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Of course the police wanted to know all about the people at Number 20, and here again, so I have heard from private sources, one or two other very curious points came out. OF COURSE THE POLICE WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT NUMBER TWENTY AND HERE AGAIN SO I HAVE HEARD FROM PRIVATE SOURCES ONE OR TWO OTHER VERY CURIOUS POINTS CAME OUT
on; he said the poor fellow had been dead for several hours, and it was then the case began to get interesting. The dead man had not been robbed, and in one of his pockets were papers identifying him as—well, as a man of good family and means, a favourite in society, and nobody’s enemy, as far as could be known. I don’t give his name, Villiers, because it has nothing to do with the story, and because it’s no good raking up these affairs about the dead when there are no relations living. The next curious point was that the medical men couldn’t agree as to how he met his death. There were some slight bruises on his shoulders, but they were so slight that it looked as if he had been pushed roughly out of the kitchen door, and not thrown over the railings from the street or even dragged down the steps. But there were positively no other marks of violence about him, certainly none that would account for his death; and when they came to the autopsy there wasn’t a trace of poison of any kind.  A MOMENT'S EXAMINATION HE SAID THE POOR FELLOW HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND IT WAS THEN THE CASE BEGAN TO GET INTERESTING THE DEAD MAN HAD NOT BEEN ROBBED AND IN ONE OF HIS POCKETS WERE PAPERS IDENTIFYING HIM AS WELL AS A MAN OF GOOD FAMILY AND MEANS A FAVORITE IN SOCIETY AND NOBODY'S ENEMY AS FAR AS COULD BE KNOWN I DON'T GIVE HIS NAME VILLIERS BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY AND BECAUSE IT'S NO GOOD RAKING UP THESE AFFAIRS ABOUT THE DEAD WHEN THERE ARE NO RELATIONS LIVING THE NEXT CURIOUS POINT WAS THAT THE MEDICAL MEN COULDN'T AGREE AS TO HOW HE MET HIS DEATH THERE WERE SOME SLIGHT BRUISES ON HIS SHOULDERS BUT THEY WERE SO SLIGHT THAT IT LOOKED AS IF HE HAD BEEN PUSHED ROUGHLY OUT OF THE KITCHEN DOOR AND NOT THROWN OVER THE RAILINGS FROM THE STREET OR EVEN DRAGGED DOWN THE STEPS BUT THERE WERE POSITIVELY NO OTHER MARKS OF VIOLENCE ABOUT HIM CERTAINLY NONE THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR HIS DEATH AND WHEN THEY CAME TO THE AUTOPSY THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF POISON OF ANY KIND
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