In doing so, we took up his father's coffin; the lid came off in moving it, and the skeleton was visible.

In the hollow of the skull we found a very slender wire of sharp steel; this caused surprise and inquiry.

The father, who was rich and a miser, had died suddenly, and been buried in haste, owing, it was said, to the heat of the weather.

Suspicion once awakened, the examination became minute.

The old man's servant was questioned, and at last confessed that the son had murdered the sire.