“Yes, sir. I left with the check a short time after you called.”
“And that was a personal check issued by Mr. Tidings?”
“No, sir. It was a cashier’s check… The amount was rather large, and for certain reasons Mr. Tidings was very anxious to have the matter concluded without waiting for a personal check to clear. He’d got the cashier’s check Monday.”
“He didn’t take it over personally?” Mason said.
“No, sir. He sent me. That’s one of the things I’m for, to relieve him of detail work of that sort.”
“And when did Tidings leave his office?”
“At the same time I did. He went down in the elevator with me.”
“And didn’t tell you where you could reach him to report on the completion of the transaction?”
“No, sir. He called me.”
“When was that?” Sergeant Holcomb asked, putting his hand over the mouthpiece of the telephone.