Show ofa cab bj ragus w i CHAPTER L trull A Alt OCT ItOUS BATO it WV 1 A I 1 I 1 T z I 1 I 1 I 1 tt I 1 I 1 f m I 1 I 1 N i I 1 I 1 4 4 I 1 A 7 I 1 M I 1 I 1 I 1 0 I 1 et 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 UK HE following report appeared in tho the at ar pis newspaper of 0 f it saturday the luo july IS i truth f i i i I 1 be stran trailer gr abati th ui ile flo I 1 lion IOB and certainly 11 the extraordinary murder which balch took place in melbourne on night or OP rather friday log roca gocs A long way toward verifying saying A crimo crime boa bass been committed by mor unknown casslo oas within a abort bort cla distance stance of the abo principal is tracts of this great city and is surrounded rounded ur by un LI impenetrable mystery my atory indeed from the icum of the crime itself the ponc where it was committed and the abo tact fact kiat clout the mis maassen lassin boj bas without leaving a trace behind him it mould teem seem so though tho the CAM bail bad boon been taken bodily boddy out of ono one of novels and that his bb detective laco lecoq q only would to bo ablo able to unravel it ib the facts of cho case bro aro simply these on elio h day of july nt at tho the hour of twenty mil minute lutea to 3 2 to la the morning tanos sout cab drove up to tho the police station i la grey erects SS sk kilda and the ibo driver mcdo mado the startling statement that his cab tho the body of a rana mass abern ho he bad reanon matters to believe had bad been murdered batiz Bai nil liken loto into the pro promencio menco of tho the to in specter the collar nican be gave hl his mine e OA Ual colio royston m listed tho the follows anz str aligo gory at the hour of 1 ta in tho the room mom ing bo be wi wait driving down collins colling street tait when bon mis AJ he ha was passing the burko burke and anal wallis monument lo lis was maa heated by as a standing at tire tho corner comer by tho the scotch church lie ho immediately drove up and saw the abo balled him wap supporting ch d oem 1 who appeared to bo be cry to lo cox chial doth both were era in lue evening al cal but the bail bad no overcoat c i 1 while cho other were asborg covert coot of a light town color which was open As drove up or tho the gentleman coutler can in the light coat mid aard lodholz here cabby heres some fellow awfully tight tigh better take him isamel roystom Roy then asked him if the mail wa lis bla friend but this the other denied ayling y n C the be bad juat picked turn lum up from t abo b e root foot pit path t h und and did not know him from adam at A t this ibia moment tho the deceased tamed his bis face up to the lagat of the lamp under well both acro to ro standing sla anil the collur seemed to roc him for tie ho a blotting the tb drunken roan rain tall all to fo a leap on tho the pavement ment and aad gasping outpour out you your I 1 bo be turned on his bis liml and to aked rapidly away down russell street iu in use uio direction of bourke vita barc ct be royston ys n wall altering after him and won d dongug g at his r conduct liess be wal rocial roca llod led to himself by the voice of tho the do dis comment bo hal bal struggled to his bb feet assid was boldan it on to the lamp post past swaying to and fro fam 1 I 1 wass wan gomo onto lie bo did in a thick voice st icilda ila ho then tried to get eft into the on cab b taut but win was too d uok to do so KO anti and orally dually eat down again on oil tho the pavement sailing this thin roylton got down and lifting him bian up helped bm bins into tho the cab some omo considerable difficulty the fell ou lack back into faeo the cab and to drop deep off of to as deop I 1 P W 0 o lifter closing the door ROY 1101 turned to 0 o remount hi bid driving beat n i ben lo be found tho gentleman la in cho light coat hem ho he bad well fel holding up the deceased close cleeo to blis elbow Roy roynton atton md eard ob jouvet come back mid and the other answered yes yc ivo changed my mind an i I 1 will ill we him homo home As AJ nomad