CHAPTER XVII“OLD HANDS”
The bank robbery took place during the night of Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, at seven o’clock, a neatly dressed man, wearing a pair of very respectable “Dundrearies,” made his appearance at the Memorial Hospital, in Latimer.
“What can I do for you, sir?” inquired the assistant superintendent, who was in charge at that early hour.
“Albert Gardner, the watchman who was shot during the bank robbery, was brought here, was he not?”
“Yes.”
“I would like to speak with him a moment.”
“I am very sorry, sir, but he died an hour ago.”
“Ah! He left an ante-mortem statement?”
“He did.”
“And it is now in the hands of the police department?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you.”
In half an hour the stranger had called at police headquarters, had introduced himself and had
