“Did you ever hear of a man named Jerry Middleton?”
Glendenning looked up.
“No,” he replied. “I do not recall any person by that name.”
“A friend of Buchanan’s?” prompted Hasbrouck.
“I never heard of him.”
“The reason I asked,” explained Hasbrouck, “is because Buchanan and Middleton were close friends. Before Buchanan came to this house — on that last night — he spent a few hours with Middleton.”
“I suppose Middleton is missing, also,” said Glendenning, dryly.
“He is,” admitted Hasbrouck, “but there is no mystery about that. He is always a difficult man to find. Middleton is a young man, of considerable wealth. He goes in for the unusual. Always seeks new thrills. He becomes bored in New York, and travels about the country.
“The last I knew about him, was the same night that Buchanan vanished. Middleton left for Florida that very night.”
“Perhaps Buchanan went with him.”