Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-30

to meet you, Mr.. Brett, In the course OF
an inquiry. / always start by being very
angry with you"
"Why?" There was an amused
twinkle in Prett's eyes, which might
have warne the other of a possible pit
fall.
Because you treat me as IL I were a
precocious youth. You listen to my
theories with q sort of plying indul-
gence, yet / have the reputation of be-
ing one of h best men in Scotland
Yard, or I SHOULD not have beer put on
this job. And I am older thai you,
too"
II may surely pity you" said Brett,
even if l don't indulge you to muoh.'
There you go again." snapped the
detective. Nov, what is there silly
about my theory of the crime, I should
like to know"
you shall know, and before you are
much older. Bear with me for a little
while, 1 beg Of you. You may be right,
and 1 may be quite wrong. but l think
there is much beneath the surface in
the Investigations we are now pursuing.
My advice to you is to drop all pre-
conceived theories, to note every cir
cumstance, however remote 1t may ap-
pear in its bearing upon events, and
in any case not to act precipitately.
Whatever you do. don't arrest any
body"
But" said the other, somewhat mol
lifted by Brett's earnestness," half a
dozen people may be arrested at any
moment"
Pray tell me how?"
Descriptions of the stolen diamonds
and of the suspected persons are In
every police office in Great Britain ana
in most Continental centres by this
time. Passengers by all steamers are
most carefully scrutinized. Every
pawnbroker and diamond merchant in
the country is on the lookout, and.
generally speaking, it will be odd IL
somebody does not drop into the net
before many hours nave passed"
1T will, indeed" murmure Brett;
and no doubt the somebody in ques-
ton will experience a certain amount
of inconvenience before he proves to
you that he had nothing whatever to
do with the matter. Now, don't an
swer me, Winter, but ponder seriously
over this question: Do o really
think that the intelligence which
planned and successfully carried
through an operation of such magni-
tude will be trapped by plainclothes
constables watching the gangways of
steamships, or by any pawnbroker who
has ever lent half the value of q
pledge?"
Almost impatiently the barrister
waved the subject out of the hanson,
and the detective had sense enough to
leave him alone during the few re-
naming minutes before the vehicle
pulled up neal the Albert Gate a
sion.
Brett stopped the driver some little
distance shor of the house itself, as
he did not wish to attract the atten-
ton Of a Knot of curious sightseers in
the street. He asked Winter to pre-
cede him and make known the fact that
he was coming, so that there would be
no delay at the door. This the detec-
tive readily agreed to, and Brett rapid
ly took in the main external features
of the house which had become the
scene Of such a remarkable tragedy.
1t was a palatial structure, built on
the sombre lines of the Early Victorian
period. Miss Talbot's brief description
of the measures taken to protect its
occupants from interference was fully
borne out by it's aspect. There was
no access to the basement; the main
entrance was situated at the side; all
the ground-foor and first-story Win
dows facing into the street were fitted
with immovable wooden venetians.
Presumably those on the Park side
we're similarly secured, whilst the back
wall abutted on to that of another
mansion, equally large and strongly
built, tenanted by a well-known peer.
Truly. it required a genius almost
u~nrivalled in the annals of crime to
murder four people and steal diamonds