“There is an arc light on the corner,” he observed. “I suppose, since it was evening, that the electric light enabled her to see the two men.”
“Yes, sir. I asked her about that.”
“Did you ask her for a description of them?”
“I did, sir,” Kennedy nodded. “She said that one appeared to be a man of middle age and was very well dressed. She also noticed that he wore a full beard.”
“Possibly a disguise.”
“The other looked a bit rough, she said, and wore a gray slouch hat, the same that the milkman found in the next yard this morning,” said Kennedy. “I sent an officer over to show it to her, and she readily identified it.”
“Anything more?” queried Nick.
“She told me he carried a suit case, also, and she judged that he had come from a distance. She noticed that the suit case appeared to be old and battered and that one of the straps was dangling, corresponding with the general[Pg 6] appearance of the man himself. That was all she could tell me.”
“Was any disturbance heard last evening by people in the neighboring houses?” Nick asked.
“No, sir,” said Kennedy. “I have inquired at every house.”