"Yes; a fireman found it in the bedroom on the floor."
"In what condition?"
"She was dressed for bed, and around her neck a cord was tied so tightly, in a peculiar slipknot, that she could not breathe, and her face was black and her tongue protruding."
"Simply strangled to death, eh?"
"That's about it, I reckon."
"What became of the two Japanese?"
"Disappeared."
"Where are the ingots of gold?"
"Gone."
"What became of the cord by which she was strangled?"