“What do you know of Irene Wilmer?” he asked.

“I know she is one of your victims, as is also Bessie Graves, and I ask you where you left her.”

“I left her out west, some time ago.”

“Do you know where she is now?”

“No, I can’t say that I do.”

“I can tell you.”

“Where is she?”

“Dead,” Miss Elsworth answered, in a low voice.

“Dead, Irene dead,” he repeated.

“Yes, she is dead.”