thu line boope bu opened abo door of stopped iu in beside cho lb deceased doce asod and told roy biolo drive aund to iol bl eilart codou who ins ww wars glad the that t the friend of the deceased bad como come to look after him drove OJ as lie had bad timas iwa directed but near the cb b of cog cay laud grammar Uran muir school on tho the st SL adda road the gentle pian in ia the liba coat called out to him to stop did 0 o and the gentleman got bot butof out of closing the door after him wont oil t lot let me IBO tadeas him hies homo home bo be said to ill silk back to tho the city and you yoa can drive arl him to st SL kilda wheat sti irr sarf alad royston grey gray street I 1 rancy fancy said aid tho the other but as my Y friend will direct you when bell you get to the junction aint he be too much on sirl wit royston dubiously 11 abdo lob va I 1 think hell lo batt 10 due to toll tall you where 0 hrc it a urey grey creet or ackland street t real i fancy I 1 dont know n u aich he then opened tho the door of the cab and locked in good tied digati old man 1 he bo said ald rho other apparently did rot answer anaT tr for the gont gentleman lemast I 1 lu in too the light coat coast allardi al ging his bis and muttering bruto closed ibo elio door again lie then ravo cato royston half in 1 sovereign le a cigarette and after bank ID ing a tow few remarks about tho the beauty of the wal lesil ott off quickly la in the direction of royston drove down to the tb junction red aad laving having matzo hopped prod there accord ing to his bin la r he bo ogled led ills daiv aiu MV may era oral times clero lo 10 was to drive hisato baio to ra no answer and thinking that the dowad ties too drunk to answer to bo got down from his seat ati opened the door of tuo the and found the deceased lying lack in ill tho the corner with a b across his bis mouth he flo put out his hand n jtb the of rousing him thinking that he bo find bad gone cono to sleep when oo on touching him bim the fuu fo nard nd on ox lion to his bis horror lo lie aund found that lio ito aru no quito quite delsid alarmed at what had liken plat and suspecting tho the to the I 1 tight coat bo be drove to tho the police station elation at st sit Kil hilda tims and there madu made the above report rho wily body of the doc ousted wu well taken out of abo cab and brought into abo clation clat ioD a doctor sent for at once on bis bid an ivel ival bow elerbe ever bo found that lif baj quite extinct and also that tho cho lob ft iw do tied lightly over the mouth OB red ilia chloroform ho dm bou no head ta U 04 to iu stating t abt from the way in which aba be bond kerchief as placed and the presence pren onca of chloroform a murder had bad bou beau committed committal and from nil the ilia deceased easily and without a the decomer CA a slender man of medium el ht with wilh a dark complexion and IN deomid to in evening dream which will indr dil dellitt dini lItt cult as it 16 in a costume which bos bass not any mark to render it them were oo no pipers nor mile ala ciul unit OJ oa the from which bid bj munis could bo discovered and the clot clotting bing was wa not in way how forur to hibb wool waa tied lied schuss his lii month want or of delasta silk aik and worked IQ in onto ODO or of the centers with tio the letters 0 10 W wa in rod mid wilk abo cordor cour course e may lay lavo abad big own on to commit the abo crime 0 so o that chat if the initials aro are those of his bla ea awo wit on I 1 0 the thy T only may loal land to bin bia detection I 1 L them will bo an inquest held bold on the body of the deeva said thins morning ft bors ben ile DO doubt bonio WO way may bo be elicited which may the mystery lit in monday mornings issue of the argue the i b following article appeared with reference to 0 o the the follo ing additional evidence bou baj been obtained well bleb may mav throw rome light on the mysterious murder to ta a bamon baboons costo cab of f which wo we gave cave a full description to iu any dayi bit isue ains Ari