"That's where I was asked to come in."
"It's still ten years without parole. Meade had to purchase the land before his father's detectives figured out the thing. He needed a lot of money, some twenty thousand, and you, Alex, agreed to put it up because you saw a golden opportunity for easy sugar."
Again the Homicide man interrupted.
"Where does that Braille business come in?"
"When Jed Collins stole the jewels, he nearly got the paper giving the various directions that would lead to the ore deposit with the aid of a fluoroscope. That put a scare into Danny Meade, so he divided the figures and directions and had them tattooed on his arms. No one knew about it, but before Alex put up the dough for the purchase of the mine, he had to be told. Thus, after the murder, Alex was forced to ste
