Inspecting the articles in Glenn’s pockets, Cardona discovered a package of the same cigarettes. There were three cigarettes in the box. There had originally been ten, packed in two layers of five each.
Cardona kept the package. He also took Glenn’s handkerchief, expressing the belief that it might have been moistened with some liquid containing poison.
Cardona was seeking facts. He could not find them. When he had satisfied himself that he could accomplish no more at the apartment, he left for the Merrimac Club, to investigate there.
IT was after midnight, and Commissioner Weston was driving homeward with his friend, Professor Biscayne.
“What do you make of these deaths?” was Weston’s question.
“Both are baffling,” declared Biscayne. “This man Cardona is a worker. He may hit upon a successful clew before he has finished.”
“He obtains results,” said Weston. “It is the first time I have seen him at work. His method is all fact — he uses theory only as a follow-up.
“In the case of Harshaw, he intends to find out what has become of Homer Briggs, the old man’s servant. He wants to know whom the old man regarded as enemies.
“There, he is dealing with the death of a man who was eccentric. It will be hard for him to establish facts at their face value.
“But this case of Glenn is entirely different. Here is a man who was evidently well liked and prosperous. He has apparently fallen at the hand of some enemy. Everything about Glenn seems normal.”