THE SQUARED TRIANGLE,
by Frank Lovell NelsonBeing the Fifth Chronicle of Carlton Clarke,
Telepatho-Detective, Solver of Criminal Mysteries
It certainly looked black for Arthur Edgerton. Even Clarke, who usually, I find, is inclined to let his sympathies rest with the accused until all shadow of doubt is dispelled, was hard put to find excuses for him. We discussed the case, recorded in glaring headlines, over our morning meal.
“It’s incomprehensible,” he said, as he read the third time the damning details. “His whole life, his success, his approaching marriage, everything cries out against this crime.”
“So they did in the case of Eugene Aram,” I replied, “and yet Aram protested his innocence. If Edgerton is not guilty, it should be a simple matter for him to account for his whereabout
