After a hearty dinner and a refreshing bath, Manning left the hotel and sought the office of the city marshal.  Here, as elsewhere, he was received with the utmost courtesy and kindness, and with a warm proffer of assistance, which the detective most gladly accepted.  He detailed the circumstances of the robbery and his long pursuit of the escaping burglar, and also his strong belief that Duncan was now hiding in the city.  The marshal fully coincided with his views, and promised to aid him to the utmost of his ability.  He then furnished Manning with the address of Duncan’s relative, and the detective started out to find the locality to which he had been directed.

He soon discovered the place he was looking for, located on the second floor of one of the larger buildings in the city, and over the entrance was suspended the sign: 

     George Duncan, clothier.

Mounting the stairs without hesitation, the detective entered the store, where he found to his intense satisfaction the merchant at home.  He was assured of this fact from the striking resemblance which the man bore to his fugitive relation.  On the pretense of ordering a suit of clothing, the detective engaged him in conversation for some time, and after satisfying himself that Duncan was not about the premises he took his leave, promising to call again and effect his purchase.  Arriving on the outside, Manning took up a position where he could watch the entrance unobserved, and where anyone entering or leaving the place could be readily seen by him.  Maintaining his watch for several hours, he was gratified, about nine o’clock, to see the clothier making preparations to close his store, and a few moments afterwards he appeared upon the street.  As the merchant walked along the streets, the detective followed him closely, never losing sight of him for a moment.  For a time the man strolled about, apparently with no definite object in view, and Manning began to fear that his hopes of finding Duncan were futile, and that this relative was entirely unaware of his relative’s movements.  The night was dark and it was with difficulty that he could keep his man in sight, without approaching so close as to excite suspicion.  At last, however, the merchant came out of a saloon which he had entered a short time before, and this time he was accompanied by another man whom Manning could not obtain a fair view of.  Taking a circuitous route, they at length gained the main street in the vicinity of the merchant’s store.  Here they entered a doorway leading from the street and ascending a stairway were soon lost to sight.  The detective at once surmised that the clothier occupied sleeping apartments in the building, and that the two men had probably retired for the night.

His first impulse was to follow them up stairs and demand admittance, and should Duncan prove to be one of the parties, to make the arrest then and there.  A little reflection, however, convinced him that such a proceeding would be not only unwise but hazardous in the extreme.  He was not sure that the companion of the merchant was Duncan, as he had been unable to get close enough to recognize him, and a precipitate entry now would, in case he was not the man, only serve to put them all upon their guard against future surprises.