“What kind of a hat?”

“An old slouch.”

“Is this the color of the ulster?”

Carter untied the bundle while he was talking, and now he displayed the ulster in front of the clerk.

“It was that color,” the young man ejaculated. “And that is the slouch hat. I remember noticing that the rim was slightly torn.”

“Would you be able to identify that man?”

“I would.”

“Was he alone?”

“Yes.”

The detective next went to the tailoring establishment conducted by Delaney. He showed the ulster to the manager.