THIRTY-THREE
ALICE NICKELS INVESTIGATES
“I already had my own doubts, as I’ve told you,” Wright began, “and I continued to bug Mike Holland as the weeks after the trial went on. Something about the case just didn’t fit in my mind, and when I met Alice at the most recent meeting of The Whitechapel Society and we put our heads together, those doubts simply grew until I was sure that Reid’s story just might have some truth to it. When I told Mike Holland of Alice’s thoughts, he was sympathetic as I’ve intimated but he wanted more. As I hadn’t the time to do it, I asked Alice if she’d like to conduct some research into the affair, which she did, with surprising results.”
“And?” I asked impatiently. Wright nodded to Alice Nickels who took up the tale.
“Well, I already believed that whoever
