A canvass shopping bag, used for merchants to transport goods from one store to another is the centerpiece of today’s murder. Mary Wilson packs her suitcase to run off and get married. Telling her parents she’s meeting Tom Reynolds, she runs away with another man. The couple seem sweet, and loving to the innkeeper, and as far as she knows they left to start their honeymoon in Canada. .

A body is discovered, and investigators begin gathering clues. A canvass bag sends them to a grocer, but the plausible excuse for the missing bag looks like a dead end. There isn’t much to go on with the dismembered corpse, so police turn to missing person reports.

The description of Mary Wilson fits the description of the corpse, and the investigation takes shape. Tom Reynolds is in Canada, but is still single, and no sign that Mary ever met up with him. Her address strikes a chord of memory with the cops. She lived next door to the grocer.

Following through with the strange coincidence, and linking circumstantial evidence, the trail to the innkeeper provides a solid connection.