,
worth $1.00,
Only 50c per yard
45 doz. Ladies'
worth $1.00
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"Moreover," he pursued, "if you say
the blood Waa 'caked,' he must have
been dead for several hours before he
was found. I took the trouble to ex
amine the railroad cut on my way here.
Yuu will remi!fnber that its bottom is
entirely shielded from the morning sun,
the lack of, which, together with the
heavy dews of the last two or three
mornings, would tend to keep blood
more or le3s moist for some time."
"What did kill him, then?" I aaked,
at last. ' .
"We nh.i'11 see," returned Phillips,
and, drawing down the shfwt, he pro
ceeded to minutely examine the body,
beginning at the head. Suddenly he
Ho Pointed Toward tlio Left Itreast.
f'toppc.l and stf nigutened up ngain. I
looked at him Hicjulringly, and he point
ed toward the left breast.
"ITe mujt have had a pin or a needle
In his undershirt," I said as I noticed a
scratch Y?m than an-inch In length a
little above the heart:
"A rather long pin or needle," mut
tered Phillips, grimly, and, bending
over, he pressed bis thumbs on each
side of the halr-Uke line of browning
red scab, until It broke.apart; and I saw
a deep, gaping wound made undoubted
ly by a very thln-bladed knife. It ran
horizontally across the body between
the ribs and seemed to range downward
at an angle of about forty-five degrees.
For a moment the interest In this
discovery overwhelmed the horror of It.
"lint tha clothes?" I said, stepping
toward the chair. "They examined
th m." ' (
Phillips' lip curled.
"What's the good of examining any
thing," he said, "when you start with a
supposition based on the first bit of
evidence that appears? These yokel
never got beyond the idem that thnt
wound In the head killed the man, so
all their work wna superficial and use
less. Now, let us see," he pursued, and,
taking up the articles of apparel, one
by one, he scrutinised each carefully
especially the hlrt) underehlrt and
coat." " ' ' 1 " .
"Where did the knife pierce these?"!
broke in, as I peered over his shoulder,
"I see no "
"It didn't pierce these at all," said
Phillips, putting the garments back on
the chair. .:Your brother did not wear
rthese clothes when he wus stabbed.'
"But he wore these when he iwas
found," I said vaguely, and with a con
rclournett of added mystery dawning
slowly upon me. "You see the dirt
stains where they lay in the cut."
"It Is perfectly clear,"- pursued Phil'
lips. Ignoring my remark,'. '.'that who
ever killed your brother dressed him In
these clothes' and then carried him out
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wide Muslin, '
Only 31c per yard
5o pieces Japanese Wa sh
Silk, worth 50c.
Only 25c per yard
Wrappers,
to $2.00,
Only 90c
5oo doz; Ladies' Fancy
HMidkercliiefs, worth
5c to 8c, Only 2zC
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and threw him down the embankment.
This is probably how the skull was
broken."
'And that accounts for there being
no blood on his linen," I put In.
I don't Imagine there was any on
the linen he did wear," said he. "You
forget hat there was none on the skin
in the neighborhood of the wound
Just enough to form that tiny scab
which you mistook for a scratch. I
wasn't sure about it; but I was looking
for serious wounds and I found one.
Perhaps you do not know that a deep
stab with a very thln-i'.iladed. knife
hardly ever bleeds externally. The In
ternal hemorrhage was probably con
siderable ,as the bleeding from the
mouth would indicate; and death must
have been practically Instantan.-ous."
I was nil at sea now, nnd my mind
whirled around amid a dozen half
formed conjectures. Phillips picked up
the shoes that lay near the chair.
"He had these on?" he asked.
I nodded.
"You can see, then, thnt the last
time they were worn was In the house;
that he could not 'have walked to the
cut in them," hp pursued, unwinding
an unboiled thread of carpet from a pro
jecting nail.
This disclosure came upon me with
crushing force. It wemeu to point to
-tome one in the house as 'he criminal;
yet to whom? It was Impossible for
m to believe that Anderson could be
guilty, nd ytt who else was there?
Only myself and my nloce. At Inst, ns
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but who have been forced to confess that
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which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
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mixtures, had been tried In nearly all these
cases and bad cither utterly failed to.bcne
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Kxtract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo
phosphites bad also been faithfully tried
in vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chrntiic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 160
pages which will be mailed to you,, on
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sumps. You can then write to those who
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perience. ' &
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100 pieces Check Apron
Ginghams,
Only 22c per yard
75 doz. Boys' Waists, 100
doz. Boys' Pants,worth
5oc. to 75c, Only 35c
2 cases Ladies' Hose,seam
less and fast black, worth
iac to i5c, Only 72C
CLEARING
I slowly gathered courage to ask pome
question, In order to relieve my sus
pens?, Phillips spoke agaiin:
"Perhaps It would be vus well to ex
amine your blether's wardrobe with a
The Charred Fragments of a Letter.
view to ascertaining whether any gar
ments are m letting. You see that the
trouscira on the chair here do not match
l'h! coat. If he were up and dressed,
you'll doubtless find that the coat and
waitccu( that do match them If there
were such are gone."
