"But might not such a man have adopted these rougher means for the purpose of averting suspicion?"
"I have never known it done by a skilled burglar. It was through this window that the man effected an entrance. Continuing my investigation I came to the wall which surrounds the back of the house, and there I received confirmation of the theory I had formed. The man had brought with him a rope to which a grapnel was attached. This rope he had thrown up from the outside until the grapnel caught in the mortar at the top of the wall. Then he climbed up; the rest was easy. The marks of the grapnel are plainly discernible, and the freshness of the loosened mortar proves that but a short time has elapsed since he paid his last visit."
"Is it your opinion that there was more than one visit?"
"As to that I have formed no opinion."
"All this must have taken some time?"
"Yes, and was done at night when there were few people about. The street on which the dead wall abuts is but little frequented. The movements of the policeman on the beat were doubtless carefully noted."
"Should you say that robbery was the object of this burglarious entrance?"
"It is a fair presumption."
"Did you search the clothes of the deceased?"
"Yes. Mr. Remington had gone through the pockets before I came, and had replaced what he found in them."