But, friend, the thing is clear—speaks for itself. Aristophanes.
[22. The Jewel Robbery]
The butler said that, as he called for help, Dudley, a stranger, rushed in.
Owings had locked up before leaving and, therefore, Dudley could not have rushed in through a locked door. The robbery was obviously framed by Stuben and Dudley.
Absurdities die of self-strangulation. Haliburton.
[23. Before the Coroner’s Inquest]
Curry could not possibly have ‘looked up’ while rowing upstream and seen the action he described which took place fifty yards behind him.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. Franklin.
[24. The Fifth Avenue Hold-Up]
Baldwin said, ‘Mr. Cross tried to call my attention to it [safe] with a jerk of his thumb’ at a time when Cross was unconscious. Obviously impossible. Baldwin was lying, which there was no reason for doing had he been innocent.