IN MEMORY OF T.S. WHO DIED LAST NIGHT HE WAS THE THIRD
“What do you think of it, Cardona?” questioned Weston.
“It’s a tough case,” declared Cardona glumly. “The further I go, the worse it gets. I only hope we’re reaching the end of it.”
“What about the dead man up at Harshaw’s?” questioned Biscayne.
“Well,” said Cardona, pointing to the note, “here’s the way I figure it: He is the third victim. His initials must be T.S. But we haven’t been able to identify him.”
“Wait a moment, Cardona,” suggested Biscayne. “How about the time element?
“First, Silas Harshaw died; the next morning, you received a note. Second, Louis Glenn — just two nights after Harshaw was killed. You received a note the next morning.
“I expected a lapse of forty-eight hours before the third killing — if there was one. Instead of that, this man was shot twenty-four hours after Glenn was murdered.
“That seems wrong to me. He should have died last night — not the night before — if he is T.S.
“This note” — Biscayne glanced at the envelope — “must have come in this morning’s mail.”