"Knows the real murderer!" exclaimed Gauntry. His face had gone a nasty colour. "Then who the devil is he? Has he said?"
Larose nodded. "Yes, that night watchman. They took his finger-prints and found out they were on the records. He served two years for housebreaking some time ago." He spoke confidently. "You see, what we think happened was this. The man's lamp blew out and he'd got no matches. So he came up the drive to borrow some from the house and found Sampon asleep upon the verandah. He noticed Sampon's wrist watch and hit him on the head to get it. He only meant to stun him, but killed him instead. Then he got frightened and ran off without picking his pockets."
"What an extraordinary story!" exclaimed Gauntry with a heavy frown. "Has Inspector Stone any proof?"
"The wrist watch