Without trut-tlng myself to reply, I
proweded to eearch carefully, but with
out avail.
"You are right," I said at last. "They
are missing both of them; and lit was
the stilt he 'has been wearing every day.
I can nut conceive my HtupldLty In ne
glenting lo olwerve m noticeable a
polnit, especially as my brother waa a
very careful man about hla dress. As
to the uhlrt and uhdorvest, I don't
know 'how many he had, but probably
my niece "
"Never nilnti those," tald Phillips
p1ilr!Hy. 'Mie had unquestionably
dresaed himself fully, and we ehall be
safe In assuming that tho murderer has
d.'troved or clherwlsed dlfiposod of all
the four garments through which the
knife papRtil. Klmlly permit me to
examlna the grate, although I don't
mjppoce "
lie removed th? chimney board aa
he spoke. The dust lay thick within,
and, wpon It, the charred fragments of
a letter. Hut for this, the place had ev
idently, been undisturbed since it was
shut up In the spring.
The detective leaned over and picked
the burnt paper carefully up. It waa
perfectly black 'and fell to pieces In his
hand. Of course," no wirltlng was vis
ible, mucin leys legible. We both ex
amined each minute fragment thor
oughly, with the aid of Phillips pocket
ten and It was apparent that both let
ter and en vekipe had been thrown where
we found them within a. very few days.
Their freedom from soot and dust was
enough to make that much clear to the
mot superficial observer.
"Do you think It probable that this
letlter 1s In any way connected with the
affair?" I asked.
"I can't tell yet," he roplded. "I shall
be perfectly frank amd open with you,
Mr. Smith; and tine case, a far as we
have, gotten, amounts.' to Jusft this.
Your brother was killed In the house at
some time In. the morning before the
usual rising hour of your family. Who
ever did the deed either lived here, or
broke In, or was ft in by aomeone who
lived here, It Is evident, too, that rob
bery wus not tue motive, and the mur
JulO
IO pieces Bleached Pillow
Case Muslin, 16-inch
wide, Only 7zC per yard
200 doz. Gents' White Un
laundried Shirts; worth
50c, Only 29c
2 cases Ladies' Summer
Corsets, worth 75c,
Onry 39c
SALE!
derer appears to have been singularly
cool and deliberate In ail his. acts. I
Khliik we may further assume that the
murder was committed while It was
yet .dark. Otherwise It is Inconceiv
able tb.it aryime f.hould have risked
carrying the body acrof s the lawn."
A new Idea, more horrible than any I
Wad as yet 'harbored, came suddenly
over me, and I grew sick au the mere
thought. .Was this man going to prove
that my niece had let Kalph Into the
house to kill her father? The detfdllve.
however, seemed not to notice my agi
tation.
"I presume," he continued, "that no
examination was made of t'he doors or
windows to see whether tluy have been
tampered with?"
' I f.hook my head. Then I said:
"Anderson, reported to me that he
found the front door unfastened, but we
naturally explained that by the supposi
tion we had already arrived at that
my brother ibad walked out before
breakfast."
"And ns we may feel sure that he did
not walk out," ild Phillips, "we sim
ply altpr your supposition to assuming
that the murderer opened It in order to
carry his victim out. Itow the mur
derer got In, I r.hall be better able to tell
when I have looked about a bit."
He now wer.t over the house very
carefully, with 1'he exception of my
owi my niece's and Anderson's rooms;
but, though the lens was frequently
brought Into ue, there wa no trace
whatever of any housebreaking.
"It is unnecessary," he replied. "No
would-ho murderer would break Into a
house through the occupied room of a
third party. It would only serve to
double the ch'.inees of his detection.
You may regard It as established that
our man, If ihe entered at all, entered by
collusion with one of the Inmates."
To Be Continued.
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stomach troubles quickly relieved. Catarrh
positively curcu. jiuhuiwhv vuiv. ... .
minutes. Nervous diseases promptly cured.
Kidney troubles, Tiles, Neuralgia, Asthma
-.. .1 Bii vAn,.u n,,mniAtnf nnlplflv cured.
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vigor to weak and debilitated men. Ask
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COAL
AT RETAIL
Coal of the bast quality for domestic
so, and of all slsoa, dollvered in any
part of ths city at lowest pries. .
Orders left at my OOlca 1
NO. 118 WYOMING AVENUE,
Rear room, ttrat floor. Third National
Bank, r ssnt by mall or telephone to ths
Una. will resolve unmet attention.
pceial ooatraots will be made for ths
us in siivsit OE uuciwnw
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id,
25 pieces
sheeting, 2
Only
500 doz. Gents' Seamless
l2 Hose, worth ice. pair,
Only 5c
1,000 doz. Sewing Silk,
all colors, 100 yd spools,
Special, 2 for 5c
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TO our
Washburn-Croshy Co. wish to assure their many pal
rons that tlicv w ill this year hold to their usual custom
of inillinji Sl'RICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new crop
is fully cured. New wheat is now upon the market, nnd
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers are
of the opinion that it is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will tnko
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully threo
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling has
placed W-ishburn-Crosby Co.'s flour far above other
brands.
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