aller hannish casbean called at t the poison oab mod and core as a clew which will w ul no DO doubt prove of value to the detec i tire in ID their monarch after thu the murderer ile iia that he was driving up the SL BL agua igua road ou on frany morning about half post poat I 1 v len ica ho he wo was boiled belled by a gentleman in a U light lit coat who stopped lappel luio into the cab and tom told him to drive to rowlett street to in east cant ila iio did so 0 o after lim alra tire gP litle mutt got out lit at lila corner of Welling wellington tou partitioned powlett street and flonly UP bowlett kow lett 0 mt while the cab drove bok back I 1 1 is totor jem tn hero here tall nil CIO clow cuda it but t there cali U izora izoro bo be no doubt tn fit the of our nalora n en to 10 tho the identity of the ibe mutt lu in the coat coast who bl 0 cutout pot out of 0 Roy stoWs cab bob on ill ilio bt 1 rood road w ala tho ono one who tho the other tube cab and ut alta irful thero them could list haio 0 been no ad PJ the th cabalist tou would curtly have bavo bailard the else find bail any tak taken eat place the top rup position poni livo Is fb therefore ther eforo abal the do massad WM wea too deuk to make any ny retiA tance rod find cho other wat but bu opportunity placed cho handkerchief saturated with wit chloro foi in over the mouth of falls hi victim and after a fow boevin ineffectual 0 struggles the latter would mould relapsed into a arista of stupor front from such inba lations the moil inns in tho ilia firlit least coat judging floor his bl conduct bom getting loto into file lio cab appealed to haw have tho the deceased dX train from the c of liu hij walking away on recognition and it returning shows that hla his attitude toward tho the as n not alto gelbor a friendly ono il hero ts is a grout groat chance tor for soma omo of our bourdo do tec tives to reader remount faino uit end no n 0 feel aur that they will do their to vaci of this ebli cowardly mand aud during martim CHAPTER IL TITS TIM EVIDENCE AT tag attlies at alio gilld on abu folind in the lanom cab the alio tol following lowing arti clon taken from the ibo deo dewid enned wore floro placed on oil tho the table I 1 1 co 10 pa jacial tell leu billeus bil lius in 10 cold and silver 2 tho the white silk which was aar bosted null till and wait found tied marked II 11 ich W V in nj bilk 3 A caw case of nul artas hm jia leather albor lc half hair filled wilu 4 A left hand band abito hato glove lore of lid rather oiled with wilb block seems down the back samuel gorby of the detective office na as present in order to too co if anything might he bo said mid by tho the likely to to the abo causo cause or to tho the author of tho the crime I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ill I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 ap pp 9 I 1 Y I 1 4 4 II 11 I 1 1 11 Y I 1 i I 1 y 11 f I 1 V W 7 1 1 I 1 II A r wre I 1 f A I 1 I 1 SAMMEL the first called was las malcolm mai no ston atoo in holds cab the crime bad been earni corni earna corna I 1 teA ila 10 lo told tho the samo mine story as 09 bail a already appeared lit in the ond and the ibo f fol owing lowing factor were elicited by the ibo cormier Q class you give 4 1 of the eon cani i aleman in n tho the light coat who wast was holding tho the 1 decencies deceased wheat you drove iipp misi I 1 A I 1 did not him very reary closely aa my any attention WM watt taken liken up by tho the I 1 1 and act besides the in the abo light libl coat was lo in the shadow Q him from what you TOI saw law of bin I 1 A no has win was fair I 1 think became I 1 could I 1 MO ilia bin mu mustache rather tall and in ia evening dwa it wi with h a hahl li bt coat over it I 1 could not ate hla his fees faco very plainly no a bo be vore ft a soft boft felt bat back which ams pulled dawm over his eyes Q what vhal kind of hat bat won it 16 be booro norto ra wide I 1 A yes yea tho the brim br m was waa turned down domm and I 1 could only sea OM has bis mouth and Q 1 