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"He came in on a night train," continued the clerk. "He only remained to
breakfast and went away shortly afterward."
"Have you any idea which way he went?" inquired Manning.
"No, I cannot tell you that. He left the hotel shortly after breakfast
in a hack. He did not return after that, but sent the hackman here to
pay his bill and to obtain his valise. He acted very strange while he
was here, and I felt somewhat suspicious of him."
"Can you tell me the name of this hackman?" now asked Manning.
"I think his name is Davids," answered the clerk, "but I will ask the
baggage-man about him; he can, no doubt, tell me who he is."
The baggage-man was summoned and he distinctly remembered the
occurrence, and that the driver's name was Billy Davids, who was
well-known throughout the city, particularly among the sporting
fraternity.
Thanking both of these men for the information which they had given him,
the detective, forgetting all about his breakfast, hastened to the
office of the chief of police, and acquainting him with what he had
heard, expressed his desire to see this hackman at once.
The chief, who knew the man, at once volunteered to accompany him, and
they left the office together in search of the important cab-driver.
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