Mason said, “What we want is to find out whether Mr. Rooney bought a wrist watch from your store.”
Cutter said cautiously, “He has made several purchases. Perhaps...”
“Show him the wrist watch, Margie,” Rooney commanded.
She produced the wrist watch. Cutter looked at it, then glanced at Rooney. “You wish me to answer that question?” he asked.
Rooney nodded.
“Mr. Rooney bought that wrist watch from this store,” Cutter said. “He bought it approximately six weeks ago.”
“What did I pay for it?” Rooney asked.
“I’d have to look it up on our books to tell the exact price,” Cutter said. “I don’t remember those things. I remember the watch and remember the transaction. I think it was between twelve and thirteen hundred dollars.”
Rooney said, “These two men insisted that the watch had been stolen. What have you to say to that?”
Cutter’s eyes fastened in cold appraisal on the lawyer and the detective, then he reached for the telephone and said, “I’ll show you what I have to say to that! Get me police headquarters.”