“I have a cab waiting for me. But it only holds two,” volunteered Pokorny.
“That doesn’t matter, I’ll sit on the box,” answered the man addressed as Muller.
“You are going with us?” asked Pokorny.
“Yes, he will accompany you,” replied the commissioner. “This is detective Muller, sir. By a mere chance, he happened to be on hand to take charge of this case and he will remain in charge, although it may be wasting his talents which we need for more difficult problems. If you or any one else have anything to tell us, it must be told only to me or to Muller. And before you leave to look at the body, I would like to know whether the dead man owned a watch, or rather whether he had it with him on the day of the murder.”
“Yes, sir; he did have a watch, a gold watch,” answered Mrs. Klingmayer.
Riedau looked at the bookkeeper, who nodded and said: “Yes, sir; Winkler had a watch, a gold watch with a double case. It was a large watch, very thick. I happen to have noticed it by chance and also I happen to know that he had not had the watch for very long.”
“Can you tell us anything more about the watch?” asked the commissioner of the landlady.
“Yes, sir; there was engraving on the outside cover, initials, and a crown on the other side.”
“What were the initials?”
“I don’t know that, sir; at least I’m not sure about it. There were so many twists and curves to them that I couldn’t make them out. I think one of them was a W though, sir.”