ahat did H hen boj ashod ka him bini if bo be know knew the abo A ila ho mail cald he bo didn dian t that lu hu had jast picked lim up y Q and rift cowards bo be seemed to recognize A yc when tho the checter red looked up he be aid you I 1 and let him tall fall on oa to the ground theu then bo be walked am by ay toward churko street Q adial did he bu look back enot A not thit chat I 1 saw chow Q bow long ions wore you loong looking after him I 1 A about a minute band Q and when did you u we hit him to gob A after I 1 put deceased into is tho the cab I 1 turned round and found lim him at my elbow Q and what did bo be say ca I 1 A I 1 said uhl ohl youve conio conan back unit anil lis L said mid yes ivo BIT lakind end will om aco him lome aud and thoa then be rot cot into the rab cab anil and told we tuo to drive to SIL 81 kilda Q lie ucal auko abon u if bo know abo aadi I 1 A 11 vc I 1 thought that he bo only recognized him when lio lie looked up and perhaps baroug bad a row with him bini albed abuy maer isy but thought hed field como come back Q old did you see hini him coming becki A no mo the first I 1 saw of mm bull was at my elbow when I 1 turned Q and n hen did bo get outa A jut jupt as I 1 was turning down by the grammar school on the clio ML last ecilda da road Q J did ou bear issar any sound f fighting or Dg in the cab during the A no the road mid ft all rat her rough amil tho the colso bolso or of the ibo wheel goia over tho the would oud have bavo prove arted mo bearing beano anything Q IN lion the iho gentleman in ail tho the light coat got cot outdid out did lie bo appear dis urba A 11 no lio ID at 0 perfectly colas calai Q how ila coul I 1 you tell that A ibo 60 mool had 11 risen 0 aid 1 1 I 1 could we co plainly Q I 1 ou men u face dbent A so no his lil bat was pulled down over it I 1 only saw as 03 much as I 1 did when bo be entered file ml in fit collins Q U were pre his bla claibo clot laft torn lorn or disarranged la in any way aal ayl i A no the only dar darrimon remon I 1 saw la 14 um j won raj that his bis coat was butLo noiL Q and was ft open whoa bo fot bof I 1 A no ko but it won 1 li I or aa j bolding liot dios up the doce doe wed eased Q the tie bo buttoned it ft wore booro tie bo came 1 i back and rt got into the cab caba I 1 A YM ve I 1 do BO I 1 Q what mint did tie ho say ay when he got out of the tb cab ab on the st icilda road A ile wild told that the would not 1 ht t him take him home bottle aud and that he bo would walk back amic to melbourne Q and you asked him where rou 3 on etere ore to drive the dec deceased eissed tot ter A yes yc and he bo mid aid tuat that tho deceased lived either 1 in grey street or ackland 1 I acet SL kilde but that ur the deceased would direct mo me j ut ot the junction Q did dilyou on not think that the discussed wasi wu I 1 too drunk to direct I 1 A yoe I 1 did but his bli friend said that imp aria and tho the baking of the cab would sober I 1 lt bim as a bit by the ibo timo time I 1 got to the junction Q the gentleman in the light mat coat applei i antly did nut know where the decca sod brodl I 1 A no he said it w either lu in arkland i street or cray street I 1 i Q did you not think that i A no I 1 thought bo be lis bo a club friend of the deceased I 1 Q how long ionic did aid the man lu in tho the litt mat talk to you A albut avo Q and during that time you board no notes in the cab I 1 ano aho I 1 thought the doc doccA crAod sod bad gone to sloop sleep Q and after tho the man to ID tao light coat mid good right to the deceased ft lot hot her tweed f A ho lit a cigarette aavo avo roo me a half ballf sovereign oud and walked oil off howardi tomed mat bouma 4 did you observe if the in ili the light root coat hold had lila with himl A oh yen year bor bucauto he ba dutoi hla bid beef iab with it IL the road read was van very dusty Q did you notice any striking about him A well riot except that bo be wore a diamond ring rang Q what wass there about A ll 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