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His
appearance
seems
to
have
impressed
itself
upon
the
guard
’
s
memory
,
for
he
was
prepared
,
afterwards
,
to
describe
or
to
identify
him
.
He
was
a
man
of
thirty
-
four
or
thirty
-
five
years
of
age
,
dressed
in
some
grey
material
,
sharp
-
nosed
,
alert
,
with
a
ruddy
,
weather
-
beaten
face
,
and
a
small
,
closely
cropped
,
black
beard
.
He
glanced
up
as
the
door
was
opened
.
The
tall
man
paused
with
his
foot
upon
the
step
.
"
This
is
a
smoking
compartment
.
The
lady
dislikes
smoke
,
"
said
he
,
looking
round
at
the
guard
.
"
All
right
!
Here
you
are
,
sir
!
"
said
John
Palmer
.
He
slammed
the
door
of
the
smoking
carriage
,
opened
that
of
the
next
one
,
which
was
empty
,
and
thrust
the
two
travellers
in
.
At
the
same
moment
he
sounded
his
whistle
and
the
wheels
of
the
train
began
to
move
.
The
man
with
the
cigar
was
at
the
window
of
his
carriage
,
and
said
something
to
the
guard
as
he
rolled
past
him
,
but
the
words
were
lost
in
the
bustle
of
the
departure
.
Palmer
stepped
into
the
guard
’
s
van
,
as
it
came
up
to
him
,
and
thought
no
more
of
the
incident
.
Twelve
minutes
after
its
departure
the
train
reached
Willesden
Junction
,
where
it
stopped
for
a
very
short
interval
.
An
examination
of
the
tickets
has
made
it
certain
that
no
one
either
joined
or
left
it
at
this
time
,
and
no
passenger
was
seen
to
alight
upon
the
platform
.
At
5
:
14
the
journey
to
Manchester
was
resumed
,
and
Rugby
was
reached
at
6
:
50
,
the
express
being
five
minutes
late
.
At
Rugby
the
attention
of
the
station
officials
was
drawn
to
the
fact
that
the
door
of
one
of
the
first
-
class
carriages
was
open
.
An
examination
of
that
compartment
,
and
of
its
neighbour
,
disclosed
a
remarkable
state
of
affairs
.
The
smoking
carriage
in
which
the
short
,
red
-
faced
man
with
the
black
beard
had
been
seen
was
now
empty
.
Save
for
a
half
-
smoked
cigar
,
there
was
no
trace
whatever
of
its
recent
occupant
.
The
door
of
this
carriage
was
fastened
.
In
the
next
compartment
,
to
which
attention
had
been
originally
drawn
,
there
was
no
sign
either
of
the
gentleman
with
the
astrakhan
collar
or
of
the
young
lady
who
accompanied
him
.
All
three
passengers
had
disappeared
.
On
the
other
hand
,
there
was
found
upon
the
floor
of
this
carriage
—
the
one
in
which
the
tall
traveller
and
the
lady
had
been
—
a
young
man
fashionably
dressed
and
of
elegant
appearance
.
He
lay
with
his
knees
drawn
up
,
and
his
head
resting
against
the
farther
door
,
an
elbow
upon
either
seat
.
A
bullet
had
penetrated
his
heart
and
his
death
must
have
been
instantaneous
.
No
one
had
seen
such
a
man
enter
the
train
,
and
no
railway
ticket
was
found
in
his
pocket
,
neither
were
there
any
markings
upon
his
linen
,
nor
papers
nor
personal
property
which
might
help
to
identify
him
.
Who
he
was
,
whence
he
had
come
,
and
how
he
had
met
his
end
were
each
as
great
a
mystery
as
what
had
occurred
to
the
three
people
who
had
started
an
hour
and
a
half
before
from
Willesden
in
those
two
compartments
.
I
have
said
that
there
was
no
personal
property
which
might
help
to
identify
him
,
but
it
is
true
that
there
was
one
peculiarity
about
this
unknown
young
man
which
was
much
commented
upon
at
the
time
.
In
his
pockets
were
found
no
fewer
than
six
valuable
gold
watches
,
three
in
the
various
pockets
of
his
waist
-
coat
,
one
in
his
ticket
-
pocket
,
one
in
his
breast
-
pocket
,
and
one
small
one
set
in
a
leather
strap
and
fastened
round
his
left
wrist
.
The
obvious
explanation
that
the
man
was
a
pickpocket
,
and
that
this
was
his
plunder
,
was
discounted
by
the
fact
that
all
six
were
of
American
make
and
of
a
type
which
is
rare
in
England
.
Three
of
them
bore
the
mark
of
the
Rochester
Watchmaking
Company
;
one
was
by
Mason
,
of
Elmira
;
one
was
unmarked
;
and
the
small
one
,
which
was
highly
jewelled
and
ornamented
,
was
from
Tiffany
,
of
New
York
.
The
other
contents
of
his
pocket
consisted
of
an
ivory
knife
with
a
corkscrew
by
Rodgers
,
of
Sheffield
;
a
small
,
circular
mirror
,
one
inch
in
diameter
;
a
readmission
slip
to
the
Lyceum
Theatre
;
a
silver
box
full
of
vesta
matches
,
and
a
brown
leather
cigar
-
case
containing
two
cheroots
—
also
two
pounds
fourteen
shillings
in
money
.
It
was
clear
,
then
,
that
whatever
motives
may
have
led
to
his
death
,
robbery
was
not
among
them
.
As
already
mentioned
,
there
were
no
markings
upon
the
man
’
s
linen
,
which
appeared
to
be
new
,
and
no
tailor
’
s
name
upon
his
coat
.
In
appearance
he
was
young
,
short
,
smooth
-
cheeked
,
and
delicately
featured
.
One
of
his
front
teeth
was
conspicuously
stopped
with
gold
.
On
the
discovery
of
the
tragedy
an
examination
was
instantly
made
of
the
tickets
of
all
passengers
,
and
the
number
of
the
passengers
themselves
was
counted
.
It
was
found
that
only
three
tickets
were
unaccounted
for
,
corresponding
to
the
three
travellers
who
were
missing
.
The
express
was
then
allowed
to
proceed
,
but
a
new
guard
was
sent
with
it
,
and
John
Palmer
was
detained
as
a
witness
at
Rugby
.
The
carriage
which
included
the
two
compartments
in
question
was
uncoupled
and
side
-
tracked
.
Then
,
on
the
arrival
of
Inspector
Vane
,
of
Scotland
Yard
,
and
of
Mr
.
Henderson
,
a
detective
in
the
service
of
the
railway
company
,
an
exhaustive
inquiry
was
made
into
all
the
circumstances
.
