They thought at first that
the girl had committed suicide, making it doubly sure by jumping
into the water, but he will not believe it and,--well, if you'll
just come over with us to the local undertaking establishment, I'd
like to have you take a look at the body and see if your opinion
coincides with mine.
"Ordinarily," pursued O'Connor, "there isn't much romance in
harbour police work nowadays, but in this case some other elements
seem to be present which are not usually associated with violent
deaths in the waters of the bay, and I have, as you will see,
thought it necessary to take personal charge of the investigation.
"Now, to shorten the story as much as possible, Kennedy, you know
of course that the legislature at the last session enacted laws
prohibiting the sale of such drugs as opium, morphine, cocaine,
chloral and others, under much heavier penalties than before. The
Health authorities not long ago reported to us that dope was being
sold almost openly, without orders from physicians, at several
scores of places and we have begun a crusade for the enforcement
of the law.
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