There appears at present to have been no reason for the rash act.

Mr Josephus was a broker dealing chiefly in curios and antique jewellery.

Although not in a large way of business, his affairs are understood to have been in a prosperous condition.

What makes the tragedy all the more strange is the fact that suicide is almost unknown among persons of the Jewish faith." Oscarovitch felt a little shiver run down his back as he read the commonplace lines.

The man who had done this had been in this room with him a few hours before, and one of the means of murder was now in his safe.