"Simple case, sir. Murdered for money. Find the man with a flowing beard."
XI
THE MAN WITH A BEARD
There were but few men in town who wore long beards. A list was made of these and handed to the coroner, who regarded it with a grim smile.
"Not a man whose name is here would be guilty of a misdemeanour, let alone a crime. You must look outside of our village population for the murderer of Agatha Webb."
"Very likely, but tell me something first about these persons," urged
Knapp. "Who is Edward Hope?"
"A watch repairer; a man of estimable character."
"And Sylvester Chubb?"
"A farmer who, to support his mother, wife, and seven children, works from morning till sundown on his farm, and from sundown till 11 o'clock at night on little fancy articles he cuts out from wood and sells in Boston."
"John Barker, Thomas Elder, Timothy Sinn?"