CHAPTER IV --THE SUSPICION OF THE INSPECTOR
The crime at Clyde House created a great sensation not only in the State of South Australia, but throughout the whole great Commonwealth itself.
The well-known personality of the dead man both in commercial and sporting circles, the dreadful and baffling nature of the crime, and the apparent ease with which the murderer had escaped with his booty, all tended to excite the interest of the community to fever point.
The newspapers naturally made a great feature of the case and everything was discussed and considered from all points. It was generally conceded, however, that the murderer would never be caught. The police authorities had been most reticent at the inquest, but their reticence was only believed to cover an entire absence of any clues
