The excitement rose to fever heat.
Chapter Four.
“Startling revelations.”
The coroner held his inquiry at a neighbouring tavern two days after the murder, but the investigations, instead of throwing any light upon the mystery, only increased it.
After the jury had formally viewed the body, the coroner, addressing the inspector in charge of the case, said,—
“We will take evidence of identification first.”
“We have none, sir, up to the present,” replied the officer gravely.
The jury looked at one another in dismay.