"You can remove the body."
The men set about the work immediately. Carrying the corpse into the inner room, they commenced the work of laying it out.
"I suppose," said the coroner, "that you'll take your prisoner immediately to the station house, and before the magistrate to-morrow morning?"
"Not just yet," grinned the captain. "I want to put a few questions to him first."
The coroner smiled.
"You're going to put him through the 'third degree,' eh? Every one's heard of your star-chamber ordeals. Are they really so dreadful?"
"Nonsense!" laughed the captain. "We wouldn't harm a baby, would we Maloney?"
The sergeant quickly endorsed his chief's opinion.
"No, cap."
Turning to go, the coroner said: