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We are following a false trail . '' It was on Monday , the 27th of September , that Leopold Winkler was murdered and robbed , and early on Tuesday , the 28th , his body was found . That day the evening papers printed the report of the murder and the description of the dead man , and on Wednesday , the 29th , Mrs. Klingmayer read the news and went to see Winkler 's employer . By noon of that day the body was identified and a description of the stolen purse and watch telegraphed to police headquarters in various cities . A few hours later , these police stations had sent out notices by messenger to all pawnshops and dealers in second-hand clothing , and now the machinery of the law sat waiting for some news of an attempt on the part of the robber-and-murderer to get rid of his plunder . On this same Wednesday , about the twilight hour , David Goldstamm , dealer in second-hand clothing , stood before the door of his shop in a side street of the old Hungarian city of Pressburg and watched his assistant take down the clothes which were hanging outside and carry them into the store . The old man 's eyes glanced carelessly up and down the street and caught sight of a man who turned the corner and came hurrying towards him .