Under suspicion himself, any moves he made would be viewed with distrust by the human race, who had cause to know him as the most hated man on earth. Any jury, hearing of his legal trickery, knowing and hearing the account of his masterful moves in business, which gained him fortune upon fortune as other men fell under his steam-roller tactics.
Any jury.
It was their crime. Yes.
But if, as, and when the truth came out truth? That was another angle and Wanniston cursed himself for not thinking with all of his 375 I.Q. The sixteen did not do it. Wilks must have framed murder out of suicide.
Without letting any of the others know!
For the lie detector would be used on each witness.
Even Gerd.
For he had been apprehended in Gerd Lel Rayne's home.
And Gerd would be asked the standard questions. Foolish, they were; utterly and stupidly foolish. They asked your name; they asked the identity of the suspected one; and—
They asked if the suspected one might be able to outwit a lie detector.