CHAPTER THIRTY
Mr Mackay leaned back at his desk. “Well, Watters, I hear that you have sufficient evidence to convict both Snodgrass and Skeffling.”
“I have, sir,” Watters laid a pile of documents on Mackay’s desk. “I have signed confessions and statements from every one of Poseidon’s sailors. They’ve given me dates and details of the boys they kidn*pped from the coast, plus what they know of Snodgrass’s activities.” He paused. “However, sir, Snodgrass only played a supporting role.”
Mackay frowned. “That’s surprising. Explain.”
“The full details are in my report, sir.”
“I’ll read it later,” Mackay promised. “Give me a summary.”
“Hitchins was the gambler, not Snodgrass,” Watters said. “He posed as a gentleman, using the name Albert Knowspear, taken from his regimental nickname, The L
