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One glance at the woman showed her to be elegant in dress and of a refined appearance. She could have had nothing in common with the missing Corbut, unless, indeed, he was other than he seemed. Certainly, whatever was Corbut's connection with the crime, there was another person, at least, as intimately concerned in it. And he, too, had fled.
This man that we want saw Harrigan on that cab while the man was on his way to the restaurant with the woman. Then when it became necessary to get Corbut out of the way, he remembered the drunken cabman, and hired him." "I don't see how you know that." "A man would rather have a sober driver than a drunken one, wouldn't he?" "Yes."
"Where was Corbut then?" "In room A." "How long did he stay there?" "Only a minute. I went back to the desk, and then was called by a waiter upstairs. Just as I turned to go I saw Corbut coming through the hall." "Did you speak to him?" "Yes; I called to him to stay by the desk while I went upstairs." "Did he answer?" "Yes; he said 'very well." "And that's the last you saw of him?" "Yes."
He is very fond of this bright boy, and gives him every chance to develop his theories in those cases in which he is employed. "Come, my lad," said the famous detective, "tell me what has set you against Gaspard." "He's going to skip." "Is that so? Well, this is serious." "It's a fact. I got it from one of the men in the restaurant. My man was told of it by Corbut." "Corbut?"
This being torn away disclosed a dead and ghastly face the face of unfortunate Corbut, the waiter. Corbut's body had been cut in two. Only half was in the trunk which Nick had opened. The other half was not, however, far away. It was in the other trunk.
"Yes; I looked in there before I came in here." "Did you see any of these people?" "I saw the two men." "How did that happen?" "One of them came out into the hall to call Corbut, who had not answered the bell quick enough." "Which one was that?" "The man in room A." "How do you know?" "Because I saw the other man, later, coming out of room B." "This room?" "Yes." "You are sure of that?"
"Yes; and there's another suspicious circumstance. There's a Frenchwoman who is going to give little old New York the shake at the same time as Gaspard. They're going back to sunny France together. "Now, nobody knows this but the man I talked with. Gaspard thinks that Corbut was the only one who knew it.
Its position suggested the possibility of suicide, and there was, at the first glance, nothing to contradict that theory, except the conduct of Corbut and the man who had registered as John Jones. It might be that the woman had committed suicide, and the men had fled for fear of being implicated in the affair. Nick examined this side of the case at once.
"We know that he was at the restaurant when the crime was committed. His name is on the books. "In some way, which I am not now prepared to fully explain, the waiter, Corbut, obtained a knowledge of the crime. It was necessary for the criminal to get Corbut out of the way. "I saw Corbut get into a cab at the door of the restaurant.
Nick then left the restaurant, taking Gaspard with him. Inspector Mclaughlin's men were by this time on hand, and they took charge of the house, under Nick's direction. At seven o'clock in the morning Nick received a message from Patsy, who had been directed to find the cabman in whose cab Corbut had fled. Patsy had located the cabman at his home on West Thirty-second street.
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